Verizon cuts datacenter rebuilds from 30 days to 8 hours

This post details how Verizon Connect's Telematics Container Cloud Platform team migrated from legacy systems (Java monoliths, BitBucket, Jenkins, Jira) to a microservices architecture using GitLab. They achieved a 30-day to 8-hour reduction in datacenter rebuilds by leveraging GitLab for code review, CI/CD, issue tracking, source code management, audit management, and ChatOps. Key improvements include end-to-end visibility, repeatable zero-touch, zero-downtime deployments, and platform agnosticism.