A Large Insurance Company, a leading insurance company in Europe with an annual revenue of over USD 11B, faced significant hurdles in managing its complex database environment. The company utilized multiple analytics platforms including Snowflake, Azure SQL Server, Oracle, and Data Virtuality, but struggled with manual and error-prone CI/CD and database change management processes. Globally distributed development teams found it nearly impossible to manage deployments effectively without CI/CD automation.

The Challenge: Manual Management and Global Coordination

• Complex Platform Integration: Managing database changes across diverse analytics platforms, including Snowflake, Azure SQL Server, Oracle, and Data Virtuality, was resource-intensive and prone to errors.
  
• Manual CI/CD Processes: The company’s manual approach to CI/CD and database change management was slow and error-prone, complicating agile development workflows efforts and leading to delays.
  
  
• Distributed Teams: With development teams spread across multiple locations working on simultaneous projects, coordinating manual deployments became nearly impossible and increased the likelihood of mistakes and deployment errors.
  
  

“Manual deployments were a major bottleneck, consuming far too much time and effort. It felt like we were always struggling to keep up.’’

Andrew Chase, IT Solution Architect

What We Did: Automating and Optimizing with 4DAlert

To alleviate these challenges, 4DAlert was deployed, transforming their database management approach:

• Automated CI/CD Pipelines: 4DAlert automated CI/CD processes, schema comparisons, and database change management for platforms including Snowflake, Azure SQL Server, Oracle, and Data Virtuality, eliminating manual intervention.
• Integrated Version Control: We integrated version control systems to track all database changes, ensuring each change was recorded and reducing the likelihood of errors reaching production.
  
• Structured Logs for Transparency: Implemented structured logging and identification schemes, which captured every database change, providing detailed insights and minimizing human error.
  
• Comprehensive Support: Delivered tailored solutions, expedited product roadmap adjustments to meet unique needs, and provided ongoing training and support to ensure smooth implementation and adoption.
  
  

The Result: Accelerating and Optimizing Database Management

The introduction of 4DAlert produced outstanding results:

• 100% Automation of CI/CD: All Comprehensive multi-platform automation, including Snowflake, Azure SQL Server, Oracle, and Data Virtuality, were fully automated, removing manual interventions.
  
  
• 50% Faster Deployments:With Azure DevOps pipelines, Deployment frequency improved significantly, with changes now being deployed once a week instead of once a month.
  
  
• 90% Reduction in Errors: The automation and integration of version control reduced the deployment failure rates by over 90%, ensuring seamless and consistent database updates.
  
  
• 70% Increase in Team Efficiency: The efficiency of development teams surged as a result of the optimized CI/CD process, allowing them to focus more on innovation rather than manual tasks.
  
  

“Now that everything’s automated, we can focus on scaling and growth instead of worrying about deployment delays.”

Jake Ward, Principle Solution.

Get Started with 4DAlert

For teams seeking reliable, quick, and easy database rollback solutions, 4DAlert delivers the advanced database DevOps capabilities. It provides powerful automation, comprehensive governance, powerful automation, comprehensive governance, and real-time observability to handle complex database environments seamlessly. With 4DAlert, you gain robust control and enhanced visibility into your enhanced visibility into your database change management workflows, allowing for faster deployments, reduced errors, and improved efficiency.

Whether you’re managing frequent database changes or working across multiple platforms, 4DAlert ensures that your database operations are smooth and optimized, empowering your team to focus on innovation rather than firefighting database issues. Optimize your database processes with 4DAlert and experience a new level of control and performance in your database management strategy.