Aquafin, a leading Belgian company specialising in the financing, development and operation of advanced water treatment infrastructure within the Flemish Region, has embarked on a major cloud transformation (*). With more than 30 years of experience in on-premise IT systems, Aquafin has recently embraced cloud capabilities to improve operational efficiency and scalability.
In collaboration with competence centre Gluo, Aquafin has established an Internal Developer Platform (IDP), aimed at enabling software development teams to securely and consistently build applications in the cloud. This initiative underlines Aquafin’s commitment to strong security practices, crucial given the strict IT security regulations and the strategic importance of the utility sector.
Our team functions as a platform engineering team within the Solutions Team. Primarily focused on supporting development teams, they ensure smooth cloud operations managed by Aquafin.
Aquafin has chosen Azure DevOps as its CI/CD infrastructure, replacing their in-house Jenkins solution to streamline software delivery processes. At the same time, they designed a Kubernetes cluster using Microsoft’s Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), in line with their cloud strategy.
Twelve months after starting this initiative, our team has successfully supported four teams and brought multiple applications into production. This progress highlights Aquafin’s commitment to leverage technology for a sustainable future in water management, and solidifies their role as an innovator in the utility sector.
(*) This transformation and cloud strategy is partly funded through Flemish Resilience and the European Union NextGenerationEU.
Xploration
After more than 30 years of experience in on-premise IT systems, Aquafin decided it was time to move their applications to the cloud.
Our solution
Together with Gluo, Aquafin has established an Internal Developer Platform (IDP), aimed at enabling software development teams to build applications securely and consistently in the cloud.
Integration
- Azure DevOps
- Microsofts Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Result
Twelve months after launching this initiative, our team has successfully supported four teams and brought several applications into production.
