ContiTech is a global industrial technology company and a core business unit of Continental AG. The company develops and delivers advanced rubber and plastic solutions for industries such as manufacturing, transportation, energy, and agriculture. With operations spanning more than 40 countries, ContiTech combines deep engineering expertise with a strong focus on quality, innovation, and operational excellence.

The Challenge: Managing Salesforce at Scale Without Native Controls

As can be said for many other leading enterprises, Salesforce serves as the backbone of ContiTech’s business. As ContiTech’s Salesforce environment expanded, managing releases, data protection, and environment synchronization became increasingly complex.

Before adopting Flosum, the team relied on manual processes and multiple disconnected tools for deployments and backups. This approach increased operational risk and made it difficult to maintain consistency across environments. They knew they needed a more efficient process to support their business as they scaled.

“These challenges led to longer release cycles, a higher risk of deployment errors, and limited visibility into changes across environments. Manual deployments and the lack of reliable rollback options made it difficult to scale development efforts confidently, especially as the number of Salesforce orgs and contributors grew.” — Sufyan Ansari, Global IT Leader, ContiTech

The Need: Native Salesforce DevOps, Data Resiliency, and Migration

With a growing Salesforce footprint, ContiTech began searching for solutions that could:

• Support DevOps best practices for Salesforce
• Ensure data resiliency, governance, and compliance
• Simplify complex data migrations between environments
• Operate natively within Salesforce, without external infrastructure
  

The goal was not just tooling, but a unified, scalable approach that aligned with Salesforce’s security and architecture standards.

Why Flosum: One Platform for DevOps and Data Management

During the evaluation process, Flosum DevOps stood out for a critical reason: it offers a deployment model that is 100% native on Salesforce.

“Flosum gave us confidence in its security model, performance, and alignment with Salesforce best practices. Additionally, having DevOps and Backup & Archive solutions under one platform was a significant advantage.” — Sufyan Ansari, Global IT Leader, ContiTech

Key capabilities that made Flosum the right fit included:

• Native Salesforce DevOps with version control integration
• Automated and on-demand backups
• Point-in-time data recovery
• The ability to manage deployments, data protection, and migrations directly within Salesforce, without external tools
  

Onboarding and Implementation: Fast Adoption, Low Learning Curve

ContiTech implemented Flosum in phases, starting with Flosum DevOps for release management, followed by Flosum Backup & Archive, and later expanding into data migration use cases.

“The onboarding experience was structured and well-supported. The Flosum team provided clear guidance, documentation, and best practices to help us get started quickly.” — Sufyan Ansari, Global IT Leader, ContiTech

One of the biggest differentiators during adoption was usability.

“One standout point was how quickly our team became comfortable using Flosum due to its native Salesforce interface. The learning curve was significantly lower compared to external DevOps and data tools.” — Sufyan Ansari, Global IT Leader, ContiTech

The Flosum team acted as a true partner, providing practical recommendations tailored to ContiTech’s real-world use cases rather than generic technical support.

Results: Faster Releases, Stronger Data Protection, and Confident Scaling

Since adopting Flosum, ContiTech has seen measurable improvements across development, operations, and data governance.

Flosum DevOps

• Reduced deployment times
• Fewer deployment errors
• Improved version control, validation, and rollback capabilities
• More frequent, predictable Salesforce releases
  

Flosum Backup & Archive

• Automated backups with fast recovery
• Improved peace of mind around data loss
• Stronger governance and compliance posture

Flosum Data Migrator

• More efficient data migration, particularly in complex use cases
  

Overall, Flosum has enabled ContiTech to scale Salesforce operations while maintaining quality, security, and agility.

“We now deploy changes with greater confidence, recover data quickly when needed, and manage complex migrations more effectively.” — Sufyan Ansari, Global IT Leader, ContiTech

The Value: Ownership, Efficiency, and Cost-Effectiveness

Beyond technical improvements, Flosum delivered organizational value by enabling ContiTech’s internal teams to operate independently.

“The team was able to ramp up quickly and manage the platform independently, without relying on external vendors. This significantly improved efficiency and ownership.” — Sufyan Ansari, Global IT Leader, ContiTech

Here is Sufyan’s advice to other Salesforce teams considering Flosum:

“Flosum account representatives are highly accessible, and the team is consistently willing to support. If the deployment scope is straightforward and managed by a small, focused team, Flosum is relatively easy to implement and very cost-effective compared to other solutions in the market.” — Sufyan Ansari, Global IT Leader, ContiTech

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