From 4e099d233f56e2788d99d5d5285a6003742f844a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brock Walters <153771548+nonpunctual@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 06:02:10 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Revise article to generalize company reference and improve text (#36322) Updated the article to reflect the company as fintech giant. Made various grammatical corrections and improved clarity throughout the text. @irenareedy @mike-j-thomas Please ensure that this gets approved immediately so that Fleet can comply with the wishes of this company to not be named in the case study article at this time. Thanks. --- .../consolidate-multiple-tools-with-fleet.md | 36 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/articles/consolidate-multiple-tools-with-fleet.md b/articles/consolidate-multiple-tools-with-fleet.md index c5ec7d9465..88e17f69c4 100644 --- a/articles/consolidate-multiple-tools-with-fleet.md +++ b/articles/consolidate-multiple-tools-with-fleet.md @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ -# Stripe consolidates multiple tools with Fleet +# Fintech giant consolidates multiple tools with Fleet
We've been using Fleet for a few years and we couldn't be happier. The fact that it's also open-source made it easy for us to try it out, customize it to our needs, and seamlessly integrate it into our existing environment. -**- Head of Developer Infrastructure & Corporate Technology, Stripe** +**- Head of Developer Infrastructure & Corporate Technology**
## Their story -Stripe is a global technology company, building the economic infrastructure for the current and future internet. Enterprises of every size, from startups to publicly-traded bohemoths, use Stripe for payment transaction processing and managing their businesses. +The customer: a global financial technology company building the economic infrastructure for the current and future internet. Enterprises of every size, from startups to publicly-traded bohemoths, use this company's products for payment transaction processing and managing their businesses. -As Stripe expanded, they faced growing complexity in managing devices across teams and locations. Existing device management solutions were either too cumbersome or lacked the flexibility to align with the high-availability, fast, secure infrastructure Stripe has built for itself. +As they expanded, they faced growing complexity in managing devices across teams and locations. Existing device management solutions were either too cumbersome or lacked the flexibility to align with the high-availability, fast, secure infrastructure they built for itself. -Stripe set out to address four key device management goals: +The company set out to address four key device management goals: - Reduce tool overlap - Adopt next-generation change management @@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ Stripe set out to address four key device management goals: ## Challenge -Stripe wanted to simplify device management. They also wanted to reduce the load on their engineering teams without sacrificing control over the devices they manage. Their use of multiple device management solutions created operational silos, required specialized expertise for legacy systems, and led to engineering inefficiencies. +The comapny also wanted to reduce the load on their engineering teams without sacrificing control over the devices they manage. Their use of multiple device management solutions created operational silos, required specialized expertise for legacy systems, and led to engineering inefficiencies. ## Solution -Stripe replaced their legacy device management tooling with Fleet: a cross-platform device management solution that supports macOS, multiple Linux flavors, Windows, iOS / iPadOS, Chromebook, and Android. +So, their refinements eventually led to a replacement of their legacy device management tooling with Fleet: a cross-platform device management solution that supports macOS, multiple Linux flavors, Windows, iOS / iPadOS, Chromebook, and Android. The company was already using Fleet in early 2023 for managing [osquery](https://www.osquery.io/) in threat detection and compliance use cases with [scheduled queries](https://fleetdm.com/guides/queries). -Around this time, Fleet Device Management announced open-source [cross-platform MDM capabilities](https://www.computerworld.com/article/1622574/fleet-announces-open-source-cross-platform-mdm-solution.html). Fleet added MDM features on top of osquery's powerful capabilities. Stripe saw the additions as an opportunity to leverage Fleet for device management and to consolidate their tools. Fleet's combination of cross-platform support, open-source transparency, and scalability made it the right choice. +Around this time, Fleet Device Management announced open-source [cross-platform MDM capabilities](https://www.computerworld.com/article/1622574/fleet-announces-open-source-cross-platform-mdm-solution.html). Fleet added MDM features on top of osquery's powerful capabilities. The company saw the additions as an opportunity to leverage Fleet for device management and to consolidate their tools. Fleet's combination of cross-platform support, open-source transparency, and scalability made it the right choice. ## Results @@ -51,32 +51,32 @@ Around this time, Fleet Device Management announced open-source [cross-platform Mad props to how easy making a deploy pkg of the agent was. I wish everyone made stuff that easy. -**— Staff Client Platform Engineer, Stripe** +**— Staff Client Platform Engineer** -The ability to easily build Fleet's agent deployment packages allowed a quick install of `fleetd` across all of Stripe's devices. By supporting all of Stripe's platforms, Fleet enabled Stripe to deploy `fleetd` for managing osquery and device management, elimintating legacy tooling in the process. +The ability to easily build Fleet's agent deployment packages allowed a quick install of `fleetd` across the company's devices. By supporting all of their platforms, Fleet enabled the comapny to deploy `fleetd` for managing osquery and device management, elimintating legacy tooling in the process. ### Audits -By switching to Fleet, Stripe wasted less time around device audits by unblocking data collection and overcoming change management inertia, allowing IT to move faster with less manual intervention. +By switching to Fleet, the company wasted less time around device audits by unblocking data collection and overcoming change management inertia, allowing IT to move faster with less manual intervention. ### Device health -Fleet pulls detailed information from every operating system on every device in near real-time, allowing quick assessments of device health, installed applications, and verified configurations. Because Fleet is API-first and built for automation, Stripe uses these capabilities to ensure devices are allowed on their networks only if they've passed conditional access checks. +Fleet pulls detailed information from every operating system on every device in near real-time, allowing quick assessments of device health, installed applications, and verified configurations. Because Fleet is API-first and built for automation, the company uses these capabilities to ensure devices are allowed on their networks only if they've passed conditional access checks. ### End-user empowerment -By providing self-service instructions in [Fleet Desktop](https://fleetdm.com/guides/fleet-desktop#basic-article), end-users can resolve common policy issues without IT intervention, reducing support tickets and improving IT help desk response. This optimizes resources and allows Stripe's teams to spend less time reacting and more time focused on strategic initiatives. +By providing self-service instructions in [Fleet Desktop](https://fleetdm.com/guides/fleet-desktop#basic-article), end-users can resolve common policy issues without IT intervention, reducing support tickets and improving IT help desk response. This optimizes resources and allows the company's teams to spend less time reacting and more time focused on strategic initiatives. ### Next-generation change management -Being [open-source](http://fleetdm.com/handbook/company/why-this-way?utm_content=eo-security#why-open-source), Fleet provides transparency and flexibility, allowing Stripe to customize it to their requirements. This builds trust among peers on Stripe's engineering teams allowing them to extend Fleet as needed. +Being [open-source](http://fleetdm.com/handbook/company/why-this-way?utm_content=eo-security#why-open-source), Fleet provides transparency and flexibility, allowing the comapny to customize it to their requirements. This builds trust among peers on engineering teams, allowing them to extend Fleet as needed. ## Conclusion -By choosing Fleet, Stripe streamlined device management, unified their device management strategy, and empowered their end-users while leveraging the benefits of an open-source solution with an API-first design. Fleet's device management features compliment the advanced data collection and real-time insights available via osquery, enabling proactive management, improved decision-making and enhancing operational efficiency. +By choosing Fleet, this financial technology company streamlined device management, unified their device management strategy, and empowered their end-users while leveraging the benefits of an open-source solution with an API-first design. Fleet's device management features compliment the advanced data collection and real-time insights available via osquery, enabling proactive management, improved decision-making and enhancing operational efficiency. -For Stripe, Fleet's capabilities and design philosophy set it apart from its competitors. Fleet has become an integral part of Stripe's infrastructure, offering the scalability, transparency, and flexibility needed to support their growth. +Fleet's capabilities and design philosophy set it apart from its competitors for this company. Fleet has become an integral part of their infrastructure, offering the scalability, transparency, and flexibility needed to support their growth. To learn more about how Fleet can support your organization, visit [fleetdm.com/mdm](https://fleetdm.com/mdm). @@ -86,6 +86,6 @@ To learn more about how Fleet can support your organization, visit [fleetdm.com/ - - + +