Many companies were forced to build their Kubernetes environments from scratch, leading to costly, time-consuming internal projects and frustrating hiring challenges that delayed critical development. Furthermore, driven by concerns over extra-territorial laws and potential data sovereignty issues, companies were demanding assurance that their data was handled in strict compliance with GDPR and local European regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Pionative, selecting a European cloud partner wasn’t just about technology; it was about finding a provider with the reliability, scale, and jurisdictional compliance to meet these real-world demands. This led them to UpCloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tackling challenges together – TAGGRS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The partnership proved its critical value when onboarding Dutch server side tracking provider TAGGRS<\/a>, with demanding and massive-scale workloads. This engagement required infrastructure that could handle thousands of pods and rapid growth with numbers doubling across multiple Kubernetes clusters today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “When we partnered with TAGGRS, we needed a solution that could support a serious scale and continue to grow with us. We evaluated several European providers, and UpCloud stood out as by far the most professional and best option.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pieter van der Giessen<\/a>, Co-Founder at Pionative<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n During the initial deployment, the extreme traffic and heavy load on UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes service (UKS)<\/a> led to some early stabilization challenges. This was quickly addressed through high-degree collaborative effort between teams. With direct access to the environment and a close line of communication with the UpCloud UKS team, both parties worked hand-in-hand, quickly remedying the issues and enabling TAGGRS to easily scale their operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n UpCloud<\/em><\/strong> provides the reliable cloud infrastructure and UKS, <\/em>Pionative<\/em><\/strong> delivers deep Kubernetes expertise and manages the Kubernetes platform, enabling <\/em>TAGGRS<\/em><\/strong> to focus fully on developing and optimizing their application stack.<\/em> The collaboration extends beyond technical support – it is a true partnership that has led to tangible product improvements. The direct, hands-on engagement has actively shaped and guided UpCloud’s product roadmap<\/a>, with suggestions and feedback from Pionative making their way into development highlighting the mutual respect between the two companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “What really stands out is UpCloud’s communication. It’s fully transparent, support is available 24\/7, and we have a direct line of communication with the account team. This has been a genuinely positive experience, particularly when I consider that I’ve never had the opportunity to speak with an actual person at Azure.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pieter van der Giessen<\/a>, Co-Founder at Pionative<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n This level of access and personal attention ensures that Pionative can quickly troubleshoot and solve potential issues, a stark contrast to the often-impersonal support of hyperscalers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This genuine, collaborative feeling of being “part of the team<\/em>” ensures Pionative can consistently deliver reliable, high-performing Kubernetes services to their growing customer base on European cloud infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At UpCloud we are proud to partner with leading Kubernetes experts Pionative and look forward to many more shared cases together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Interested in partnering with a leading European cloud provider?<\/strong> Get in touch<\/a> with our team today and discover the benefits <\/a>of partnering with UpCloud!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Addressing European cloud demand and Kubernetes complexity In the broader market, Pionative observed a dual challenge facing organizations: the complexity of Kubernetes and a critical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":70708,"template":"","case-study-category":[],"class_list":["post-1339","case-study","type-case-study","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-study\/1339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-study"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case-study"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-study\/1339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3470,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-study\/1339\/revisions\/3470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"case-study-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-study-category?post=1339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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