Devtech Helps Virgin Trains Accelerate Innovation

Virgin Trains have set out to disrupt the UK railway industry by building a cloud platform to help save passengers £1bn a year in travel fares.

Client

Virgin Trains

Project

Software Development

Industry

Travel

Overview

Virgin Trains acquired a software solution which was in an MVP stage to be used as a foundation for their disruption initiative. Several challenges needed to be alleviated in order to ensure successful execution.

Challenges Identified

Over-engineered architecture: 50+ microservices and 50+ databases

Over-engineered infrastructure and extremely high AWS costs

Need for solid SDLC processes and continuous delivery

Limited engineering capacity

Lack of technical design & documentation

Slow release cycles, preventing quick deployment and implementation of new features/bug fixes

Need for security-by-design approach and more performance testing

Solution & Outcomes

By partnering with Devtech to extend their internal engineering teams, Virgin Trains have ensured ability to accelerate innovation and product roadmap, while also modernizing the underlying solution architecture and improving software development lifecycle.

Having Devtech as a trusted technology partner enabled Virgin Trains to move faster and have a high-quality, robust cloud platform capable of doing millions of transactions at scale.

34%

Increase in development velocity, by simplifying the microservice and overall architecture

56%

Reduction in AWS cost, saving USD $476k+ annually

7x

Accelerated testing and deployment times, resulting in overall accelerated product roadmap

“I believe high levels of trust and great engagement is the key element of any change (digital or not), and I was delighted to see Virgin Trains and Devtech excelling at working together.
As well as the excellent progress, it is the environment we all want to work in – don’t we? In fact, the way the teams have been working together, you wouldn’t know if an individual was working for Virgin Trains or Devtech.
For me, this chemistry is critical for successful digital innovation, but sometimes not appreciated enough.”

John Sullivan

CIO, Virgin Trains

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