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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +layout: page |
| 3 | +title: Success Stories |
| 4 | +--- |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +Many people use Ruby in their daily jobs. Others just as a hobby. Here |
| 7 | +you’ll find a small sample of real world usage of Ruby. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +#### Simulations |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +* [NASA Langley Research Center][1] uses Ruby to conduct simulations. |
| 12 | +* A research group in [Motorola][2] uses Ruby to script a simulator, |
| 13 | + both to generate scenarios and to post process the data. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +#### 3D Modeling |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +* [Google SketchUp][3] is a 3D modeling application that uses Ruby for |
| 18 | + its macro scripting API. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +#### Business |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +* [Toronto Rehab][4] uses a RubyWebDialogs based app to manage and track |
| 23 | + on-call and on-site support for the IT help desk and IT operations |
| 24 | + teams. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +#### Robotics |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +* At [MORPHA][5] project, Ruby was used to implemented the reactive control |
| 29 | + part for the Siemens service robot. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +#### Networking |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +* [Open Domain Server][6] uses Ruby to allow people using Dynamic DNS |
| 34 | + clients to update in real time their IP configuration so that it can be |
| 35 | + mapped to static domains. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +#### Telephony |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +* Ruby is being used within [Lucent][7] on a 3G wireless telephony |
| 40 | + product. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +#### System Administration |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +* Ruby was used to write the central data collection portion of [Level 3 |
| 45 | + Communications][8] Unix Capacity and Planning system that gathers |
| 46 | + performance statistics from over 1700 Unix (Solaris and Linux) servers |
| 47 | + scattered around the globe. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +#### Web Applications |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +* [Basecamp][9], a web-based project management application developed by |
| 52 | + [37signals][10], is programmed entirely in Ruby. |
| 53 | +* [43 Things][11] allows you to keep a list of goals and share it with |
| 54 | + the world. It was developed entirely in Ruby. |
| 55 | +* [A List Apart][12], a magazine for people who make websites that has |
| 56 | + been around since 1997, has recently been revamped and uses a custom |
| 57 | + application built with Ruby on Rails. |
| 58 | +* [Blue Sequence][13], a sophisticated mission-critical application |
| 59 | + which forms part of Toyota Motor Manufacturing’s own |
| 60 | + “sequence-in-time” production process, has recently been selected as |
| 61 | + finalist the British Computer (BCS) Information Management Awards. |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +#### Security |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +* The [Metasploit Framework][14], a community open source project |
| 66 | + managed by [Rapid7][15], is a free penetration testing platform that |
| 67 | + helps IT professionals assess the security of their networks and |
| 68 | + applications. The Metasploit Project consists of over 700,000 lines of |
| 69 | + code and has been downloaded over a million times in 2010. The |
| 70 | + commercial editions [Metasploit Express][16] and [Metasploit Pro][17] |
| 71 | + developed by Rapid7 are also based on Ruby. |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +[1]: http://www.larc.nasa.gov/ |
| 74 | +[2]: http://www.motorola.com |
| 75 | +[3]: http://www.sketchup.com/ |
| 76 | +[4]: http://www.torontorehab.on.ca/ |
| 77 | +[5]: http://www.morpha.de/php_e/ |
| 78 | +[6]: http://ods.org/ |
| 79 | +[7]: http://www.lucent.com/ |
| 80 | +[8]: http://www.level3.com/ |
| 81 | +[9]: http://www.basecamphq.com |
| 82 | +[10]: http://www.37signals.com |
| 83 | +[11]: http://www.43things.com |
| 84 | +[12]: http://www.alistapart.com |
| 85 | +[13]: http://www.bluefountain.com/casestudies/bfs-deliver-a-2nd-sequence-production-system-for-toyota/ |
| 86 | +[14]: http://www.metasploit.com |
| 87 | +[15]: http://www.rapid7.com |
| 88 | +[16]: http://www.rapid7.com/products/metasploit-express.jsp |
| 89 | +[17]: http://www.rapid7.com/products/metasploit-pro.jsp |
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