DevOps Hackathon – New solutions to old problems

 

One of our most experienced employees, Suresh Kotha, was part of the winning team in a recent Hackathon held at one of our clients, NatWest Group.

 

The team of 6, the “Infra Hackers”, competed against more than 20 other teams to build a working prototype using DevOps principles tasked with addressing a business challenge or introducing a new innovative way of working.

 

Their solution, an end to end release automation tool, integrated with the key tools used across the NatWest Group to deliver an end-to-end change governance solution. It was built in 2 weeks and there were multiple rounds of judging from senior roles in the organisation including Head of IT.

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Gary Thornhill

Press Release: DevOps for Mainframe – Act Before It’s Too Late

Act before it’s too late!

Mainframe systems are incumbent in nearly all large financial institutions and incredibly powerful at processing high volume transactions. Mainframe is here to stay, but it is in desperate need of modernising.

DevOps has been seen by some as not suited to the mainframe. However, recent legislation and fast-growing competition are forcing large financials to keep pace or lose out. Mainframe modernisation is urgently needed to remain competitive in this market.

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ODC opening event

ODC Opening Ceremony (with pictures)

25th June 2018
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ODC opening ceremony, with pictures! Our brand new dedicated RBS ODC is now open in Chennai (India). This ODC enables us to provide better value to RBS as we are now optimally placed to provide them with the same top-quality service as an extension of their team, while we bear the office overhead cost. This high-spec facility enables us to deliver top quality projects at a lower cost and gives us capability to scale up and down in line with our client requirements.

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Sandhata opens office in Chennai

Our new RBS ODC in Chennai, India

Sandhata’s brand new dedicated RBS Offshore Delivery Centre (ODC) opens this week in Chennai, India. The new office is located on the same business park as RBS, enabling us to build on the already close working relationships between the RBS and Sandhata team members and fostering closer collaboration on complex DevOps projects.

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DevOps In Regulated Industries

Does DevOps Work in Highly Regulated Industries?

8th February 2018
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DevOps is best suited to digital start-ups with minimal regulation and few restrictions, right?

Initially the DevOps movement stemmed from the agile, innovative, born-on-the-web companies who were able to change their way of working quickly. However, the principles and practices are completely transferrable to all organisation types. This includes those at the other end of the spectrum – where processes are very tightly controlled and regulation dictates a significant part of the business investment.

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Is DevOps right for organisation

Is DevOps right for your organisation now?

17th November 2017
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There are many articles about what needs to be done to adopt DevOps successfully, but in this blog we’re going to focus on organisational readiness. The purpose of this blog is to highlight some of the key organisational factors and considerations which help to determine whether a DevOps initiative is really needed for your business – and whether it is likely to be successful in your organisation at the current time.

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Sandhata Forms Partnership with XebiaLabs

9th February 2017
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Sandhata in partnership with XebiaLabs9 February, 2017 – Sandhata Technologies has teamed up with XebiaLabs, a recognised leader in DevOps and Continuous Delivery software tools, to provide highly tailored products and support to financial institutions using DevOps to increase the quality, speed and value of their software delivery process.

The XebiaLabs top-ranked DevOps platform has been adopted for more efficient and safe Continuous Delivery and Application Release Automation (ARA) by major financial services organisations around the world, such as Lloyds, Rabobank and Société Générale. ARA has become essential for DevOps success, as more and more enterprises seek to improve the speed and quality of their software while reducing risk.

Meanwhile, Sandhata has a significant footprint in the financial services industry, developing highly tailored DevOps projects for some of the most severely regulated banks and financial institutions worldwide.

“Sandhata offers both expertise in managing complex DevOps implementations and impressive consultancy experience gained from working with financial organisations to meet their specific needs,” says Coert Baart, Senior Vice President EMEA/APAC for XebiaLabs. “We’re excited to partner with them to better serve the UK financial market in its ongoing DevOps transformation.”

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