Case Study: La Vaudoise Assurances achieves 2/3 reduction in version preparation time and 95% reduction in application downtime with ARCAD Software (ARCAD for DevOps on IBM i)

La Vaudoise reduces version preparation time by 2/3 and application downtime by 95% thanks to ARCAD for DevOps on IBM i

La Vaudoise Assurances, one of the ten largest private insurers in French-speaking Switzerland, relied on IBM i to handle core insurance operations and more than one billion CHF in premiums. To industrialize production releases with full traceability, simplify its repository into a single cross‑platform solution, and extend DevOps practices to IBM i, La Vaudoise engaged ARCAD Software and its ARCAD for DevOps on IBM i offering.

ARCAD Software implemented ARCAD for DevOps on IBM i to provide a single source repository, build automation (recompiling only impacted sources), automated quality checks and regression testing, continuous delivery/deployment, rollback and integrity checks. The solution reduced source-referencing preparation time by two‑thirds (from about 30 man‑days to roughly 10), cut production launch downtime by 95% (from 20 minutes to under one minute), simplified 4GL integration, and enabled more frequent, predictable releases while paving the way to adopt Git and Jira.

La Vaudoise Assurances

Olivier Wallet

Deputy Director, Head of the Insurance Solutions Division