Case Studies > Real-time Google Cloud Platform monitoring drives Dave’s DevOps and security success

Real-time Google Cloud Platform monitoring drives Dave’s DevOps and security success

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Region

America

Country

United States

Product

Sumo Logic Continuous Intelligence Platform
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Sumo Logic Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics

Tech Stack

Typescript
MySQL
React.js
React Native

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Customer Satisfaction
Productivity Improvements
Digital Expertise

Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
Cybersecurity & Privacy - Security Compliance
Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Business Operation
Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Predictive Maintenance
Remote Asset Management

Services

System Integration
Training
Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

About The Customer

Dave is a fintech company that aims to make banking friendly and approachable. Launched in 2017, Dave initially focused on addressing specific pain points consumers face from big banks and legacy banking products. They provided an alternative that did away with overdraft fees and bridged consumer financial needs through services like early direct deposit, no-fee cash advances, and their Side Hustle feature, which helps people find extra income. By delivering on what customers need and want, Dave has grown its membership base to over 10 million users through its mobile app. Since launching its more comprehensive suite of financial services under Dave Banking in December 2020, Dave products continue to improve the financial health of its members.

The Challenge

Dave, a fintech company known for its user-friendly banking services, faced significant challenges as it experienced hypergrowth. The company needed to invest heavily in infrastructure and gain clear visibility into their systems to manage the flood of events generated by their consumer-based system. Stock monitoring solutions in GCP were insufficient to meet Dave’s DevOps and security needs, especially as their customer base grew. They needed to capture all user activities, API calls, and logs to harness insights while iterating on products and keeping systems and user data secure.

The Solution

Dave chose Sumo Logic Continuous Intelligence Platform™ as their logging and monitoring solution to provide full app and infrastructure visibility. This platform allows Dave to capture and analyze all the data generated by their unique architecture and users. Sumo Logic’s real-time analytics enable Dave to harness infrastructure and app log insights as they continuously iterate and release products while strengthening their security posture. The platform’s security features and integrations with various tools used by Dave’s security engineers shortened the learning and adoption process. Sumo Logic also supports Dave’s goal to promote service ownership across their organization by making data easy to observe, understand, and analyze.

Operational Impact

With Sumo Logic, Dave now has a powerful logging and monitoring solution to support hypergrowth in the years to come. The platform eliminates blind spots throughout Dave’s unique architecture, with full support for various GCP apps and services, and full integration with the Dave security team’s favorite tools.
The observability that Sumo Logic provides, alongside its ability to generate easy-to-understand insights from their logs, is crucial in promoting service ownership org-wide. This transparency allows all stakeholders to take ownership of the product and participate in constant innovation to improve the services they provide customers.
Sumo Logic provides Dave with real-time insights into their GCP infrastructure, allowing them to monitor and understand their architecture efficiently. The platform’s out-of-the-box dashboards make it easy to extract actionable information from GCP log data.
Monitoring and analyzing all information generated at the app layer is crucial in Dave’s continuous release process. Real-time insights allow engineers, product managers, and designers to quickly understand and analyze user behavior, enabling them to iterate easily and release products quickly.
Sumo Logic helps Dave streamline their security and operations by providing the data monitoring, analysis, and reporting required for rapid and continuous compliance with key regulations such as GDPR, PCI, DSS, and SOX.

Quantitative Benefit

Dave has grown its membership base to over 10 million users.
Sumo Logic supports Dave’s goal to promote service ownership across their organization, making data easy to observe, understand, and analyze.
Sumo Logic provides real-time insights into Dave’s GCP infrastructure, allowing them to monitor and understand their architecture efficiently.