At-a-Glance

Global growth fuelled by innovation and technical agility has long been Ubisoft’s North Star. It was with this in mind that Ubisoft put Rancher Labs at the heart of its central KaaS hub, Ubisoft Kubernetes Service (UKS). The purpose of this is to gain a competitive edge through innovation and, critically, to drive serious management efficiencies.

Introducing Ubisoft

Founded in France in 1986, Ubisoft is a truly international company. Present in five continents, the company owns more than 40 development studios across the world and works in 55 spoken languages. It is proud to have built the gaming industry’s most prominent in-house creative force, with more than 80% of its teams dedicated to content creation.

Like many companies, Ubisoft didn’t start life in containers but, over the years, Kubernetes has taken its place within the strategic solution set. Setting its sights on global growth, Ubisoft has put Rancher Labs at the heart of its central KaaS hub, Ubisoft Kubernetes Service (UKS). With Kubernetes and SUSE Rancher, the technology team at Ubisoft is accelerating the journey toward a cloud-native, microservices-centric future. The aim? To gain a competitive edge through innovation and, critically, to drive serious management efficiencies.

The journey to containers

Boosting innovation and driving technical agility have always been Ubisoft’s primary goals. Kubernetes, therefore, has become increasingly essential in achieving these technical goals. Before the creation of UKS, the infrastructure team was already an early adopter of containers. This makes sense when you consider Ubisoft operates in almost every global territory and has a complex hybrid cloud and on-premises architecture. The team knew in 2016 that a cloud-native, container-centric approach would drive greater agility and help prepare the business for the future. They also knew Kubernetes was a flexible, open and agile way to get there.

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Ubisoft’s innovation and operational efficiency gets a power up from SUSE Rancher

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