The smart journey to containerization
Vodafone Group Services was struggling with an old, monolithic platform that had incurred high levels of complexity and interdependency in addition to a substantial upgrade deficit. As a result, they could no longer maintain it without operational and security risks. They needed to start fresh with new technology.
Giant Swarm provided a highly automated management cluster to manage Kubernetes and the cloud native stack. This product comes wrapped in a service that increased Vodafone's peace of mind during cloud adoption. The partnership with Giant Swarm eased the ramp-up of the cloud native architecture. There was available portability with no lock-in, providing an easy pivot in case of failure. This safe starting point enabled Vodafone to take the leap into a microservices architecture. It also eliminated the challenges of running on an environment that was not well-known to the Vodafone staff.
Partnering with Giant Swarm, Vodafone Group Services GmbH has created a blueprint for building and maintaining cloud native projects. This blueprint is now being adopted throughout Vodafone Group, especially with Kubernetes projects that are moving from the experimental phase to production.
About Vodafone
Vodafone Group is one of the world's leading telecoms and technology service providers. They have extensive experience in connectivity, convergence and the Internet of Things, as well as championing mobile financial services and digital transformation in emerging markets.
Vodafone Group Services GmbH provides data center services and supports business processes as a subsidiary of Vodafone Group. They help subsidiaries and affiliates achieve their business objectives by providing IT services, infrastructure, and best practices. They believe that IT is a means to meet business objectives, and their goal is to facilitate the business achievements of their customers.
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