Single platform software: Simplifying multiple cloud applications management for publishers

In the publishing industry, managing multiple cloud applications can be a daunting task. As your business scales, onboarding new clients, coordinating releases, and ensuring consistency across various applications become increasingly complex. This is where single-platform software comes into play, offering a streamlined solution for developing and managing multiple applications. Let's explore the benefits of using a single platform for an organization that oversees multiple cloud applications: Stabenfeldt, a Swedish book publisher, and their experience with Microtica.

Before Microtica: the challenge of managing a fast-growing business

Stabenfeldt, a renowned book publisher operating in Sweden, Norway, and Finland, has been in the market for over 30 years. Catering to diverse audiences, the company developed multiple, independent applications to meet various needs. However, as the company planned to launch even more applications, they faced significant challenges:

• Onboarding and managing clients: As the number of applications grew, so did the complexity of client management. Each application required individual attention, making it difficult to maintain a seamless onboarding process.
• Coordinating new releases: Releasing new versions across multiple instances simultaneously became a logistical nightmare. Ensuring each release was stable, high-quality, and delivered consistent improvements was increasingly difficult.
• Development optimization: With separate development processes for each app, optimizing development and delivery efforts was nearly impossible. This fragmentation led to inefficiencies and higher costs.
  

Discovering the power of a single platform software

In their quest for a solution, Stabenfeldt identified the need for a platform to support their growing demands while unifying multiple applications' delivery and infrastructure management. They discovered Microtica, a single platform software that offered a comprehensive solution to their challenges.

Benefits of a single platform software for publishers

Unified cloud delivery and management

A single platform allows developers in the publishing industry to unify cloud delivery and management of multiple applications. This approach ensures that all applications are developed using consistent methodologies and standards, leading to:

• Streamlined processes: by centralizing delivery and management, processes become more efficient. Teams can focus on creating high-quality applications without being bogged down by disparate workflows.
• Consistency across applications: a single platform ensures that all applications adhere to the same standards, resulting in a cohesive product suite.
  

Enhanced collaboration

With a single platform, teams can collaborate more effectively. Shared resources and tools facilitate better communication and cooperation, leading to:

• Improved productivity: teams can work together seamlessly, leveraging shared components and libraries to accelerate development.
• Faster time-to-market: enhanced collaboration enables quicker releases, ensuring that new features and updates reach users faster.
  

Cost savings

Single platform software can significantly reduce costs associated with developing and managing multiple applications. For example, Stabenfeldt used Microtica's Cloud Cloud Optimization to cut their AWS costs by 60%. Additional cost-saving benefits include:

• Reduced infrastructure costs:  by consolidating applications on a single platform, infrastructure costs are minimized. Resources are utilized more efficiently, leading to lower expenses.
• Efficient resource allocation: a unified platform allows for better resource allocation, ensuring that development efforts are focused on the most critical areas.
  

Simplified release management

Managing releases across multiple applications can be complex and error-prone. A single platform streamlines release management through:

• Automated release processes: automation reduces the risk of human error, ensuring that releases are consistent and reliable.
• Easy environment replication: single platform software enables easy replication of environments across applications, simplifying testing and deployment.
  

Scalability

As your business grows, a single platform can scale with you. It provides the flexibility to:

• Support growing needs: whether you're adding new applications or expanding existing ones, a single platform can accommodate your needs without compromising performance.
• Adapt to market changes: a unified platform allows you to quickly respond to market changes and customer demands, ensuring your applications remain competitive.
  

Stabenfeldt's Success with Microtica

Stabenfeldt's experience with Microtica highlights the transformative power of single platform software. By adopting Microtica, they achieved:

• Customizable components: Stabenfeldt's teams built custom components tailored to specific use cases, which could be reused across multiple projects. This customization enhanced their development efficiency.
• Replicable environments: The ability to easily replicate environments across applications and projects simplified testing and deployment, reducing the risk of faulty releases.
• Automated releases: Automation streamlined their release processes, ensuring consistent and stable updates for all applications.

Additionally, the significant cost savings from the Cloud Waste Manager underscored the financial benefits of a single platform approach.

Conclusion

For publishers managing multiple cloud applications, single platform software offers a robust solution to the challenges of scaling, coordination, and cost management. By unifying cloud delivery and management processes, enhancing collaboration, reducing costs, simplifying release management, and providing scalability, single platform software can drive significant improvements in efficiency and productivity.

Stabenfeldt's success story with Microtica illustrates how adopting a single platform can transform operations and support growth. As you consider solutions for your own organization, the benefits of single platform software are clear: it's a strategic investment that can streamline your processes, reduce costs, and position your business for continued success in a competitive market.

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