The Cloudify Blog

Cockroach Labs, creators of the distributed SQL database CockroachDB, recently released a report that benchmarks raw system and database transaction performance on some of the big players in the cloud computing industry: Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google GCP.  While conducted with the needs of their database product… Read More

It’s time to talk about cloud automation as more than just a buzzword. True cloud automation helps reign many manual activities to provide efficient and repeatable operations. The application of cloud automation solutions is an opportunity to work towards the benefits of its implementation. Including, increased velocity, triggered workflows, and… Read More

If you are here, you are like many others in devops that are looking to find out the differences between Docker vs. Kubernetes. Interestingly, a comparison of one against the other is probably not the right direction. This is because they are both functionally different, but Kubernetes extends Docker functionality… Read More

I was pleased to participate recently in a webinar with distinguished panelists* from AWS, Capgemini Engineering, and Intel to discuss how carriers might better position themselves to monetize their 5G strategies. Our conversation centered on an ‘agile-first’ approach to software development—applying DevOps best practices to highly distributed 5G networks. Read More

Cloudify 6 launched in September, introducing Environment as a Service 2.0: a new hierarchical environment management capability that streamlines the management of broad deployments.  Managing multiple environments is often a challenge for DevOps organizations, cloud-native and legacy applications. The issue worsens as an organization expands to multi cloud and edge. Read More

September 19th, 2021 Cloudify 5.2.6 is a patch release containing fixes and corrections on top of Cloudify v5.2.x.v5.2.6 can be deployed as a new installation, as an in-place update over a 5.1.x/5.2.0 Cloudify manager, or as an upgrade version for any supported previous Cloudify release. See the upgrade section below… Read More

September 20th, 2021 Cloudify 6.2.0 release contains new features and fixes on top of Cloudify’s v6.0.Version 6.2.0 can be deployed as a new installation, as an in-place update over a 5.2.x/6.x.x Cloudify manager and as an upgrade version for any supported previous Cloudify release.See the upgrade section below for more… Read More

September 14, 2021, 11:00am EDT Telcos are discovering that the prevailing model of software delivery, in which it can take 1-2 years to push major new features live, is not going to fly in the new reality of 5G. For these fully software-defined networking environments, telcos must adopt… Read More

Reducing Cloud Spend Need Not Be a Paradox’ – TheNewStack  Our very own CTO Nati Shalom takes TheNewStack to publish his (and Cloudify’s) response to Martin Casado’s recent ‘Trillion Dollar Paradox‘ analysis which challenges conventional thinking regarding cloud transformation and migration – with a focus on… Read More

6.0 New FunctionalityEnvironment as a Service (EaaS) 2.0Hierarchy based environments viewMap ViewEmbedded ActionsOrchestration at ScaleLabels & FiltersBulk ActionsEnvironments DiscoveryOperabilityScheduled WorkflowsDeployment Display NameMenu UpdatesGetting Started WizardStarlingXDeveloper EnhancementsThe ‘Apply’ CommandIntrinsic FunctionsPropagation of workflow parameters to sub-componentsBlueprint LabelsSecurity &… Read More

Applications that require the highest levels of availability and quality of experience (QoE) require geographic redundancy, or geo-redundancy, which duplicates applications and infrastructure across geographic regions  – or at least availability zones.  This article looks at geo-redundant architectures, their challenges and advantages, and how a multi-cloud orchestrator like cloudify… Read More

  The benefits of continuous integration orchestration tools are clear. The need to shorten deployment cycles that typically take six months to a year long is clearly evident. As such, focus on Jenkins automation is allowing companies to deploy code numerous times per day. With this… Read More