Leading insurance provider improved developer productivity using secure, standardized, and automated development environments

Company 'Y', a leading provider of insurance solutions, transitioned to Ona Enterprise to enhance the security and efficiency of their development environments, replacing their previous Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) setup with Citrix. This move allowed them to overcome the limitations of developing on underpowered Windows machines by adopting Ona’s Linux-based standardized development environments, which align better with their production systems. The switch to Ona provided 'Y' with the flexibility to create ephemeral and resource-efficient development environments, significantly reducing environment drift and improving developer experience by balancing compliance requirements with developer autonomy. By decoupling software development from desktop use cases, developers could work more efficiently without compromising the performance of administrative applications. Additionally, 'Y' implemented a secure, private networking configuration for Ona, ensuring control over identity and access through integration with their GitLab repository. The automation and ease of updates with Ona's system further streamlined their operations, providing continuous product enhancements and cost optimizations without significant downtime.