Ireland and the United Kingdom enterprise technology-change research

PT-2026-301 · dossier edition · 29 September 2026

PlatformTrace

Enterprise platform change across Ireland and the United Kingdom.

security operations platform consolidation · operational

Smart DCC consolidates fragmented security operations on Elastic Security and EDR

Smart DCC adopted Elastic Security on self-managed Kubernetes and Elastic EDR to consolidate the source-described security operations and endpoint-detection scopes.

Organisation
Smart DCC, United Kingdom
Predecessor
fragmented security operations including self-managed EC2 and separate endpoint tooling
Destination
Elastic Security on self-managed Kubernetes with Elastic EDR operating for the source-described security scopes
Workload
Elastic Security and Elastic EDR
Stage
operational
Evidence boundary: The evidence proves operational use for the bounded scopes. It does not expose exact subcomponent migration dates or prove replacement of every security tool across the organisation.

Verified platform change

Smart DCC adopted Elastic Security on self-managed Kubernetes and Elastic EDR to consolidate the source-described security operations and endpoint-detection scopes.

Transition

From: fragmented security operations including self-managed EC2 and separate endpoint tooling

To: Elastic Security on self-managed Kubernetes with Elastic EDR operating for the source-described security scopes

Known unknowns

The evidence proves operational use for the bounded scopes. It does not expose exact subcomponent migration dates or prove replacement of every security tool across the organisation.

Official sources

  1. Smart DCC customer story — 2025-10-21
  2. Elastic Security Network launch event — 2025-10-21