Providing a future-proof and scalable platform for Skylegs

Skylegs provides a comprehensive aviation business management platform as a SaaS for aircraft operators. Headquartered in Belgium, Skylegs markets its solution globally.

The CTO's primary focus is on delivering a highly customizable solution that adapts to the ever-evolving world of aviation regulation and compliance. The small yet agile development team operates in a remote-hybrid model.

“Since Conectica stepped in to assist us with our platform, we can better allocate our own resources to what we excel at." ” – Harald Denolf, COO Skylegs

 

The Challenge

Skylegs' software had become a crucial component for numerous aircraft operators worldwide. As the platform experienced increased usage from more users concurrently, Skylegs faced the challenge of handling peak usage effectively.

To ensure system availability and accelerate innovation while transitioning to a cloud-native application architecture, Skylegs partnered with Conectica. Together, they established a stable and secure cloud environment that aligned with their goals.

“"Conectica follows the philosophy of 'we will not do it for you; we will help you do it.' This approach enables a deeper understanding of the layers we work on collaboratively."” – Pieter De Moor, CTO Skylegs

 

Why Conectica

In search of a local partner equipped with the appropriate technologies and expertise, Skylegs turned to Conectica. Conectica's platform engineering approach and established DevOps best practices perfectly matched the needs of the Skylegs team.

Through a DevOps-as-a-Service collaboration, Conectica implemented a developer platform utilizing Kubernetes on Amazon Web Services. This platform was designed to meet the stringent security requirements of the aviation industry while ensuring high reliability. Conectica manages both the AWS infrastructure and the Kubernetes platform, providing guidance to the development team.

TThis partnership allows Skylegs to concentrate on generating business value, supported by a robust foundation in terms of data compliance and security.

 

The results

• Mature and the RIGHT best-of-breed technologies
• Ongoing sharing of knowledge and expertise
• Guidance and advice for the development team whenever new challenges pop-up
• Standardised Developer Platform based on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Unified infrastructure overview with Kubernetes
• Stable, reliable and secure cloud platform that helps with compliance
• Solid foundation for accelerated development of product features
• Focus of the development team on creating business value