Taming tool sprawl: How to boost university IT productivity

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This post details how Victoria University of Wellington consolidated on GitLab Self-Managed Ultimate to replace a fragmented toolchain for academic coursework, leading to significant growth in student users and hosted projects. It highlights GitLab Ultimate's role as a unified DevSecOps platform for higher education, enabling phased modernization, automated compliance enforcement through custom frameworks and pipeline execution policies, and responsible AI adoption with platform-level integration via the GitLab Duo Agent Platform. The post emphasizes the benefits of a consolidated platform for reducing complexity, improving productivity, and meeting governance requirements in educational environments.