From traditional hosting to flexible scalability
For software companies, scalability is a must. Applications must run reliably, be able to scale quickly, and be easy to manage. At the same time, development teams want to focus primarily on software development, not on complex infrastructure. This became a major challenge for the Dutch software company Stormin. Stormin develops custom software for various clients. Their team consists mainly of developers who focus on building and improving applications. In addition, Stormin often works on existing systems where previous decisions have limited scalability, performance, or stability. Stormin restores these systems to a stable foundation and further develops them to a higher level of quality.
One of the most important applications is expected to see strong growth in the number of users. The application was hosted by a traditional hosting provider where scalability and flexibility were limited, meaning the existing infrastructure was no longer sufficient. In addition, Stormin is developing an application for interactive events. This allows participants to respond live on a screen via their smartphones during, for example, corporate meetings or events. For both applications, it became clear that a modern infrastructure was needed to enable further growth.
Stormin wanted to:
- Making applications scalable
- Improving reliability and performance
- Leveraging Cloud Native Technology
- Minimize infrastructure management
Stormin wanted to achieve this without building its own cloud or infrastructure team:
"We build software, not infrastructure. Thanks to SUE and Multistax, we can run our applications on an enterprise-grade cloud platform without needing to maintain an entire infrastructure team ourselves."
Why Stormin chose SUE
Stormin has extensive expertise in software development, but not in cloud platforms or Kubernetes. Designing and managing an AWS environment in-house would mean that the company:
- We had to build up new specialized knowledge
- had to hire additional engineers
- Developers had to be distracted from their core business
That is why Stormin brought in SUE as a specialized partner to design and implement a scalable cloud native environment.
Stormin remained responsible for software architecture and application development, while SUE contributed in-depth expertise in the areas of cloud, Kubernetes, and platform engineering. This led to a partnership in which both parties contribute to a stable and future-proof platform based on their respective areas of expertise.
Managed Kubernetes with Multistax
With SUE’s help, Stormin migrated its applications to a cloud native platform on AWS, managed via Multistax. The result: a scalable infrastructure without added operational complexity. The applications were already built using microservices in Docker containers. SUE adapted them for a Kubernetes platform and integrated them with cloud services such as:
- Amazon RDS for managed databases (PostgreSQL and MySQL)
- Amazon S3 for storing large amounts of data
- Kubernetes for orchestration and automatic scaling
The infrastructure was fully deployed and managed through Multistax, SUE’s platform for managing Kubernetes environments. Among other things, Multistax automates:
- Provisioning Kubernetes Clusters
- Load balancing and networking
- Security policies and access rules
- Application deployment
- Automatic scaling of workloads
Stormin can manage deployments, monitor resources, and roll out new application versions all from a single dashboard.
In addition, Multistax ensures that the applications remain cloud-agnostic. This allows Stormin to deploy their solutions across various cloud environments without being tied to a single provider.
The result
The new infrastructure provides Stormin with a scalable and future-proof platform for their applications.
: Rapid Implementation
The migration of two applications was completed in approximately ten business days.
Scalable Architecture
Kubernetes ensures that applications can automatically scale up as the number of users grows.
Manageable Costs
Thanks to the efficient cloud architecture, operational costs remain low and predictable, while the infrastructure can scale flexibly to meet demand.
No infrastructure team needed
Thanks to Multistax, Stormin doesn't need to hire cloud specialists, and developers can focus entirely on software development.
The impact
With the new cloud native environment, Stormin can develop applications faster, roll them out more easily, and scale them effortlessly to meet the needs of their users. Through its partnership with SUE as an infrastructure partner, Stormin retains control over architectural decisions, while the complexities of the cloud and Kubernetes are effectively outsourced to SUE’s specialists.
By automating infrastructure management through Multistax, their organization remains lean, and the team can focus on what they do best: building software.
You can find out what SUE manages for you and what your team continues to handle on its own on the Managed Kubernetes page.
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