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Tidalis, a global leader in advanced maritime solutions, was facing increasingly complex infrastructure challenges. Complex setups, lengthy deployment times, and operational bottlenecks were holding back innovation and scalability. Tidalis required a modernized infrastructure approach, one that reduced complexity, minimized error-prone processes, and empowered teams to engineer value at scale. Tidalis engaged SUE to re-engineer its infrastructure to achieve full automation. The result: accelerated delivery, improved reliability, and a future-ready foundation that empowers global teams to innovate at speed.

Customer Tidalis

Industry Enterprise Software Development

Application Modernization Platform Engineering

The Need

A Scalable Infrastructure for a Fast-Moving Industry

As a technology-driven player in the maritime sector, Tidalis faced operational friction from fragmented custom solution testing, lengthy deployment cycles, and manual recovery procedures. These inefficiencies impacted innovation velocity and diverted engineering focus away from high-impact delivery.

Tidalis required a modernized infrastructure approach to enable their teams to focus on delivering value to their clients instead of struggling with infrastructure issues.

The Solution: Strategic Collaboration with SUE

SUE and Tidalis collaborated to architect and implement a modern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) platform, replacing error-prone manual processes with intelligent automation that is repeatable, reliable, and scalable. Using Terraform scripting and integrating VMware Cloud Director, this automation made deployments faster and more accurate.

The new system also simplified infrastructure recovery. By automating the most time-consuming tasks, Tidalis’s engineers could focus on more strategic work, like innovation and project delivery, instead of managing repetitive infrastructure problems.

Infrastructure as Code with Terraform: SUE operationalized infrastructure provisioning via a fully codified Terraform framework, establishing version-controlled, repeatable environments.
Accelerated Deployments & Precision: Automation reduced provisioning time from hours to minutes while eliminating configuration drift and human error.
Resilient Recovery at Scale: The new architecture simplified recovery workflows, enabling rapid restoration and system reliability under failure scenarios.

Maarten Tietge, Manager Systems Engineering, Tidalis

"Our experience with SUE has been excellent. Tidalis operates on a project basis with clients both locally and globally. The SUE team enables us to adapt flexibly to the requirements of our projects. Their knowledge, open-mindedness, and great communication skills stand out. They work flawlessly with both the Tidalis team and our clients."

The Result

Delivering Advanced Solutions with Speed and Confidence

The changes provided Tidalis with a solid, reliable IT framework that supports their mission to deliver advanced maritime solutions with speed and confidence.

Through its partnership with SUE, Tidalis redefined its infrastructure capabilities, unlocking agility, resilience, and innovation readiness across its global maritime operations. SUE and Tidalis continue working together, reducing complexity and empowering engineers to focus on delivering business value, rather than fighting infrastructure.

The Outcome

Hardened IT Backbone
The adoption of a codified, declarative infrastructure model resulted in a highly reliable and scalable IT foundation that supported agile project delivery and operational continuity.
Scalable Innovation Enablement
Engineers now spin up isolated test environments on demand, accelerating iterative development and QA cycles.
Engineer Empowerment Through Automation
Manual, repetitive tasks were abstracted through automation pipelines, enabling engineering teams to focus on architecture, optimization, and client-facing innovation