Customer Success Story
Rocketleap X Goudappel Empowering Teams and Streamlining AWS
About Goudappel
Goudappel is a top consulting company that focuses on the mobility market.
They advise municipalities, provinces, and governments on transportation and mobility issues. Much of their work involves handling data and IT solutions to help clients make intelligent decisions about improving transportation infrastructure.
To understand how Rocketleap transformed Goudappel's infrastructure, we sat down with Jurgen Onland, a Product Owner focused on mobility data analytics, and Matthijs Boot, a Software Developer specializing in DevOps at DAT Mobility, a part of Goudappel.
"Our customers are amazed at how quickly we can deliver complex features using Rocketleap."
Matthijs Boot
Developer Goudappel
Challenges
Goudappel ran a mix of projects on AWS, prioritizing getting them up and running and moving on to the next project. This approach led to concentrated knowledge in single developers, unclear governance, and a lack of a cohesive cloud strategy.
- AWS - The big unknown: The management team at Goudappel had little insight into the vulnerabilities they were exposed to in their AWS environment. The team saw it as a technical necessity rather than a business enabler and drive growth. Often, only a single developer on their team had limited knowledge about AWS, restricting the team's ability to leverage its full potential. Jurgen noted, "We saw the AWS cloud as a technical trick."
- Security breaches: The team had a big security scare when an AWS account got hacked for Bitcoin mining, which led to unexpected costs.
- Cost inefficiencies: Managing AWS costs was tough, especially with pricey services like Elasticsearch. The team found it hard to keep track of their spending and optimize expenses. Jurgen pointed out, "We lacked visibility into our expenditure and its allocation, which also posed a security risk."
- Scalability and management: Their AWS setup couldn't keep up with the growing workloads.
- Governance and compliance: Their AWS setup couldn't keep up with the growing workloads, making quick and efficient deployments a hassle "We struggled to follow AWS best practices, and that caused delays and inefficiencies."
"By leveraging the Rocketleap Platform, we can develop a feature in three days instead of three weeks and get feedback from our customers much faster."
Jurgen Onland, Product Owner,
Goudappel
Rocketleap's solutions for Goudappel
Rocketleap really turned things around for Goudappel by transforming their AWS setup into a secure, efficient, and scalable platform.
First, Rocketleap enforced standardized best practices across all AWS workloads, greatly improving security and governance.
Jurgen said, "When you create a new workload with Rocketleap, you know for sure that basic security is covered." This boost in monitoring capabilities kept security incidents at bay and ensured compliance.
Cost management also saw significant improvements. Rocketleap provided detailed insights into AWS expenses, helping Goudappel manage and reduce costs effectively.
3 Jurgen noted, "We now have better control and monitoring of costs." By facilitating efficient resource sharing, Rocketleap cut down on unnecessary spending.
On the productivity front, Rocketleap's pre-built pipelines and example applications allowed Goudappel to deploy new workloads quickly, reducing setup times from weeks to hours.
Jurgen stated, "Setting up a new workload within Rocketleap takes hours instead of weeks." This helped Goudappel scale effortlessly and shifted the perception of AWS from a mere technical tool to a business enabler.
Jurgen added, "With Rocketleap, we see it now more as a business enabler, allowing us to develop product features faster and enter the market more quickly."
Lastly, Rocketleap offered extensive support and training, helping developers adopt best practices swiftly. Matthijs said, "Rocketleap’s examples and pipelines have really sped up our development process."
This support empowered the entire team by spreading knowledge and responsibilities. Matthijs explained, "Before, it was just one person implementing the infrastructure. Now, more team members are picking up these tasks, which is great for spreading knowledge and skills."
In summary, Rocketleap provided the tools and support Goudappel needed to enhance security, manage costs, boost productivity, and empower their development team, driving better outcomes for the company and clients.
"Rocketleap’s examples and pipelines have really sped up our development process. Before, it was just one person implementing the infrastructure. Now, more team members are picking up these tasks, which is great for spreading knowledge and skills."
Matthijs Boot
Developer Goudappel
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