Kubernetes as a Service Platform
Siemens Digital Industries’ core infrastructure is now delivered by a Kubernetes and Cloud Native Platform designed, built, and supported by LiveWyer
Challenge
The customer sought expertise in developing a sustainable and scalable Enterprise Kubernetes platform, along with the requisite tooling. They required professional guidance on initiating the project, selecting the appropriate toolset, and ensuring the architecture, design and build were aligned to industry Best Practices.
"Siemens needed a robust and scalable runtime platform for its SaaS products, and it sought a strategic partner to collaborate on this initiative. LiveWyer played a pivotal role in the project, offering valuable strategic insights, architectural expertise, and engineering best practices from the outset. The guidance provided by LiveWyer was crucial in ensuring the platform's successful development and subsequent growth. Throughout the collaboration, LiveWyer showcased adaptability and resourcefulness, efficiently addressing the evolving requirements of the venture."
Director & Head of Platform - Siemens
64k
Containers
37k
Pods
2.9k
Namespaces
Solutions
LiveWyer began implementation with a compact, specialised engineering pod, which held industry Best Practices at the heart of their decision making, a strategy that has consistently outperformed larger alternative delivery methods. This technically proficient pod of engineers maintained technical excellence, making difficult design decisions, whilst adopting the client’s hard business constraints. This proved pivotal in landing on a robust and scalable architecture, which accommodated for the clients chosen toolsets.
The investment in detailed design and proof-of-concept stages delivered immense value, culminating in a solution that has stood the test of time, and successfully expanded to a global scale and now incorporates multiple cloud providers.
159
Clusters
1.6k
Nodes
66TB
Memory
Conclusion
The project grew from a small initiative, and a single pod of LiveWyer engineers, to become a prime example of applying Kubernetes technology. Thanks to our Platform, a new Cloud initiative within the customer was created, and the project has expanded to over 100 clusters, far exceeding its original goal of just five. Despite facing competition from larger enterprise projects, LiveWyer’s commitment to strong fundamentals has been key to the project’s success. Our focus on building a solid foundation has enabled the Platform to scale successfully, and has cemented LiveWyer as a trusted partner for the customer. Together, we have built a robust and scalable platform that minimises technical debt, removes the need for a large support team, but excels in every evaluation.
Today, the Platform is a cornerstone of the customers cloud infrastructure, and its success and continued growth to additional Regions and Cloud Providers is a testament to LiveWyer’s strategic involvement from the start. This underscores the power of strong foundations, as the strategic partnership continues to achieve groundbreaking scale, efficiency and expansion.