Executive Summary
23 Labs, a digital innovation studio specialising in modern application development and cloud-native experiences, partnered with CorIT Tech to build a scalable, secure, and resilient Microsoft Azure foundation. Their growth trajectory and diverse client portfolio required a cloud platform capable of supporting rapid expansion, high availability, and consistent performance across global workloads.
Through this collaboration, CorIT Tech architected a future-ready Azure landing zone, ensuring compliance, cost efficiency, and operational resilience. The partnership has enabled 23 Labs to focus on innovation and client delivery, confident that their platform is robust, automated, and adaptable to their evolving business needs.
Client Overview
23 Labs is a New Zealand and Australian-based technology firm delivering cutting-edge digital solutions, including web platforms, data applications, and custom software. They are known for transforming ideas into scalable products that drive measurable business outcomes. With a fast-growing client base across sectors, 23 Labs needed an underlying infrastructure that could scale securely and seamlessly as their projects multiplied.
Challenge / Problem Statement
As 23 Labs expanded, their existing infrastructure began to constrain growth. Key challenges included:
Limited scalability for hosting multiple client environments.
Manual deployment processes creating operational overhead.
Gaps in resilience and failover capability.
Lack of unified governance and cost visibility across cloud resources.
The company needed a cloud architecture that balanced performance, flexibility, and compliance while reducing manual workloads and maintaining reliability for client-facing applications.
Objectives
23 Labs sought to:
Establish a modern Azure foundation to support current and future growth.
Enhance platform resilience, ensuring uptime for mission-critical workloads.
Implement automation and governance to streamline deployments.
Gain cost transparency and predictable scalability.
Strengthen security and compliance across client projects.
Solution
CorIT Tech designed and implemented a Microsoft Azure landing zone aligned to the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF), providing a secure and governed foundation for multi-tenant application workloads.
Key Components:
Azure Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Automated provisioning using Bicep and CI/CD pipelines.
Resilient Architecture: Load balancing, availability zones, and disaster recovery integration.
Azure Monitor & Defender: Centralised monitoring and threat protection.
Cost & Policy Governance: Azure Policy and Cost Management dashboards for full visibility.
Identity & Access Control: Azure AD integration for secure, role-based access.
This architecture positioned 23 Labs to deliver applications with confidence, scalability, and minimal downtime.
Implementation
The project followed a phased, collaborative approach:
Discovery & Design: Joint workshops to define workloads, dependencies, and growth targets.
Landing Zone Deployment: Azure environment built with IaC templates for repeatability.
Security Hardening: Conditional Access, Defender integration, and encryption standards applied.
Automation Enablement: CI/CD pipelines set up for environment replication and updates.
Knowledge Transfer: CorIT Tech provided operational training and documentation to the 23 Labs team.
Challenges such as legacy workload migrations and identity mapping were resolved through incremental testing and rollback-safe deployment strategies.
Results / Outcomes
The engagement delivered measurable results:
⚡ Deployment Time Reduced: From hours to minutes through fully automated provisioning.
📈 Scalability: Infrastructure now supports multiple simultaneous client workloads effortlessly.
🛡️ Operational Resilience: Achieved 99.95% uptime with geo-redundancy and proactive monitoring.
🔒 Security Posture: Strengthened through Microsoft Defender integration and least-privilege access controls.
💰 Cost Transparency: Real-time Azure spend tracking with automated optimisation insights.
23 Labs now operates a cloud platform that scales with its ambitions – empowering developers and clients alike with stability and speed.
Conclusion
The partnership between 23 Labs and CorIT Tech demonstrates the power of collaboration in modern cloud transformation. By implementing a well-architected Azure environment, 23 Labs achieved scalability, security, and resilience – laying the groundwork for continuous innovation and future expansion.
CorIT Tech continues to provide strategic governance and managed Azure services, ensuring that 23 Labs remains agile and future-ready as new opportunities emerge.
Client Testimonial
“Partnering with CorIT Tech has fundamentally transformed our delivery capability. Their Azure expertise and proactive approach have given us a robust platform that scales effortlessly with our business. We can focus on building great products, knowing our infrastructure is secure and resilient.”
— Chrys Tete, Founder & CEO, 23 Labs
