Kamstrup has extended its strategic partnership with Netic for an additional three years, cementing a collaboration that will span a minimum of six years. By relying on Netic’s Managed Application Platform, Kamstrup frees up crucial resources, ensures 24/7 uptime, and allows their development teams to focus 100% on what they do best: creating world-class smart metering solutions.
As Kamstrup accelerates their digital ambitions and experiences massive customer growth globally, their infrastructure needs to scale seamlessly. The challenge was finding an operational model where Kamstrup didn't have to build and maintain a heavy, internal "Cloud Native & Platform" team to operate their Kubernetes environment, while still ensuring a uniform architecture across multiple markets.
The Challenge
From Operational Complexity to Global Expansion
As a global leader in energy and water metering, Kamstrup's digital landscape requires a highly scalable and robust foundation. In order to support their international growth, Kamstrup faced a significant need to deploy applications across multiple Azure regions.
Instead of handling the complex internal operations of 'raw' Kubernetes, Kamstrup utilizes Netic’s Contain platform – a fully Managed Application Platform built as an optimized layer directly on top of Kubernetes. With Contain as the foundation, Kamstrup ensures a completely uniform architecture across all geographical regions. This minimizes complexity and reduces time-to-market, as the underlying setup remains 100% identical regardless of where in the world the customers are located.
The Solution
A Managed Layer in Kamstrup's Own Azure Tenant
The solution goes beyond just technology; it includes comprehensive Managed Services. Netic takes full responsibility for patching, updates, maintenance, and 24/7 monitoring of the engine room.
This empowers internal Platform Engineering teams, spearheaded by Anushree Pandey, Head of Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure & Platforms, to provide an integrated platform that empowers developers to move fast, stay aligned and focus on building and deploying business-critical applications directly within Kamstrup’s own Azure tenant, without having to worry about the underlying infrastructure.
The Value
Security and 24/7 Readiness as a Foundation
Operating business-critical applications requires clear responsibilities and zero operational "gray zones". By placing the platform operations with Netic, Kamstrup benefits from full observability across all layers.
Netic handles the 24/7 monitoring and maintenance of the foundation. Because the platform resides locally in Kamstrup’s own Azure environment, it natively integrates with their existing security parameters, minimizes network latency, and ensures that the platform is always available and performing optimally for their global customers.
An Expanded Strategic Scope for the Future
The renewed contract builds upon a highly solid foundation but significantly expands Netic’s responsibilities. Moving forward, Netic will deliver an enhanced layer of Managed Services governed by refined processes and even more comprehensive SLA frameworks tailored to Kamstrup's growing scale. The new agreement establishes a stronger procedural framework for the collaboration, with a critical strategic focus on ensuring data sovereignty and actively preventing vendor lock-in.
Crucially, these robust measures provide the exact baseline needed for Netic to continuously innovate and develop the Contain platform, ensuring it evolves in lockstep with Kamstrup’s future requirements.
Key Outcomes
- Seamless Synergy in DevEx: Optimized Developer Experience (DevEx) for seamless building and deployment on a fully managed foundation.
- Comprehensive 24/7 Managed Operations: Netic provides round-the-clock management of the platform, including patching and maintenance, ensuring enterprise-grade stability and security.
- A Proven, Long-Term Partnership: The new 3-year extension ensures a minimum of 6 years of strategic collaboration, providing continuity, deep mutual trust, and a shared technical vision.