{"id":99855,"date":"2023-10-19T16:25:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T20:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?post_type=resource&p=99855"},"modified":"2023-10-23T12:18:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T16:18:10","slug":"digeiz-uses-jumpcloud-to-remotely-manage-servers-across-europe-easily-and-securely","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/resources\/digeiz-uses-jumpcloud-to-remotely-manage-servers-across-europe-easily-and-securely","title":{"rendered":"Digeiz Uses JumpCloud to Remotely Manage Servers Across Europe Easily and Securely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Digeiz<\/a> is an AI software company that provides facilities generating high density foot traffic \u2014 train stations, airports, and shopping malls \u2014 with granular and rich audience measurement data. This technology allows the owners and operators to grow media and leasing revenues. They do so by leveraging existing CCTV cameras and artificial intelligence to create GDPR-compliant footfall insights. The company, which was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in France, has customers throughout Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to help the facilities\u2019 operators measuring their audience, the Digeiz team installs on-prem servers in each of their customer\u2019s IT rooms. The software on these servers uses artificial intelligence to process CCTV camera feeds in real time while measuring three different things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe re-identify people across different cameras from clothing appearance, without collecting sensitive data, like facial recognition,\u201d says Julien Desmarais, co-founder and CTO of Digeiz. \u201cWe use colors and shapes to create anonymous vectors that can be matched. Someone who\u2019s wearing red trousers and a yellow shirt is very distinctive. This way, our solution is fully GDPR-compliant.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n The rent level in the shopping malls is based on multiple factors, but the awareness and attractiveness of the brand is prominent. To get these brands, shopping malls\u2019 owners accept a significant discount on the rent. They usually pay less per square meter than smaller brands. The logic is simple: Bigger brands attract shoppers to the mall, and those folks eventually spill into surrounding stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But how can a shopping mall determine the level of discount to give to a brand? And how can they tell whether that brand is actually contributing to the footfall?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is one of the problems Digeiz solves by analyzing visitors\u2019 patterns anonymously as they move inside the facility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To do so, the solution requires significant computing and networking infrastructure. According to Desmarais, the average customer has something like 10 servers on-premises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are deploying our solution across Europe \u2014 in countries like France, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the U.K., Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Austria,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s quite a lot of countries, and quite a number of servers per customer location inside each country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a Linux-based shop, Digeiz was accessing its servers remotely using SSH tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt was getting really difficult because there were a lot of situations where some employees could access one site but not another,\u201d Desmarais continues. \u201cWe really wanted to have a secure way to make sure that specific people on our team could access all of these machines \u2014 along with a way to remove access if we wanted. It was also important that the solution would be able to automatically monitor our infrastructure and alert us to any issues while unifying our tool stack.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n With so many machines spread out across such a large geography, Digeiz began looking for a secure solution that would enable the team to easily manage all devices in one place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Initially, the team took the old-school approach to the problem and decided to move to Active Directory, enlisting the help of an expert to assist with the migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAfter three months, we didn\u2019t even have a proof of concept working,\u201d Desmarais says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Seeking a better way forward, Desmarais started researching options online and came across JumpCloud<\/a>, the open cloud directory<\/a> platform with cross-OS device management<\/a> capabilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen I saw JumpCloud, I said, \u2018This looks quite easy,\u2019\u201d Desmarais explains. \u201cI thought it was maybe too easy to be true and started testing it out.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Right away, Desmarais knew he made a smart decision. In just two days, Digeiz had a proven proof of concept. Less than two weeks later, JumpCloud was deployed everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJumpCloud is so easy,\u201d Desmarais says. \u201cWhen you spend three months doing a proof of concept with nothing to show for it, you start thinking this problem must be very difficult. But at the same time, it wasn\u2019t like our problem was super complex or uncommon. I thought there had to be an easy solution to this, and I found it in JumpCloud.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, every time the Digeiz infrastructure team creates a new machine, there\u2019s a JumpCloud agent on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s so simple to get access to any machine we need,\u201d he explains. \u201cIt\u2019s easy to use and has strong security features. For example, you can remove access to a specific person or a group of users in one click. It\u2019s just super easy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Digeiz, JumpCloud makes it easy to demonstrate compliance \u2014 something that\u2019s critical for a company operating in Europe and needing to adhere to the GDPR. If necessary, the team can effortlessly show that they are managing all of their devices properly. They can also report on all of their data should the need arise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to the solution\u2019s functionality, Desmarais has also had a pleasant experience interacting with the JumpCloud team, which has always been reactive and responsive to any questions or concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey were particularly helpful with pricing and giving us a flexible contract that enables us to increase the number of licenses we use as we grow over the next two years,\u201d Desmarais explains, adding that Digeiz currently has more than 100 licenses. \u201cWe had a rapid discussion with the commercial team, and they set up a special contract for us. I could never have this kind of discussion with most companies. It was really easy to explain our specific needs and get a solution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n What would Desmarais say to companies considering a solution like JumpCloud?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor us, JumpCloud has been such a game-changer,\u201d he concludes. \u201cIt\u2019s a pleasure to recommend this product. I love it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s so simple to get access to any machine we need. It\u2019s easy to use and has strong security features. For example, you can remove access to a specific person or a group of users in one click. It\u2019s just super easy.\u201d<\/p>\nJulien Desmarais, Co-founder and CTO<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n JumpCloud changes the way IT administrators manage their organizations by providing a comprehensive and flexible cloud directory platform. 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