Curo: Strengthening Compensation Management Software Through Cloud Excellence

Snapshot

Curo, a compensation management software provider, needed to ensure their AWS environment followed best practices for security, performance, and cost efficiency while keeping pace with rapid cloud innovation.

Devoteam conducted a comprehensive AWS Well-Architected Framework review, identifying improvements and working collaboratively with Curo’s team to implement recommended changes aligned with best practices.

The review delivered enhanced security, improved resilience for business-critical applications, and optimised performance while establishing a foundation for continuous improvement as cloud technologies evolve.

About Curo

Curo is a specialist compensation management software provider. Founded in 2010, Curo are experts in reward and compensation technology and provide solutions that allow their customers to enhance the way they manage compensation. Their software helps organisations worldwide implement effective and transparent compensation strategies for their workforce.

Challenge

Curo needed to ensure their AWS Cloud environment followed best practices to deliver optimal performance, security, and efficiency for their global clients. Their specific challenges included:

Maintaining Best Practices in a Rapidly Evolving Cloud — With AWS releasing 1,430 new features in the previous year, Curo needed to ensure their deployment kept pace with cloud innovation and industry best practices
Supporting International Customers — Curo uses a hybrid cloud strategy utilising AWS Cloud specifically for customers based outside of the UK, requiring high standards of security and performance for these global deployments
Ensuring Security and Compliance — As a provider of compensation management software handling sensitive data, Curo needed to verify their AWS environment met rigorous security standards
Optimising Performance and Cost Efficiency — The company sought to maintain excellent performance for users while ensuring their AWS deployment was as cost-efficient as possible

To address these challenges comprehensively, Curo engaged Devoteam, an AWS Premier Consulting Partner and a member of the AWS Well-Architected programme, to conduct a thorough assessment of their environment.

Solution

Devoteam implemented a structured approach to evaluate and enhance Curo’s AWS deployment through the Well-Architected Framework.

Comprehensive Assessment

Performed a detailed review of the AWS deployment in accordance with the AWS Well-Architected Framework (WAF)
Examined all aspects of the live deployment in conjunction with the Curo team, with particular focus on security, performance, and cost efficiency
Evaluated the environment against the five pillars of the Well-Architected Framework: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, and Cost Optimization

Collaborative Improvement

Identified a range of minor improvements to the Curo environment through the WAF process
Worked closely with Curo’s team on remediation, implementing the recommended changes to align with AWS best practices
Provided knowledge transfer throughout the process, helping Curo understand the rationale behind each recommendation

Continuous Optimisation

Established a foundation for ongoing reviews as cloud technologies evolve, ensuring Curo can maintain alignment with best practices
Created a roadmap for regular assessment against the Well-Architected Framework to keep pace with AWS’s rapid innovation

This approach provided Curo with a consistent methodology to ensure their AWS deployments remain as secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient as possible, even as cloud technologies continue to evolve.

Benefits

The Well-Architected Framework review delivered significant improvements across multiple areas of Curo’s cloud environment.

Enhanced Security — Securing applications has never been more vital, and AWS provides many tools to help with the task. The WAF review identified potential vulnerabilities in Curo’s deployment and helped remedy them, providing additional reassurance for both Curo and their customers.
Improved Resilience — Business-critical applications need to be highly available and avoid any data loss. The WAF review process served as a crucial tool in achieving these objectives, ensuring Curo’s compensation management software remains reliable for customers worldwide.
Optimised Performance — Consistent performance is essential to a good user experience, and achieving this in AWS requires applications to be tailored to the cloud environment. The WAF review helped Curo navigate this challenging process, resulting in better performance for their global user base.

By aligning with AWS best practices through the Well-Architected Framework, Curo has strengthened their position as a trusted provider of compensation management software while establishing a foundation for continuous improvement as cloud technologies evolve.

“Having Devoteam support our adoption of AWS is invaluable as demonstrated through the recent WAF review. Making sure that we align with AWS best practice provides Curo with additional reassurance around essential areas such as security and resilience.”

Stewart Kerr
Infrastructure Manager at Curo

AWS Well-Architected Framework Partner Program

When designing and building Cloud platforms on AWS, customers can benefit from the best practices derived from thousands of deployments and embodied in the Well-Architected Framework. As a Validated AWS Well-Architected Framework Partner, Devoteam provides expert Well-Architected Reviews and Remediation services to help customers optimise their AWS environments across the six pillars of the framework.

Why Devoteam?

Devoteam is a Premier AWS Partner specialising in helping organisations successfully navigate their AWS Cloud journey. With deep expertise in AWS migrations and modernisation, we focus on delivering solutions that align with AWS best practices while meeting specific business needs.

Our track record of successful migrations across various industries, combined with our AWS competencies including Migration and DevOps, ensures we can help organisations achieve their cloud transformation goals efficiently and effectively.