The Cloudify Blog

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… 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… 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… 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

The new age of modern enterprise architecture is defined by Infrastructure as Code (IAC). By virtualizing entire data ecosystems, organizations gain the ability to design, provision and manage them completely in software, ushering in a new era of infrastructure flexibility and cost-efficiency. While this may seem… Read More

In the telco industry it can take up to 1-2 years for new software to go live; in the world of 5G, this isn’t going to fly. 5G migrations will lead telcos to adopt DevOps principles and toolsets to expand and fully leverage software-defined networks. Those… Read More

It is fascinating to see how far the world of software development and CI/CD automation has progressed in such a short period. It shows no sign of slowing down, either. Thanks to a constant need to address security during infrastructure creation, development, and delivery, there is a definite shift in… Read More

You did your homework and transitioned to cloud services. Everything it promises in the way of availability, ease-of-use, and high-performing resources has brought you and your team satisfying returns. Relying on these “unseen” resources can sometimes make people lose sight of other considerations. Like application lifecycle management, there are aspects… Read More