Platform Engineering: Future-proofing the digital infrastructure of Nordic Enterprises

By transitioning from rigid ITIL processes to agile practices, organizations can improve collaboration, accelerate decision making, and drive continuous improvement. This blog post looks at how large Nordic companies can use Platform Engineering to become more agile, reduce costs, and increase innovation and automation.

The challenge: barriers to digital transformation

Nordic enterprises face increasing pressure to modernize their IT landscapes while maintaining efficiency, security, and compliance. However, many businesses struggle with outdated technology, fragmented IT structures, and rigid operational processes, which hinder their ability to innovate and scale effectively.

Traditional siloed IT structures create operational inefficiencies, making it difficult for teams to collaborate effectively and slowing down software development. Legacy systems, often burdened with technical debt, require costly maintenance, diverting resources away from strategic innovation and preventing organizations from scaling their operations efficiently. These inefficiencies lead to longer software development cycles and higher costs, making it difficult for businesses to meet evolving customer expectations.

Another major challenge is the shortage of skilled professionals in modern software development, cloud infrastructure, and security. Organizations need to attract top talent and ensure their teams have the skills to use new technologies and cloud automation. Additionally, evolving cybersecurity threats and strict regulatory requirements create further obstacles, making it crucial for enterprises to implement robust governance and security frameworks.

The Solution: Platform Engineering

To overcome these challenges, Nordic enterprises need Platform Engineering — a strategic approach to creating self-service, reusable cloud platforms that support development and operations teams. By designing integrated environments that provide standardized tools, automated workflows, and scalable infrastructure, enterprises can:

• Accelerate software delivery by offering developers internal developer platforms and ready-to-use environments.
• Reduce costs and complexity through centralized governance and optimized infrastructure.
• Enhance security and compliance with built-in policies and controls.
• Foster innovation by enabling teams to focus on building new capabilities and automation instead of managing underlying systems.

How we can help with Platform Engineering and DevSecOps

Tietoevry Tech Services' Platform Engineering aims to address the key challenges Nordic companies face in their digital transformation journey. Leveraging best practices in Infrastructure as Code and DevSecOps, we give businesses a strategic edge to take full advantage of cloud.

Our Platform Engineering service provides a structured, scalable, and agile solution that streamlines operations, leverages cloud automation, enhances collaboration, and accelerates digital innovation. By shifting away from traditional IT models, businesses can achieve greater flexibility, reduce operational costs, and stay competitive in a fast-evolving digital economy.

Our primary goal is to ensure that our services deliver real value to our customers by solving their most critical challenges. This commitment to excellence and customer-centric innovation led us to developing our Platform Engineering service.

By creating this specialized service, we wanted to provide the flexibility to tailor it to each customer's unique needs, while leveraging Platform Engineering and DevSecOps best practices.

Platform Engineering is more than a service; it's our dedicated approach to solving critical problems and driving meaningful progress for our customers. 

Platform Engineering’s key benefits for Nordic companies

1.  Increasing agility in competitive markets

Nordic businesses operate in a highly competitive global landscape. A well-designed platform saves time and effort in developing, testing and deploying new applications, giving businesses the advantage of being able to respond quickly to market demands.

   2. Cost efficiency through standardization

Instead of maintaining separate IT environments, our Platform Engineering service provides standardized processes that reduce waste, optimize resources, and combine tools and workflows for long-term savings.

   3. Enabler of a developer-centric culture

A robust internal developer platform gives developers the tools they need, reducing friction and allowing them to focus on important projects instead of fixing infrastructure issues. This increases productivity by reducing cognitive load and fostering an environment where innovation thrives.

   4. Compliance and security assurance

With strict data protection regulations in place across the Nordics, enterprises must ensure compliance while maintaining operational efficiency. By embedding security and governance into the development process, we can reduce risks and ensure that infrastructure management meets the highest security standards.

   5. Continuous improvement and scalability

Our service focuses on continuous optimization, keeping cloud platforms up-to-date and adaptable to future demands. Businesses have access to a skilled, flexible team that can scale operations as needed, giving them a competitive edge in a changing digital landscape. Our KPI-driven approach fosters collaboration, ensuring measurable results that align with your strategic goals. We use agile methods and feedback loops to improve cloud platforms and keep them up to date with the latest technology standards.

Our Platform Engineering service enables organizations to leap beyond traditional IT boundaries, removing operational bottlenecks and making technology a key driver of business success. Organizations that take full advantage of our Platform Engineering services see clear improvements in agility, cost savings, and security, laying the foundation for long-term digital growth.

Get started on your journey with Platform Engineering for scalable digital transformation

Ready to take the next step in your digital transformation? Platform Engineering is becoming essential for large Nordic companies that want to remain competitive in the digital age. By breaking down silos and adopting scalable, self-service cloud platforms, organizations can achieve greater agility, efficiency and innovation.

The time to act is now—businesses that invest in Platform Engineering today will be the leaders of tomorrow.

Our Platform Engineering team is here to guide you through every phase of the journey. When you choose us, you get a trusted partner committed to your success through advanced technology, industry expertise and continuous innovation. Contact us today to learn how our Platform Engineering -service can help you achieve your goals and stay ahead of the curve.