Case Study: Thales achieves 10x faster IFE updates with MongoDB Atlas

Thales achieves 10x faster IFE updates with MongoDB Atlas

Thales, a French multinational aerospace corporation, faced significant challenges with its in-flight entertainment update system. Using Azure Cosmos DB for its ground-based infrastructure resulted in unreliable performance, excessive response times, and opaque costs. These issues forced the company to ground aircraft for monthly physical updates, impacting airline revenue. To modernize its stack and eliminate these problems, Thales turned to vendor MongoDB and its product MongoDB Atlas.

By migrating to MongoDB Atlas, Thales unified its technology stack and resolved its technical debt. The solution was implemented with minimal code changes and a straightforward migration. The results were a tenfold performance improvement with 10x faster response times, reduced operational costs, and the elimination of the need to ground planes. MongoDB Atlas now enables airlines to perform daily, remote content updates autonomously.

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