Philippines operator Globe has announced a collaboration with Red Hat to modernise its IT infrastructure. Leveraging Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, Globe aims to enhance its agility, scalability, and operational efficiency. This will also help Globe improve its operational practices to deliver a new and improved customer experience, Globe said in a joint statement on Sunday.
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Integration of Red Hat OpenShift
During the Open Innovation Labs residency, Globe's engineers integrated Red Hat OpenShift, a hybrid cloud platform, and adopted DevOps methodologies, including an immersive approach to help Globe tackle challenges in operational efficiency, developer productivity, observability, upskilling, and cross-team collaboration.
This laid the groundwork for scaling up the platform and migrating the first full application to Red Hat OpenShift over the next six months with additional benefits for Globe including:
- Test Automation: Test execution time was cut by 80 percent, allowing for more frequent testing.
- GitOps Efficiency: Resource provisioning was accelerated by 75 percent through automated processes.
- Zero Downtime Upgrades: High availability was ensured, and lifecycle management was simplified.
- Future AI Development: Globe is positioned for easier deployment of AI-enabled applications.
"The controlled loop fundamentals of the platform have made operationalising applications much easier, allowing us to focus more on providing a better customer experience rather than constantly fixing problems. This has significantly reduced our time-to-market, enabling us to deliver enhanced services to our customers with greater efficiency," Globe said.
"Integrating Red Hat OpenShift into our development processes has not only streamlined our workflows but also empowered our teams to adopt a more collaborative and innovative approach to software engineering. This collaboration has set the stage for the next phase of Globe’s digital transformation, where we can explore new possibilities in AI and cloud-native development," Globe's lead software engineer added.
Red Hat OpenShift facilitates the development and deployment of cloud-native applications, enabling an improved customer experience for Globe, the official release said.
