Gorilla provides energy data applications for pricing, forecasting, and portfolio analysis. As the business scaled, its lean IT and security team was fighting on three fronts at once: manual compliance processes, collaboration bottlenecks following a security event, and SaaS spend that had quietly spiralled out of control. Remitech stepped in, not as a vendor, but as part of the team.

Gorilla provides energy data applications for pricing, forecasting, and portfolio analysis. As the business scaled, its lean IT and security team was fighting on three fronts at once: manual compliance processes, collaboration bottlenecks following a security event, and SaaS spend that had quietly spiralled out of control. Remitech stepped in, not as a vendor, but as part of the team.

Gorilla provides energy data applications for pricing, forecasting, and portfolio analysis. As the business scaled, its lean IT and security team was fighting on three fronts at once: manual compliance processes, collaboration bottlenecks following a security event, and SaaS spend that had quietly spiralled out of control. Remitech stepped in, not as a vendor, but as part of the team.

The Challenge

The Challenge

The Challenge

Compliance drag, SOC 2 audits consumed weeks of manual evidence gathering and long calls with auditors.

Compliance drag, SOC 2 audits consumed weeks of manual evidence gathering and long calls with auditors.

Collaboration bottlenecks, after a security event, Gorilla needed a quick solution to restore secure file sharing and free up the IT team from a constant flood of support tickets.

Collaboration bottlenecks, after a security event, Gorilla needed a quick solution to restore secure file sharing and free up the IT team from a constant flood of support tickets.

Licence overspend, Gorilla was paying for high-tier Google Workspace licences it didn't need and for accounts that were no longer in use.

Licence overspend, Gorilla was paying for high-tier Google Workspace licences it didn't need and for accounts that were no longer in use.

"This is the third business I've brought Remitech into. I think of them as an extension of my team. They've never oversold and they stick around after the sale, which I really appreciate."
"This is the third business I've brought Remitech into. I think of them as an extension of my team. They've never oversold and they stick around after the sale, which I really appreciate."
"This is the third business I've brought Remitech into. I think of them as an extension of my team. They've never oversold and they stick around after the sale, which I really appreciate."

Hayden Lawrence

Hayden Lawrence

IT Manager

IT Manager

"Before Remitech, it felt like the blind leading the blind. With Remitech, we can drop them a message on Slack, jump on a call, and feel we're talking to a partner."
“We've now just got a little bit more time to spend doing some actual proper thinking about things. It's giving us more headspace because we're not worrying about our MDM.”
"Before Remitech, it felt like the blind leading the blind. With Remitech, we can drop them a message on Slack, jump on a call, and feel we're talking to a partner."

Chris Callaghan

Chris Callaghan

Security & Compliance

Security & Compliance

The Approach: Listening Before Selling

The Approach: Listening Before Selling

The Approach: Listening Before Selling

Rather than rushing in with a quick fix, Remitech sat down with Gorilla to map out the reality of their challenges. The crowded SaaS market is full of overlapping products with near-identical marketing. Gorilla needed a partner who could cut through the noise and explain the differences that actually mattered.

Rather than rushing in with a quick fix, Remitech sat down with Gorilla to map out the reality of their challenges. The crowded SaaS market is full of overlapping products with near-identical marketing. Gorilla needed a partner who could cut through the noise and explain the differences that actually mattered.

What Remitech Helped Gorilla Deploy

What Remitech Helped Gorilla Deploy

What Remitech Helped Gorilla Deploy

Metomic
Metomic
Metomic

For secure file sharing and collaboration. Gave Gorilla the balance it needed: data protection without creating bottlenecks, and far fewer IT support tickets as a result.

Drata
Drata
Drata

For compliance automation. After Remitech broke down the real differences between the market's many options, Gorilla chose Drata to automate evidence gathering and significantly reduce audit burden.

Google Workspace optimisation
Google Workspace optimisation
Google Workspace optimisation

Remitech's analysis and negotiation delivered immediate savings by rightsizing licences and eliminating accounts that were no longer in use.

The Results

The Results

The Results

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50% reduction in IT tickets,
50% reduction in IT tickets,

teams could collaborate freely while maintaining compliance, removing the constant flood of access-related support requests.

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2

2

90% fewer audit meetings,
90% fewer audit meetings,

significantly less time spent on evidence preparation, and, in Gorilla's own words, 100% less stress.

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3

3

€47,000 saved in a single year,
€47,000 saved in a single year,

a 63% cost reduction on SaaS spend, enough to fund an additional hire.

Beyond the Tools

Beyond the Tools

Beyond the Tools

The value hasn't stopped at software. Gorilla's team has also found real benefit in Remitech's Fintech Dinner Club events, a regular gathering of IT and security professionals across fintech to share knowledge, benchmark against peers, and make useful connections.

"Before Remitech, it felt like the blind leading the blind. With Remitech, we can drop them a message on Slack, jump on a call, and feel we're talking to a partner."
"Before Remitech, it felt like the blind leading the blind. With Remitech, we can drop them a message on Slack, jump on a call, and feel we're talking to a partner."
"Before Remitech, it felt like the blind leading the blind. With Remitech, we can drop them a message on Slack, jump on a call, and feel we're talking to a partner."

Chris Callaghan

Chris Callaghan

Security & Compliance

Security & Compliance

"The partner events have been brilliant. They're relaxed, not overly sales-focused, and I've always come away with useful insights and new contacts."
"The partner events have been brilliant. They're relaxed, not overly sales-focused, and I've always come away with useful insights and new contacts."
"The partner events have been brilliant. They're relaxed, not overly sales-focused, and I've always come away with useful insights and new contacts."

Chris Callaghan

Chris Callaghan

Security & Compliance

Security & Compliance

Drowning in compliance, costs, or SaaS confusion? We can help.

Drowning in compliance, costs, or SaaS confusion? We can help.

Drowning in compliance, costs, or SaaS confusion? We can help.