James Hewines
The Scale Factory have always deeply focused on the specific set of AWS-centric tech, Continuous Delivery and DevOps mindset we need.
If there’s anyone else with a stronger position of leadership in that space, we’re not aware of them! The Scale Factory were able to rapidly deploy an expert team, and then adapt the shape of this flexibly as the needs of the work shifted over time.
Andy "Bob" Brockhurst
What The Scale Factory has designed provides an excellent base architecture for a variety of workloads. Most of the components have easy to understand, ready to use configurations that can get you up and running in a very short time.
The Scale Factory’s support since we migrated to [our new platform] has been good. They’ve helped us make things more reliable. Our incident call-outs are at an all time low! This has meant we’ve been able to focus on new development and improvements with a small team - we’ve been calling this “Lean DevOps”.
Chris Young
You outsource because there are things you need help with. You outsource to people who have skills and knowledge that you don’t. The danger is that the outsource partner cares a lot about the thing you are outsourcing, in this case AWS, but doesn’t see beyond that to the things you care about, the things that matter to your business.
This proved not to be the case at all with Scale Factory. They took pains to understand the work in our terms, in terms of what we cared about and what a successful outcome for us looked like, and worked with us to achieve it.
Ed Stafford
With only six weeks to launch, we needed a reliable team to support us and I knew that The Scale Factory could give us best in class service
Having experienced AWS experts taking care of scaling out our infrastructure gave me confidence that we’d be able to hit our launch date, and meant that the development team could focus on building feature improvements instead.
Edward Churchward
Having had one failed attempt with another company to migrate our systems to an external infrastructure there was some trepidation about approaching another. We need not have worried. From the get-go The Scale Factory were professional and reassuring, most importantly they delivered exactly what they said they would in the timeframe and budget specified.
Since the new infrastructure has been in place our developers have been freed up to code and not worry about devops issues. Deployments are faster, more efficient and our applications run consistently better than before.
Edward Hartwell Goose
This migration project had been top of mind for around 4 years
It’s only with the addition of our external partners, The Scale Factory, that we’ve finally got it done. We shouldn’t have to do anything on this scale again for many years.
Ewan Dawson
It was a real pleasure working with The Scale Factory
From the initial consultation onwards, I was impressed by the structured and methodical approach adopted by the team. The solution delivered was instrumental in helping us achieve ISO 27001 certification, which was a key strategic goal for us.
Graham McMillan
On meeting The Scale Factory, it was clear there was a good technical and cultural fit
Everyone was really flexible, and willing to work collaboratively with us. We never got the sense that the engagement would follow some kind of predefined playbook, the way you might expect with other consultancies. They were going to do this with us, not to us.
Ian Tyrell
The Well Architected review undertaken by The Scale Factory provided a fantastic opportunity for an objective look at our AWS configuration and usage.
Their in-depth expertise and knowledge of the Well Architected Framework has given us clear guidance on how to implement AWS best practices and leverage relevant high-value services. It’s unlikely that earlier stage businesses have such expertise in-house, and I feel assured that their recommendations will help cement a strong foundation for our growth.
James Furness
The Scale Factory fitted the bill perfectly
In the busy/stressful period around our retail platform’s launch they were able to quickly integrate into our existing DevOps team and pick up a lot of our infrastructural tasks, allowing us to ensure that we had a rock-solid infrastructure in place from day one.
James Ramirez
We’ve been continuously impressed with the expertise at The Scale Factory. We made their team jump our infrastructure through some serious security hoops, because of the degree of control we wanted and the security needs of our clients.
It’s not always been easy because the security policies we have are complicated. But with our new infrastructure I know we can expand at scale and that we can pitch to more sophisticated clients with even higher security demands.
Jason Frank
The Scale Factory proved to be the ideal partner for this project
Their deep expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure was instrumental in both the design and implementation of a robust and scalable environment tailored to our specific needs.
Ken Cassar
On speaking with The Scale Factory it was clear that they were extraordinarily competent in this area
We were so confident in this that we didn’t feel the need to talk with other AWS consulting partners before making the decision to work with them
Phil Cowans
I have no reservations in recommending The Scale Factory as first rate systems architects and administrators.
Working from the start of 2009, they designed and implemented a complete overhaul of our production and development infrastructure, using virtualisation, centralised configuration management and automated deployment to provide a highly robust and scalable system.
Richard Reid
Our experience has been overwhelmingly positive and the technical expertise offered by The Scale Factory is unparalleled
Collaboration and knowledge sharing has been key to the success of this project. Experts from The Scale Factory embedded with ITV’s engineering teams, working side-by-side on new features, while sharing skills and experience.
Scott McDougall
The Scale Factory have been extremely knowledgeable and helpful in totally transforming our AWS environment
Everyone there has been great to deal with, and has taken time to make sure they understand the needs of our business before implementing anything. They plan their work thoroughly and communicate well. We’ve been very happy.
Timm Weitzel
Working with The Scale Factory, we now have the scalability we need to grow at the pace we want
We have a multi-country, multi-language solution that will help us grow in our home market of Germany, plus expand into other European markets and the US market very soon.
Tobias Otte
We really enjoying working with The Scale Factory. They helped us navigate the huge range of AWS services available.
In setting up our business, we didn’t want to be distracted by the nuts and bolts of our technology platform. Instead, we wanted to focus on what’s important—having the freedom to solve problems for our customers without worrying about infrastructure
Tom Anthony
We were effectively operating as a startup company within Distilled and had to ensure we spent our budget in the most effective way. The Scale Factory were able to leverage their skills to build our infrastructure extremely quickly.
Hiring an operations specialist would have cost us more in salary and other costs than hiring The Scale Factory, and with The Scale Factory we got a whole team!
Zac Stevens
The Scale Factory team were knowledgeable, and helped us make informed decisions
They weren’t only concerned about technical details, they also asked how we preferred to work together. The team were easy to work with, and responsive to queries.
Dan Lucraft
Having The Scale Factory on site during our biggest traffic sales day ever – selling tickets for an Adele tour – was essential to us in delivering a stable experience to our users.
They were able to rapidly understand our systems and begin tuning them for performance and scalability, and we were impressed by their knowledge and enthusiasm. Thanks to The Scale Factory we were able to meet our scale goals and have been pleased with the work they’ve done for us since.
Murray Rowan
We wouldn’t be where we are now without The Scale Factory’s help. They worked closely with our development and operations teams to make our applications cloud ready, no mean feat given the wide range of technologies in use.
Our new platform gives us confidence to push forward with scaling up the ecommerce side of the business and adding new community features. That confidence is important to us - we are a fast-moving company and it’s great not having any headaches around infrastructure.
