TripleSdata provides race data, telemetry, and operational technology services for the horse racing industry. Its platforms support race-day operations, live data workflows, telemetry, timing, analytics, and data distribution for racing organizations and downstream consumers.
As racing technology becomes more data-driven, platforms like TripleSdata need to process information from multiple providers, support time-sensitive race-day workflows, and deliver trusted data to customers and partners securely.
CloudMates worked with TripleSdata to help modernize ROC 2.0, the next generation of its Race Operations Center. The goal was to create a more secure, automated, and traceable platform for race data ingestion, race-day preparation, live telemetry, and B2B data access.
The Challenge
Race-day operations are fast-moving and unforgiving. Data must be collected, validated, processed, and delivered quickly, often from multiple providers and in different formats. TripleSdata needed a platform that could support:
- Multiple external racing data providers
- Different data formats and delivery methods
- Race-day operational workflows
- Live telemetry and timing data
- Secure access for internal operators
- Controlled access for external B2B customers
- Centralized management of sensitive credentials
- Clear audit trails for operational actions and failures
- The challenge was not only modernization. It was about building trust into the full data lifecycle, from the moment information enters the platform to the point it is delivered to internal teams and external customers.
The CloudMates Approach
CloudMates helped TripleSdata design a secure and scalable race data platform on AWS. The platform was built around automation, traceability, secure access, and controlled data distribution.
The approach focused on four key outcomes:
- Secure data ingestion from trusted providers
- Controlled access for internal operators and external customers
- Centralized management of sensitive credentials
- Auditable race-day workflows and operational visibility
- This allowed TripleSdata to reduce manual risk while improving confidence in the quality, security, and traceability of race data operations.
Secure B2B Data Access
TripleSdata needed to share validated race data with external customers and partners, but direct access to backend systems was not appropriate. CloudMates helped design a controlled API access model where external customers can consume the data they are allowed to access, without exposing internal databases or operational systems.
This approach supports:
- Customer-specific access rules
- Controlled data delivery
- Clear separation between internal users and external consumers
- Reduced blast radius for external integrations
- Future support for tiered data products and commercial models
- For a racing telemetry provider, this is important because different customers may need different data sets, venues, race types, or levels of detail.
Centralized Credential Management
The ROC 2.0 platform integrates with multiple racing providers, internal services, and external delivery channels. These integrations require sensitive credentials such as API keys, provider credentials, database connection strings, and customer access keys. CloudMates helped TripleSdata centralize credential management so secrets are not stored in source code, shared configuration files, or deployment scripts.
This improved:
- Security of provider integrations
- Control over customer access keys
- Operational consistency
- Credential rotation readiness
- Reduced risk of accidental secret exposure
- Centralized secrets management gives TripleSdata a more secure foundation for onboarding additional providers, customers, and platform capabilities.
Traceable Race-Day Workflows
Race-day operations involve many moving parts. Data may come from different providers, workflows may be triggered automatically or by operators, and failures need to be understood quickly. CloudMates helped TripleSdata create a more auditable workflow model where operational steps can be tracked and reviewed.
This supports questions such as:
- Which provider supplied the data?
- Which workflow processed it?
- Was the workflow triggered manually or automatically?
- Which step failed?
- Was the failure isolated or retried?
- What data was used in the workflow?
- By improving traceability, TripleSdata can investigate issues faster, support operational accountability, and build confidence in race-day data handling.
Business Outcomes
The ROC 2.0 modernization helped TripleSdata strengthen both platform capability and operational confidence. Key outcomes included:
- More secure access to validated race data
- Reduced direct exposure of backend systems
- Centralized management of sensitive credentials
- Improved traceability across race-day workflows
- Better failure isolation and operational troubleshooting
- Safer deployment patterns
- A scalable foundation for future B2B data products
- Improved readiness for customer onboarding and platform growth
Why It Matters
Racing data platforms operate in a highly time-sensitive environment. Accuracy, availability, traceability, and secure access all matter.
For TripleSdata, ROC 2.0 is more than a technical modernization project. It is a foundation for more reliable race-day operations, better partner access, stronger operational evidence, and future data-driven services.
CloudMates helped TripleSdata build this foundation using a practical, secure, and scalable cloud architecture designed around the realities of racing operations.
About CloudMates
CloudMates is a Cloud and AI Studio helping organizations modernize, secure, and scale on AWS. We work with startups, ISVs, enterprises, and industry-focused technology companies to design secure cloud foundations, modern application platforms, AI solutions, data platforms, and managed cloud operating models.
About FreightCyber
TripleSdata provides race data, telemetry, timing, and operational technology services for the horse racing industry. Its solutions support racing organizations, broadcasters, wagering operators, and downstream consumers with trusted race data, telemetry, analytics, and race-day operational capabilities.