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The Digia Managed Cloud management service guarantees the reliability of the cloud environment, helps in cost optimisation and supports application development

Seamless cooperation between the Microsoft Azure management and development teams ensures that municipalities' and wellbeing services counties' financial information is available in real time. Digia acts as the State Treasury's expert partner in maintaining and developing the cloud-based information service platform.

The financial information service of municipalities and wellbeing services counties is a system maintained by the State Treasury, which aims to provide as up-to-date, comparable and openly accessible information as possible on the finances of municipalities and wellbeing services counties. As the State Treasury's IT development partner, Digia is responsible for the management, development, operation and information security of the Azure environment of the financial information service.

The financial information service enables the formation of a proactive and transparent situational picture of the finances of municipalities and wellbeing services counties. The digitalisation and increasing degree of automation of financial reporting, as well as the improvement of data quality, are important goals for the State Treasury. The State Treasury chose Digia as the development partner for its information service platforms and relied on Digia's Managed Cloud service to manage and operate the cloud environment.

"Digia's strengths were the clearly productised service model and references that served as evidence of competence," says Lasse Skog, Director of the State Treasury's Finance, Information and Working Life Division.

What we did

  • we are responsible for the reliability and data security of the Microsoft Azure cloud environment maintained by the State Treasury, the financial information service for municipalities and wellbeing services counties

What we used

  • Well Architect review, where we examined the customer's current cloud environment holistically

  • Managed Cloud service for cloud monitoring and incident management
We appreciate that Digia actively highlights and takes a stand on the development areas it has identified. A close partnership, where the partner plays an active role in keeping the service up-to-date and identifying development needs, is important to us.

Olli Ahonen, Deputy Director, The State Treasury

From current state analysis to seamless service model

The collaboration began with a Well Architect review, which identified the essential development areas related to data security, cost optimisation and reliability of the Azure environment. Based on the review, the State Treasury decided to choose the Digia Managed Cloud service as the environmental maintenance solution, the operating models of which were tailored through joint workshops to meet the State Treasury's needs so that the service seamlessly supports the work of the agile development team that takes care of the platform's application and service development. The State Treasury acts as the product owner of the service, and close dialogue is ongoing between the various parties.

"We appreciate that Digia actively highlights the development areas it has identified and takes a stand on them," says Olli Ahonen, Deputy Director of the Division.

"It is important for us to have a close partnership where the partner plays an active role in keeping the service up-to-date and identifying development needs."

Scalability meets the needs of the multiplying amount of data

Due to the large, constantly growing amount of data, ensuring functionality is the primary priority in developing the information service. Now, the service's performance also meets future needs.

"The state has a strong interest in being aware of the financial situation of municipalities and wellbeing services counties. Up-to-date information on the financial situation of municipalities and wellbeing services counties is very important for many stakeholders at the State Treasury, which is why the service's functionality is of great importance," says Lasse Skog.

"With development measures, we will continue to ensure that the service works and meets the needs and expectations of stakeholders also in the future as the amount of data continues to grow," says Olli Ahonen.

Cooperation between management and development works well

Clear, jointly built processes and the service principle of one contact person responsible for the partnership enable seamless cooperation between all stakeholders. The State Treasury's team praises Digia's well-functioning service model.

"Reporting is transparent and regular, and problem situations are handled professionally," says Lasse Skog. "We can trust that the service works and that cooperation between different parties goes well."

The proactive approach of the Managed Cloud service team has also brought financial benefits. As a result of optimisation measures, infrastructure cost development has turned from growth to a downward path.

"We have been able to clearly optimize the costs of the cloud environment. Digia's expertise has played an important role in this," says Olli Ahonen.

Straightforward cooperation leads towards goals

The State Treasury's personnel have given positive feedback on working with the Digia team and are very satisfied with the cooperation.

"Development takes time, and not everything can be changed overnight, but with Digia's help, we have already been able to bridge the previously accumulated development backlog. Cooperation with Digia is straightforward, and our personnel have felt that their needs are being listened to," Lasse Skog sums up.

"The cooperation has been smooth in all respects. We have shared goals and a common understanding of where we are going. This is also a prerequisite for success in the future," says Olli Ahonen.