DZ BANK unlocks 70% toil savings and 90% cost savings with a Cloud Run-first approach
César (Zez) Aparicio
Business Development Representative Supporting Google Cloud
I'm excited to share the story of DZ BANK – we're a massive financial institution in Germany, the second-largest by assets. Like many established banks, we've got a ton of legacy infrastructure. It works, sure, but it's a pain to manage and those costs add up. That's why we turned to Google Cloud to shake things up! The results? Let's just say we slashed operational overhead by 70% and lopped a whopping 90% off our infrastructure budget.
Why Google Cloud?
Google Cloud ticked all the boxes for us: cutting-edge stuff, super-smart folks to help us out, and the kind of bank-grade security that makes our compliance people sleep soundly at night. It didn't take us long to start reaping the rewards. We containerized a bunch of mission-critical applications and shifted them to Google Cloud, primarily onto Cloud Run.
The Cloud Run Factor
Cloud Run changed the game for us. Many of our applications see massive spikes in traffic, and with this service, we don't have to worry about always running at peak capacity. Need thousands of containers? Cloud Run handles it. And those smaller internal apps that no one uses outside business hours? We scale them to zero when idle, and with Cloud Run's pay-per-use model, we're not blowing money on servers that are just sitting there. Talk about a win-win!
Of course, sometimes you need more control than Cloud Run gives you—that's where Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) comes in. Remember that first app we migrated? A critical in-house tool to calculate customer risk? GKE let us fine-tune that beast and its crazy 60,000 CPU nightly workload!
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Cloud Run: The Key to Sustainable Innovation
We're aiming to be a more sustainable company, the kind that takes care of the planet as well as our customers. That's why we built a brand-new app, powered by Cloud Run, to factor in ESG scores when we're making major credit decisions. It's this kind of forward-thinking innovation that truly makes the move to cloud worthwhile.
Cloud Run has even changed the way we develop. All the built-in stuff—Cloud SQL, Secret Manager, Load Balancing—lets us build streamlined solutions fast. And the integration with BigQuery and our data lake? Seamless!
Security That's Rock-Solid
As a major banking player, security isn't optional. Cloud Run and Google's broader security ecosystem give us that peace of mind. Encryption, fine-grained access controls, even the option to bring our own keys – this platform's got it all. No wonder our security folks are happy.
The Bottom Line (And It's a Good One)
Three years in with Google Cloud and we're seriously impressed. All that manual work managing on-prem VMs? Reduced by 70%! And get this – a 90% drop in infrastructure costs! We're just getting started and can't wait to see what else Google Cloud helps us achieve.