The cloudXcelerate-Cycloid Story
Partnering with Cycloid to offer Platform Engineering as a Service (PEaaS)
cloudXcelerate is a leading cloud services provider in the DACH region and is backed by a large systems integrator with over 5,000 employees globally. cloudXcelerate’s standardized and automated services support customers from architecture to deployment, whilst ensuring cloud governance and security policies are front of mind.
The challenge
Accelerating platform engineering whilst controlling cloud costs
cloudXcelerate noticed that many of its customers were struggling to control cloud infrastructure complexity and costs when automating and deploying services. To help with the process, cloudXcelerate needed a platform that offered efficient solutions to help modernize infrastructure, scale automation, and optimize their cloud environments, improving operational transparency and reducing complexity.
- Enable faster cloud provisioning
- Reduce cloud infrastructure complexity
- Cloud cost management
Why Cycloid?
An umbrella for integrated cloud services
Cycloid provides cloudXcelerate and its customers with features that comprise a robust self-service portal, with features such as customizable service catalogs and easy to use and design forms to configure the deployments. The all-in-one platform includes orchestration, resource management, FinOps, and GreenOps capabilities, ensuring it was the tool that cloudXcelerate was looking for.
With the company’s own strong IT operations background, cloudXcelerate now offers customized services that combine their industry expertise with Cycloid’s innovative platform.
The platform acts as a cloud service integrator, and the “Platform Engineering as a Service” model empowers businesses to efficiently manage their cloud environments and accelerate their cloud journeys while controlling costs.
In addition, Cycloid’s white-label feature allows cloudXcelerate to fully customize the platform’s interface to match their brand, creating a cohesive, branded DevOps and cloud management experience. By leveraging this, cloudXcelerate can offer clients a seamless self-service portal with all the benefits of Cycloid’s automation, FinOps, and GreenOps capabilities—offering cloud adoption and infrastructure management under their own brand.
Outcomes
Offering Platform Engineering as a Service
The partnership has already proven successful with cloudXcelerate, achieving seamless cloud migration and full production capabilities for its customers in under four weeks. The PEaaS model enhances efficiency and fosters faster delivery, directly addressing customer pain points in cloud infrastructure management.
What's ahead
By combining local expertise with Cycloid’s powerful platform, cloudXcelerate’s team is confident that they will be able to offer the PEaaS model to help other businesses in the DACH region gain control over their cloud systems, scale platform engineering and reduce operational costs.
Thanks to the multi-tenancy capabilities of the Cycloid platform, cloudXcelerate will be able to easily switch between customers in the same interface through our Multiple Organizations feature, whilst retaining industrial scale security.