Case Study: Tyco achieves greater application availability and scalability with Microsoft Windows Server Containers and Azure

Tyco keeps life-safety monitoring applications running without interruption using Windows Server Containers and Docker

Tyco, a global leader in fire protection and security, faced significant challenges with its complex, legacy monitoring applications. These critical systems required lengthy, disruptive full-application updates that resulted in costly customer downtime and were difficult to scale. To modernize its software delivery and increase scalability without application rewrites, Tyco turned to Microsoft Corporation and its Windows Server Containers with Docker.

The solution involved a "lift and shift" of Tyco's flagship C•CURE 9000 application into Windows Server Containers. This move, implemented by Microsoft Corporation, provided immediate benefits: it simplified the architecture, enabled a seamless move to Microsoft Azure for operational cost savings, and established a DevOps environment for consistent and faster deployments. The results were a major reduction in potential downtime during updates and the foundational ability to scale, paving the way for a future microservices architecture to support further growth.

Tyco

Matthew Roberts

Principal Software Engineer