A Smokin’ Multi-Region AKS Implementation
Fontem Ventures’ e-commerce platform blu.com
The Question
The fast-growing e-commerce platform blu.com had Fontem Ventures feeling a bit blue: it slowed development - and business - down. They asked us to optimize the AKS Implementation and the development process.
Our Challenge
With the almost continuous arrival of new developers, international regulatory concerns, a business-critical, high-volume platform, and a short timeframe, we had our work cut out for us.
Make it Work, Make it Right, Make it Fast
With a growing demand for vapor products, the pressure on blu’s platform and its development team increased day by day. While a combination of third party SaaS solutions was sufficient at first, Fontem Ventures now urged for a new custom-built platform on AKS. The perfect time to ramp up development and quality assurance processes too – so that they would not become bottlenecks. Or, better yet: make them the champions of fast delivery and saving costs.
The Embodiment of DevOps
We obviously focused on maximizing development productivity, minimizing defects and downtime, and ensuring legal compliance in multiple jurisdictions.
But, at Beyond Blue, we don’t like hit-and-runs. We made sure that everyone within Fontem – from developer to operator to manager – internalized our knowledge. We mentored teams, helped onboard new joiners, and organized DevOps sessions for knowledge sharing, issue solving, and planning for a smokin’ future.
“In our ever-changing and heavily regulated trade market, a fast-moving team that cares about the cloud infrastructure, security, and scalability is essential. The Beyond Blue team helped us achieve our e-commerce goals. We have an unquestioned trust in their people and our partnership.”
Martin Miete | Senior Operations Manager
