— WorkSafe New Zealand

How Assurity Cloud helps WorkSafe use BetterWorkNZ to improve work.

Organisation

WorkSafe

Industry

Government

Solutions

Assurity Cloud

Performance Testing

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About

When Worksafe explored how crowdsourcing could improve work and worker participation, they wanted to develop a platform to go straight to the experts – the workers themselves.

The concept was sound, and initial testing showed promise but moving the platform from experimental to production presented an unusual challenge: the prototype needed to work on a platform approved for use by Government entities, which has higher security, privacy, and accessibility standards.

Solution

WorkSafe approached Assurity Consulting for a solution; as it happens, AWS is a government-approved platform, and their Assurity Cloud is built on AWS.

Generally used as a platform housing test assets for the likes of Government entities, including Inland Revenue, Assurity Cloud meets the Government’s stringent security standards and other certifications. The platform was set up to provide WorkSafe with a ‘prototype’ view, with consulting support available to guide the ‘lift and shift’ from the previous cloud to the new one.

With Assurity Cloud based on AWS Pivotal Cloud Foundry Platform as a Service, a service broker model was adopted, exposing AWS standard features and making them accessible to WorkSafe developers. This includes database services, object storage, and Identity Management – essentially easing the work of the developers in creating a production-ready app.

“With a pragmatic approach and a fair price, we got where we needed to be without any fuss. I can safely say we wouldn’t have been in production now without their help.”

Richmond Johnston, Innovation Manager

WorkSafe New Zealand

Results

As a result, the BetterWork platform quickly went from concept to beta to production. It has already delivered more than 60 ideas in the weeks since launched.

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