Case Study: Fortune 500 Energy Company achieves 4x faster feature delivery and 700% application scale with Nirmata

Fortune 500 Energy Leader transforms its legacy systems to Kubernetes-based microservices, delivering innovation with agility

Fortune 500 Energy Company, a century-and-a-half‑old utility serving millions of electric and natural gas customers, launched its “LIFT” digital transformation to modernize legacy systems, speed feature delivery, break down operational silos, and move to Kubernetes and microservices. To bridge skill gaps, reduce maintenance costs, and adopt a cloud‑native, hybrid model, the company selected Nirmata and its enterprise Kubernetes management and governance platform (Nirmata Management Platform) as the cloud-native partner.

Nirmata implemented a cloud‑based, open‑source Kubernetes platform with role‑based workflows, self‑service environments, integrated policy/security, and multi‑cluster/hybrid support, abstracting infrastructure for developers and integrating with existing tools. As a result, Nirmata helped the company increase feature velocity 4×, scale applications by ~700% (roughly 120→930), expand its developer base by about 750% (≈80→680–700), and grow deployment size 4×—enabling faster, more secure, and more efficient application delivery.