Zuora's international 25-developer organization needed 24-hour multi-site access to their source code. In their first year with Codesion, Zuora saved thousands of developer days and over $20K in direct costs.

  • Challenge 1: Maintaining a flexible, reliable, and easily maintainable source control system that supports multiple code lines and aggressive 4-week release cycles

  • Challenge 2: Reducing lost developer productivity due to system outages, given that each day of downtime costs 250 days of product development and progress

  • Challenge 3: Adopting a scalable and affordable solution that fits Zuora's low-cost business model, while accommodating the company's rapid growth

  • Challenge 4: Eliminating the need to deploy and backup two servers for source control, while freeing up a systems engineer spending 5 hours per week

Codesion Solution: A Secure On-Demand Platform
After comprehensive evaluations and research, Zuora selected Codesion Team Edition for the following reasons:


  • Ability to use CVS - their source control system of choice - without worrying about maintenance and upgrades.

  • Can drive hard development cycles with confidence that Codesion is available at all hours of the days.

  • Backups are taken automatically, without Zuora needing to dedicate internal resources or halt development.

  • Codesion support team was "incredibly friendly" and provided Zuora with the confidence needed to grow.

Easy Migration to Codesion
After the successful evaluation of Codesion Team Edition, Zuora chose Codesion as its source control system for all mission- critical development. Implementation involved submitting their project code base using an easy-to-deploy Subversion on a Linux box. Windows-based developers had an easy time using the TortoiseSVN client. SVN tools for Eclipse allows Codesion to work transparently with the Zuora development environment.
Results Delivered by Implementing Codesion Team Edition
  • Secure access for 25 remote developers to commit code, collaborate, and delegate jobs online
  • Insurance against system outages which would cost Zuora thousands of lost developer days each year.
  • No longer required to deploy two servers specifically for source control (cost saving of $10K+).
  • Eliminated redundant source control system, freeing uptheir systems engineer to focus on valuable activities.