PROBLEM
Lack of visibility and understanding of Databricks consumption across the organisaion, leading to spiralling Databricks costs.
SOLUTION
A unified solution providing capability to:
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visualise Databricks consumption and cost at the most granular level
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identify cost saving opportunities
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accurately budget and forecast consumption and spend
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catch silent "cost-creepers" and anomalies - no more bill shock
OUTCOMES
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40% reduction in Alinta Energy's Databricks spend
PROBLEM
Legacy code, Modern Mindset: Updating the Framework That Time Forgot
SOLUTION
Furō provided expert technical advisory, implementation guidance to modernise HKJC’s DevSecOps tooling ecosystem
OUTCOMES
Improved efficiency and outcomes by reducing costs, enhancing collaboration, standardising workflows, accelerating service delivery, strengthening security, and attracting top talent.
INDUSTRY
Entertainment
LOCATION
Hong Kong
SERVICES
GitHub Platform and Migration Advisory
TECHNOLOGIES
GitHub Platform, GitHub Actions
The Customer
Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) is one of the world’s leading racing organizations and a major contributor to the Hong Kong community. Established in 1884, HKJC operates a world-class horse racing, sports betting, and lottery organisation while upholding the highest standards of integrity and responsible gaming. With a strong commitment to innovation and technology, HKJC continuously enhances its operations to deliver seamless, secure, and engaging experiences for customers, members, and stakeholders.
The Challenge
HKJC’s Aging DevSecOps Tooling Ecosystem
The Hong Kong Jockey Club stands at a critical technology crossroads. Their current DevOps tooling—Bitbucket Server, Jenkins, and SonarQube—has become a significant barrier to innovation and market responsiveness. This fragmented ecosystem creates frequent integration failures, requires costly manual interventions, and ultimately extends their time-to-market for digital services.
Without modernising this foundation, HKJC risks diminishing customer satisfaction, losing technical talent, and surrendering their competitive edge in an increasingly digital marketplace.
Key challenges HKJC faced with their DevOps tooling:
- Legacy tooling that limited development velocity
- Legacy tooling with discontinued support
- Siloed teams with limited collaboration
- Need for improved security posture in development processes
- Requirement to deliver innovative digital services faster to stay competitive
HKJC engaged Furō to help develop a DevSecOps tooling roadmap and migration strategy to move thousands of repositories while maintaining security controls, preserving metadata, and ensuring minimal disruption to ongoing development work.
Solution / Approach
Outcomes Delivered
"You guys have set the bar pretty high for the IT team now."
-- Alinta Energy - Data Governance Manager