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CloudChoice™ Success Story
How a Leading Fintech Company Modernised Their GitLab Infrastructure
A London-based financial technology organisation with 250 GitLab Premium users transformed their outdated GitLab setup with CloudChoice™, achieving dramatic performance improvements whilst eliminating security vulnerabilities and reducing operational overhead.
Customer Profile
This established fintech organisation, headquartered in London, serves as a critical infrastructure provider in the financial services sector. With a development team of 250 GitLab Premium users, they manage complex, compliance-heavy applications that require the highest standards of security, reliability, and performance. Their software delivery pipeline is essential to maintaining their competitive edge in the rapidly evolving financial technology landscape.
The Challenge
Like many growing technology organisations, this fintech company found themselves struggling with an increasingly outdated GitLab infrastructure that was becoming a significant operational burden and security risk.
🔒 Security Vulnerabilities
Running GitLab version 14 exposed the organisation to numerous known security vulnerabilities, creating compliance risks in the heavily regulated financial services sector.
⚡ Performance Issues
Outdated runner infrastructure and legacy GitLab features were causing slow build times and deployment bottlenecks, reducing developer productivity.
🔧 Resource Drain
Valuable engineering time was being consumed by manual GitLab maintenance and upgrade attempts, taking focus away from core business development.
📉 Missing Features
Being several versions behind meant the team was missing critical new GitLab features that could significantly improve their development workflow and security posture.
The Solution
CloudChoice™ by OTTRA
After evaluating multiple options, the fintech company selected CloudChoice™ from OTTRA, GitLab's longest-standing Select Partner. CloudChoice™ provides a complete platform-as-a-service solution for GitLab self-managed instances, offering automated monthly upgrades, 24/7 monitoring, and expert management whilst maintaining complete data sovereignty in the customer's own cloud infrastructure.
Implementation Timeline
OTTRA's team conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the existing GitLab setup and planned the migration strategy with zero data loss guarantee.
CloudChoice™ infrastructure was deployed in the customer's preferred cloud environment using GitLab reference architecture best practices.
Complete backup and restore migration was executed with comprehensive testing to ensure all data, configurations, and integrations worked seamlessly.
The new GitLab instance went live with immediate upgrades to the latest stable version and optimised runner configuration.
CloudChoice™ has transformed our GitLab experience. We're now always on the latest version without any effort from our team, our security posture has dramatically improved, and our developers are more productive than ever. OTTRA's expertise made the transition seamless.
Results & Benefits
Enhanced Performance
Significant improvements in build times and deployment speed through modern GitLab features and optimised runner infrastructure. The development team experienced faster feedback loops and reduced time-to-market.
Security Excellence
Complete mitigation of security vulnerabilities through automated monthly upgrades to the latest GitLab stable version. ISO 27001 certified processes ensure ongoing compliance with financial services regulations.
Operational Efficiency
Internal engineering resources previously spent on GitLab maintenance are now focused entirely on business-critical development work. Zero-effort upgrades and 24/7 monitoring provide peace of mind.
Feature Access
Immediate access to latest GitLab features including advanced CI/CD capabilities, security scanning improvements, and productivity enhancements that drive competitive advantage.
Productivity Gains
Development team productivity increased through access to modern GitLab features, improved system reliability, and elimination of infrastructure-related downtime and interruptions.
Expert Support
First-line support from GitLab specialists with rapid incident response. Access to OTTRA's deep platform expertise and proven track record as GitLab's longest-standing Select Partner.
Key Outcomes
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