Case Study: Elkjøp achieves enterprise-grade Kubernetes observability, security, and 80% lower hosting costs with Buoyant Linkerd

How a $4 Billion Retail Giant Built an Enterprise-grade Kubernetes Platform Powered by Linkerd

Elkjøp, the largest electronics retailer in the Nordics, needed a more scalable and secure way to host rapidly growing microservices as it modernized its retail operations and prepared to replace its aging POS system. After finding Azure Web Apps too costly and difficult to manage at scale, the company turned to Buoyant’s Linkerd service mesh to support its internal Kubernetes platform.

With Buoyant’s Linkerd, Elkjøp gained service-to-service encryption, built-in observability, and simpler troubleshooting across more than 200 production-grade microservices. The platform helped the company cut hosting costs by around 80% and gave its teams the confidence to roll out a new POS system across 400 stores while keeping pace with aggressive retail modernization plans.

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Henry Hagnäs

Cloud Solution Architect