LinuxWorld SF 2008: Apatar Case Study with Autodesk and Transocean
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This case study describes how Transocean, the world's largest offshore drilling company, used open source software to enable their rig personnel to search Autodesk Buzzsaw's knowledgebase. They implemented a solution using Red Hat Linux, Apatar for data extraction, Google Mini for indexing, and Zenoss for server monitoring. This allowed rig workers to search for information from any computer using a familiar Google-like interface without having to repeatedly authenticate. The solution integrated data from Buzzsaw and provided a centralized way for Transocean employees to access necessary information.
LinuxWorld SF 2008: Apatar Case Study with Autodesk and Transocean
- 1. Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Case Study - Professional Open Source at Autodesk & Transocean LinuxWorld San Francisco - August 5, 2008 Jason Pratt, Autodesk, Inc. Renat Khasanshyn, Apatar, Inc Image courtesy of Magna Steyr Design
- 2. Autodesk Customers use our technologies to create digital models and workflows that help them visualize, simulate, and analyze their designs. This enables them to experience their ideas before they are real and improve the real world performance of their projects.
- 3. Autodesk: Financial Strength Founded 1982 Revenue $2+ billion Operating margin +25% Cash and equivalents $800+ million No debt
- 4. Apatar: Open Source Data Integration Founded in 2008 Apatar Connectors Salesforce.com SugarCRM XML 30,000+ downloads POP3 Buzzsaw LDAP OpenBravo Amazon CSV/TXT 4500+ Users Compiere SMTP/FTP DB2 MySQL MS SQL Oracle
- 5. Apatar: The Big Idea
- 6. Autodesk Buzzsaw and Professional Open Source Image Courtesy of Uniform Communications LDT
- 7. X users X companies X countries
- 8. Case Study The world’s largest offshore drilling company
- 9. The Transocean Challenge • Wanted to allow rig personnel to search Autodesk Buzzsaw knowledgebase • Users were accustomed to Google Desktop, but no central repository existed
- 10. Solution: Google Mini To Index and Provide Search
- 11. Data Integration Challenges Data Integration Google mini can’t index Buzzsaw folders out of the box Data Access - users have to authenticate three times: a) To access Buzzsaw b) To access Google mini page with search results c) To open files in Buzzsaw through URL passed through Google Mini Service Uptime Management Had to ensure network and availability monitoring
- 12. Open Source Stack Red Hat MySQL Apatar Zenoss
- 13. Data flow schema Data Center in Los Angeles
- 14. RedHat Linux to Host Integration Server
- 15. Apatar to extract documents
- 16. Google Mini to index documents
- 17. Solution: Zenoss to monitor server availability
- 18. The Result
- 19. Resources Autodesk Buzzsaw API Toolkit for Developers http://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/!/download/ProjectPointAPIToolkit.exe www.autodesk.com/buzzsaw Apatar / Free Datamaps Download www.apatarforge.org www.apatar.com
- 20. Questions? Jason Pratt jason.pratt@autodesk.com Renat Khasanshyn renat.k@apatar.com