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  • Low-Code and the Rise of the Citizen Developer

    Low-Code and the Rise of the Citizen Developer

    Low-code technologies have become increasingly popular for helping businesses adapt to ever-changing environments quickly by allowing them to build, customize and deploy apps with little to no coding. At Low-Code/No-Code Virtual Summit, taking place on Nov. 18 at 9 a.m. ET, luminaries of leading organizations in the low-code community will share valuable insights on their digital transformation journeys and the role of low-code/no-code in their digital strategies.

    Attendees will get an intimate look at how organizations are embracing low-code technologies to advance their business while improving user experience. The virtual event explores the vast and growing ecosystem of technologies that are changing the face of application development, featuring sessions on:

    • The rise of the citizen developer
    • Security and compliance in low-code applications
    • How low-code is transforming software development
    • Low-code versus no-code
    • Low-code trends

    Low-Code/No-Code Virtual Summit features an exceptional lineup of low-code and industry experts, including:

    • Derya Sousa, co-founder and COO at Kianda Technologies
    • Venkat Thiruvengadam, CEO at DuploCloud, Inc.
    • Andrew Manby, head of product management at HCL Software
    • Asna Javed, hybrid cloud build team and developer advocacy leader at IBM
    • Eren Akbaba, cloud architect at IBM
    • Charles Kolodgy, cybersecurity strategist, advisor and educator at Techstrong Research
    • Daniel Topham, CEM for digital, strategic solution architect at Everbridge
    • Bala Madhusoodhanan, principal architect at TJX
    • Paul Porter, VP of sales engineering at Everbridge
    • Gunndarr Dotter, regional sales director at HCL Software
    • Amy Hart-Koullapis, communications systems specialist, global marketing and communications at World Vision International

    The virtual environment features an auditorium where attendees can watch the sessions by the experts and an exhibit hall lined with booths showcasing the latest solutions from leading low-code companies. In the exhibit hall, attendees can download resources and interact with partner sponsors.

    To start off the event on a high note, we have scheduled a yoga class at 9 a.m. with a certified instructor.

    Registered attendees will receive a link to access the virtual environment on-demand for up to 30 days after the live event.

    To check out the full agenda and to register for free, visit the Low-Code/No-Code Virtual Summit website.

  • Why Distributed Cloud Is the Future of Cloud Computing

    Why Distributed Cloud Is the Future of Cloud Computing

    A distributed cloud is a public cloud service that allows you to run public cloud infrastructure in multiple physical locations while being centrally managed for performance and compliance. The most innovative companies are moving all their assets to a distributed cloud structure. It is safe to say that distributed cloud is the future of cloud computing.

    Lou Senko, senior vice president of IT and chief availability officer at Q2, will be speaking about distributed cloud, how it can benefit your business and why it is the next generation of cloud computing at DevOps Experience: The Roaring 2020s Virtual Summit, on Oct. 28 at 9:45 a.m. ET. Lou will explain how distributed cloud makes the most of multiple channels and how this emerging strategy can enhance your digital posture.

    During a quick interview with Lou, he explained some of the main benefits and advantages of distributed cloud and shared a sneak peek of his upcoming session. Check out the interview below to find out what to expect at DevOps Experience 2021.

    This year’s DevOps Experience will focus on DevOps and the use of the cloud to enable digital transformation. The two-day event, starting on Oct. 27, will bring together DevOps and cybersecurity luminaries from around the globe for a free, interactive learning experience.

    The agenda for the two-day virtual event features a mix of topics, including technical sessions, deep-dives and case studies covering digital transformation, DevSecOps, cloud-native, Kubernetes, AppSec, CI/CD, open source, value stream management and more. The virtual environment features more than 50 sessions by industry leaders and an expo hall lined with booths full of downloadable resources.

    To check out the full agenda and to register, please visit the DevOps Experience website.

  • What Does the Future of DevOps Look Like?

    What Does the Future of DevOps Look Like?

    During the past couple of years, we have seen a rapid acceleration of digital transformation. Many businesses have been leveraging the benefits of DevOps and the cloud to accelerate their digital transformation journeys. With so many changes going on in the industry, it is time to take a look ahead at what DevOps is becoming and how DevOps teams are managing change across the lifecycle.

    On October 27, DeployHub CEO and CDF Board Member Tracy Ragan will discuss the future of DevOps and the convergence of GitOps, event-based continuous delivery and the coming use of microservice catalogs at DevOps Experience: The Roaring 2020s Virtual Summit, during her session “Tomorrow’s DevOps Pipeline — A Radical Shift.”

    We sat down with Tracy Ragan to talk about some of the challenges that the DevOps community has been facing, how to overcome these challenges and how the role of DevOps is changing. Watch the interview below to take a sneak peek of her upcoming session at DevOps Experience.

    This year’s DevOps Experience explores how DevOps and the cloud are reinventing the path of digital transformation. The agenda for the two-day virtual event features a mix of topics, including technical sessions, deep-dives and case studies covering digital transformation, DevSecOps, cloud-native, Kubernetes, AppSec, CI/CD, open source, value stream management and more. The virtual environment features more than 50 sessions by industry leaders and an expo hall lined with booths full of downloadable resources.

    To see the full agenda and to register, please visit the DevOps Experience website.

  • Techstrong Research Bolsters Focus on Business Value and Outcomes of Disruptive Technologies with Addition of Hurwitz & Associates

    Judith Hurwitz, Daniel Kirsch and company bring extensive experience in technology and market research, management and strategy consulting, business and go-to-market planning to Techstrong Group business unit

    Boca Raton, Fla. — October 13, 2021 — Techstrong Group, the power source for people and technology, announced today that Hurwitz & Associates will join Techstrong Research. The Hurwitz & Associates team, led by Judith Hurwitz and Daniel Kirsch, will join Mitchell Ashley in leading the firm. Hurwitz will serve as president and Kirsch will serve as managing director of Techstrong Research. Ashley will continue as a principal of Techstrong Research, as well as CTO of Techstrong Group. The combined team brings deep technical and business expertise to guide business leaders, technology providers, entrepreneurs and investors on the business value of emerging technologies.

    Techstrong Research is the go-to source for unbiased information, insights and connections that help IT professionals understand new technologies. The Techstrong Research team brings deep knowledge about today’s leading technologies with insights and actionable strategies for DevOps, cloud, IT management, security/governance, AI and data initiatives. It offers a holistic business perspective essential for IT leaders and practitioners to adapt and thrive in the digital economy.

    “I have worked with Judith and the Hurwitz & Associates team for decades with tremendous success,” said Andy Palmer, co-founder, chairman and CEO at Tamr Inc. and co-founder, Koa Labs. “I am looking forward to the potential of this important next-generation research and analyst firm created by the combination of Hurwitz & Associates and Techstrong Research.”

    Founded in 1996, Hurwitz & Associates brings industry longevity, experience and credibility earned by working with hundreds of enterprise customers and publishing numerous books and research reports.

    Prior to joining Techstrong Research, Hurwitz was president and CEO of Hurwitz & Associates. A pioneer in anticipating technology innovation and adoption, she served as a trusted advisor to many industry leaders. Hurwitz has helped clients transition to business models focused on the business value of emerging technologies. She is a frequent speaker at industry events and is the co-author of 10 books, including Augmented Intelligence: The Business Power of Human–Machine Collaboration, Cognitive Computing and Big Data Analytics and Smart or Lucky: How Technology Leaders Turn Chance into Success. She serves on the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board at Boston University. She also serves on several technology advisory boards, was a recipient of the 2005 Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council award and was named a distinguished alumnus by Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences in 2005.

    “I am very excited to join Techstrong Research and to collaborate with Dan and Mitchell to create a bold, next-generation research and analyst firm,” said Hurwitz. “Our ability to couple research and analysis with the reach of Techstrong Group platforms, audiences, events and membership will give us significant differentiation in the market.”

    Kirsch will serve as managing director and co-founder of Techstrong Research, working with clients on their strategy to develop, market and partner in disruptive technologies, including AI, cloud and security. At Hurwitz & Associates, Dan was managing director. He was a trusted advisor to large and mid-size IT vendors, providing them with market perspective and aligning strategy with customer requirements. His research focused on how compliance, governance, security and privacy are impacting the software industry and customer requirements. Kirsch is also co-author of Augmented Intelligence: The Business Power of Human–Machine Collaboration, Big Data for Dummies, Cloud Computing for Dummies and Hybrid Cloud for Dummies. Kirsch has a JD from Boston College Law School where he focused on corporate law, emerging corporations and intellectual property. As an attorney, Dan represented startups, cloud computing ventures and companies going through second-round financing.

    “In addition to our unique differentiators, Techstrong Group amplifies our clients’ messages and our research to help reach a curated audience,” added Kirsch.

    “I am thrilled to have Judith and Dan join Techstrong Research,” said Ashley. “Their deep experience and skill in helping clients focus on the business outcome potential of emerging and disruptive technologies will help our clients accelerate value from their technology investments.”

    “In my time as CMO for IBM’s software, cloud and AI businesses, I worked closely with the Hurwitz & Associates team. They provided our organization with clear customer-focused positioning, collateral and insight for our go to market strategy,” said Buell Duncan, technology and marketing executive/senior advisory board member. “Their knowledge of the market, including competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, is invaluable. Hurwitz & Associates analysts are natural storytellers who understand the world from the customer’s perspective and the problems they are trying to solve. This team helped translate the value of IBM solutions into impactful business outcomes for our clients.”

    Techstrong Research is an integrated Techstrong Group business along with Techstrong Media, Techstrong Associations, Techstrong Learning and Techstrong Live!. This gives Techstrong Research a unique advantage over other analyst firms as Techstrong Group is the go-to resource for millions of software development, delivery and security professionals to inform research, validate messages and customize research engagements.

    “The market moves fast and keeping up requires data. I’ve worked with Techstrong Research analysts for years, and the only thing I value more than the quality of their research and deliverables is their partnership in helping us identify the right questions to ask,” said Sam Fell, vice-president, product marketing, Sumo Logic. “This new combination of the former Accelerated Strategies Group and Hurwitz & Associates brings together powerful resources and very experienced, senior analysts.”

    Additional Resources

    About Techstrong Research

    Techstrong Research accelerates the adoption of disruptive technologies that drive business outcomes and provide actionable strategies in rapidly changing markets. We are the only organization serving the needs of IT leaders, practitioners and the industry ecosystem with research, analysis, content, events and education. We bring deep knowledge about today’s leading technologies such as DevOps, cloud, data and AI/ML, security/governance initiatives and supporting infrastructure. We offer our customers a holistic business perspective essential to adapt and thrive in the digital economy. The Techstrong Research team has the knowledge, experience and credibility earned by working with hundreds of businesses across many industries to provide consulting, thought leadership and research.

    Media Contact
    Jeremy Douglas
    Catapult
    jdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com

  • New Relic Launches Industry’s Largest Open Source Ecosystem of Quickstarts and Partner Integrations to Help Every Engineer Embrace Observability in Minutes

    Company doubles down on open source commitment with New Relic Instant Observability, an open catalog of 400+ quickstarts to help engineers instrument, dashboard and alert their entire stack

    Leading enterprise technologies such as Cribl, Fastly, Gigamon, Kentik, Lacework and Trend Micro contribute to accelerate adoption of observability by all engineers

    San Francisco, CA – October 13, 2021 – New Relic (NYSE: NEWR), the observability company, today launched New Relic Instant Observability (I/O), an open source ecosystem of quickstarts to empower all software engineers to instrument, dashboard and alert their entire technology stack in minutes. As part of New Relic’s commitment to make observability an open, data-driven and daily practice for every engineer, New Relic I/O offers end-to-end integrations with 400+ cloud services, open source tools and enterprise technologies, contributed and maintained by the community. The launch features contributions from partners such as Cribl, Fastly, Gigamon, Kentik, Lacework and Trend Micro to bring the power of the world’s leading technologies to engineers everywhere, no matter the technology or use case. New Relic I/O is available as part of New Relic’s generous free pricing tier, so every engineer can get started without talking to sales or providing a credit card.

    According to New Relic’s 2021 Observability Forecast, while most engineers and developers are familiar with observability, there’s a huge gap in adopting the practice: only 26% of respondents have a mature observability practice, and the most commonly cited barriers to observability success are lack of resources (38%) and skill gaps (29%). New Relic I/O addresses this gap by introducing an ever-expanding, open ecosystem of knowledge-focused resources that codifies the collective experience of the world’s observability experts and practitioners to help engineers around the world unlock the power of their data faster. 

    Continuing New Relic’s Commitment to “Open” Observability 

    Today’s news reinforces New Relic’s commitment to making observability a daily best practice for every engineer by continuing their investment into the global open source community. In the last 12 months, New Relic open sourced 10+ years of agents R&D, standardized on OpenTelemetry, and contributed Pixie to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). New Relic I/O is the continuation of this strategy to dramatically reduce the barrier for engineers to embrace observability to plan, build, deploy and run the great software that underpins flawless digital experiences for their customers, employees, partners and suppliers. 

    “As part of our developer-first strategy and commitment to open source and open communities, we’re proud to introduce a new open ecosystem to help all software engineers embrace observability as a data-driven approach and daily practice through a vibrant community of telemetry data sources, dashboards and alert configuration quickstarts,” said New Relic CEO Bill Staples. “We’re honored to launch with an ever-expanding group of industry-leading partners who will help us honor our commitment to make observability available for all so every engineer can instantly observe any hardware or software systems, cloud service, SaaS, IoT device or application in seconds.”

    “Over the coming years we anticipate thousands of telemetry sources, pre-built dashboards and quickstarts will be curated from the engineering community and consumed by millions of engineers who need telemetry data to make better decisions across the software lifecycle. Only New Relic is committed to this kind of open ecosystem approach to observability,” added Staples.

    Unlike other exchanges that only focus on instrumentation, New Relic I/O introduces an open hub of 400+ quickstarts that moves beyond just instrumentation with pre-built dashboards, alert configurations, user guides and documentation to help software engineers get started with observability via a guided install process. Additionally, New Relic I/O is a community built by the world’s leading observability experts, and each contribution is reviewed by New Relic. Users and partners can easily add new contributions, improve existing quickstarts and provide suggestions to the quickstart repository at any time.

    Access Instant Observability for Leading Partner Technologies

    As part of New Relic’s commitment to providing open observability, the launch features quickstart contributions from Cribl, Fastly, Gigamon, Kentik, Lacework and Trend Micro to enhance the understanding of application performance in the context of every engineer’s daily workflow. Additionally, New Relic is introducing quickstarts for cloud services, open source tools and enterprise technologies, including Kubernetes, Istio, Apache and Cassandra, so every engineer can get a customized observability view based on their preferred tools and specific use case. 

    • Cribl is the observability pipeline company that lets customers parse and route any type of data. The Cribl quickstart allows you to get immediate visibility into your entire environment right from New Relic One without the need to create your own dashboards and alerts—simplifying your workflows and reducing time to value.
    • Fastly is an edge cloud platform that enables its customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably. With the Fastly CDN quickstart, you can monitor key metrics from Fastly’s content delivery network that can help you improve service reliability and ensure great online experiences for end users.
    • Gigamon is the cloud visibility company. The Gigamon Hawk hybrid-cloud visibility and analytics platform provides access to – and extracts intelligence from – all network traffic. The Gigamon quickstart delivers advanced security capabilities that offer network detection and response to advanced threats, including shadow IT activities, crypto-mining and torrent activities, SSL cipher versions and expiration dates across both managed and unmanaged hosts, such as IoT/OT and containers.
    • Kentik is the network observability company. The Kentik quickstarts help network and development teams quickly identify and troubleshoot application performance issues correlated with network traffic performance and health data.
    • Lacework is a data-driven security platform for the cloud that can collect, analyze, and accurately correlate data across an organization’s AWS, Azure, GCP and Kubernetes environments, and narrow it down to the handful of security events that matter. The Lacework quickstart bridges the gap between observability and security teams, and integrates with New Relic’s database to surface security events and alerts directly in New Relic One. 
    • Trend Micro is a global cyber security leader. The Trend Micro Cloud One quickstart ingests Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) data from Conformity into New Relic One to contextualize and correlate it with workload telemetry data, delivering AI-powered visualizations and quick insights. This allows security and cloud teams to immediately take action in improving their security and compliance postures.

    “Cloud security has the same core tenants as observability—organizations need speed, automation, and context. Whether you’re proactively identifying vulnerabilities or trying to find the root cause and impact of a breach, you need to streamline as much as possible,” said Lacework President and CRO Andy Byron. “Our cloud security solution coupled with New Relic’s comprehensive observability capabilities provides our joint customers with a seamless and consistent experience between DevOps and security use cases. Together we’re bridging the gap between software delivery and security—providing deeper visibility, shared context and efficiency—all while not inhibiting your development speed.”

    New Relic Instant Observability is generally available today as part of the New Relic One platform. Users can browse all quickstarts in New Relic I/O today. For more information, visit newrelic.com or read our blog.

    Comments on the News

    Clint Sharp, co-founder and CEO at Cribl

    “Enterprises today are caught between the fleets of existing deployed agents, dozens of next-generation and legacy protocols, and their dreams of ubiquitous observability. With our partnership with New Relic, customers can easily onboard data from anywhere into New Relic – giving them full visibility to observe and secure every application.”

    Simon Wistow, co-founder and vice president of strategic initiatives at Fastly

    “Fastly is uniquely built to offer greater control and reliability, supporting faster sites and apps, high-quality streaming and real-time visibility—all in our agile, API-first platform. With Fastly’s powerful edge cloud and New Relic’s industry-leading cloud-based observability platform, businesses can correlate data from all other services to get a holistic, real-time view of their network while developers get the tools they need to build and deploy the most groundbreaking apps—all optimized for speed, security and scale.”

    Michael Dickman, Chief Product Officer at Gigamon

    “We share New Relic’s vision for an open ecosystem empowered by rich telemetry. Gigamon extends this vision to security use cases for hybrid- and multi-cloud infrastructure. By providing 5,000+ metadata attributes, for example, customers enhance their full security stack to go deep into the application communications of VM, container, and bare metal workloads. New Relic quickstarts make it easy to visualize Gigamon flow and metadata, complementing log- and metric-based observability. Gigamon ThreatINSIGHT completes the picture by using this network visibility to detect, investigate, and respond to threats from crypto-mining to beaconing.”

    Avi Freedman, co-founder and CEO at Kentik

    “The lack of integrated application and network observability continues to claim a high toll in latency and downtime. Even the companies with well-budgeted IT teams are exposed to user experience impact when they do not have a unified view of their environments. Through our expanded partnership with New Relic, we’re helping network and development teams quickly identify and troubleshoot application performance issues correlated with network traffic, performance and health data, and ultimately make services more reliable.”

    Wendy Moore, vice president of product marketing at Trend Micro

    “Architecting a security observability strategy is becoming increasingly important as cloud builders rapidly take advantage of high-velocity cloud architectures. By leveraging our security services platform with New Relic One, we are providing our joint customers comprehensive visibility into their cloud risk posture, providing valuable insights to respond better to vulnerabilities.” 

    About New Relic

    The world’s best engineering teams rely on New Relic to visualize, analyze, and troubleshoot their software. New Relic One is the most powerful cloud-based observability platform built to help organizations create more perfect software. Learn why developers trust New Relic for improved uptime and performance, greater scale and efficiency, and accelerated time to market at newrelic.com.

    Forward-looking statements

    This press release contains “forward-looking” statements, as that term is defined under the federal securities laws, including but not limited to statements regarding the availability and access to New Relic I/O, and our expectations of the increase in telemetry sources, prebuilt dashboards and quickstarts that will be curated from the engineering community over the coming years,  including any anticipated benefits, results and future opportunities related thereto. The achievement or success of the matters covered by such forward-looking statements are based on New Relic’s current assumptions, expectations, and beliefs and are subject to substantial risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and changes in circumstances that may cause New Relic’s actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement. Further information on factors that could affect New Relic’s financial and other results and the forward-looking statements in this press release is included in the filings New Relic makes with the SEC from time to time, including in New Relic’s most recent Form 10-Q, particularly under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Copies of these documents may be obtained by visiting New Relic’s Investor Relations website at http://ir.newrelic.com or the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. New Relic assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

  • Secure Coding Adventure Park Virtual Summit: Wilder, Faster and More Visionary Than Ever

    Secure Coding Adventure Park Virtual Summit: Wilder, Faster and More Visionary Than Ever

    DevSecOps helps secure code from the start of production, rather than patching and debugging it at a later stage. It brings development, operations and security teams together so they can release secure software faster. At Secure Coding Adventure Park Virtual Summit, taking place on September 29, industry-leading AppSec and DevSecOps practitioners, analysts and visionaries will come together to share their wildest rides on the security roller coaster and discuss everything you need to know about build secure code from the ground up.

    The agenda for Secure Coding Adventure Park Virtual Summit features a mix of topics, including AppSec, DevSecOps, open-source security, CI/CD and more.

    Security luminaries from AWS, Secure Code Warrior, GitLab, Sysdig, WhiteSource and many other well-known IT companies, will discuss:

    • How to prevent supply chain attacks from code through production
    • Why developers struggle with application security
    • The role of AppSec testing in securing your software supply chain
    • How to protect your open source projects and create a secure CI/CD pipeline
    • How remote work has influenced DevSecOps adoption
    • How to best approach modern software security by automating your CI pipeline for simplicity, visibility and control

    This year’s Secure Coding features outstanding industry leaders, such as:

    • Harry Mower, general manager, AWS DevOps Tools at Amazon Web Services
    • Maciej Mensfeld, senior product manager at WhiteSource
    • Marina Segal, director of product management at Sysdig
    • Stefania Chaplin, EMEA’s solution architect at Secure Code Warrior
    • Cindy Blake, senior product marketing manager and security evangelist at GitLab
    • Rhys Arkins, director of product management at WhiteSource
    • Eric Tice, director global open source technical consulting and COE at Wipro
    • Jayne Groll, co-founder and CEO at DevOps Institute
    • Eilam Milner, co-founder and CTO at Argon Security
    • Jonathan Leitschuh, security software engineer at Gradle Inc.
    • Ricardo Sueiras, technical evangelist at AWS
    • Sonya Moisset, principal security engineer at Photobox, Epic Women in Cyber/Tech founder, GirlCode ambassador
    • Scott Gerlach, co-founder and CSO at StackHawk
    • Dave Walker, principal specialist solution architect for security and compliance at AWS

    Our very own Jackie Whetzel sat down with Stefania Chaplin for a quick interview about her upcoming session at Secure Coding Adventure Park Virtual Summit, women in tech and her journey as a solutions architect. Check out a clip of the interview below as Stefania shares a sneak peek of what to expect from her upcoming session.

    To check out the full agenda and to register, visit the Secure Coding Adventure Park Virtual Summit website.

  • Highlights from GitOps Evolution Virtual Summit

    Highlights from GitOps Evolution Virtual Summit

    GitOps has become increasingly popular in the DevOps space. DevOps teams have been adopting GitOps in order to better deploy, manage and monitor Kubernetes clusters and applications. On Sept. 23, the DevOps community came together at GitOps Evolution Virtual Summit to explore ways in which organizations can use GitOps to solve real problems.

    The virtual event, hosted by MediaOps, offered expert-led sessions and panel discussions focused on a variety of topics, including:

    • GitOps and the evolution of DevOps
    • A developer’s guide to adopting GitOps
    • Metrics to measure in GitOps environments

    GitOps Evolution Virtual Summit is now available on-demand for up to 30 days after the live event. Register now to get exclusive access to the on-demand virtual environment.

    Meet the GitOps Evolution Leaders

    GitOps Evolution Virtual Summit featured an exceptional lineup of industry thought leaders and doers in the GitOps space, including:

    • Tracy Ragan, DeployHub CEO and CDF board member
    • Viktor Farcic, developer advocate at Upbound, member of the Google Developer Experts and a published author
    • Paul Curtis, principal solution architect at Weaveworks
    • Ravi Lachhman, evangelist at Harness
    • Jayne Groll, DevOps Institute CEO
    • Alan Shimel, MediaOps CEO

    GitOps Evolution Sessions

    GitOps – An Introduction, by Alan Shimel and Paul Curtis

    In this session, Paul and Alan discussed the four principles of GitOps, how an enhanced developer experience increases productivity, how to boost stability and reliability in Kubernetes environments and how to bake in security from the start.

    Automating the Human Side of GitOps, by Tracy Ragan

    GitOps requires many manual steps, from updating .yaml files for each new container image, and managing Pull Requests, Merges and Commits. In this session, Tracy explored how to move GitOps to a fully automated DevOps process and reviewed the basic architecture of GitOps, how it is managed manually and how GitOps needs to evolve to be part of the continuous delivery pipeline.

    How To Apply GitOps On Infrastructure, by Viktor Farcic

    During this talk, Viktor Farcic explored Crossplane combined with Flux as a potential solution for all our infrastructure needs and whether it fits into the broader Kubernetes ecosystem.

    GitOps Blind Spots – Introduction to Pragmatic GitOps, by Ravi Lachhman

    Check out Ravi’s session to learn how GitOps can be a continuum in a journey and introducing Pragmatic GitOps practices and approaches no matter where you are in your software development approaches. Ravi talked about common blind spots with embracing on a pure GitOps approach might leave to be solved for.

    The Evolution of GitOps Maturity for Business Success, by Paul Curtis

    In this session, Paul went on a four-step GitOps journey that started with operating a single cluster and application, to managing large deployments and fleets. He discussed the requirements and business benefits of each step and tied them back to improving Software Delivery and Operational (SDO) performance—including deployment frequency, shorter lead time, mean time to recovery and change failure rate.

    Fireside Chat: The People, Process, and Technology of GitOps, by Jayne Groll, Tracy Ragan and Viktor Farcic

    Join Jayne Groll, Tracy Ragan and Viktor Farcic for a panel discussion probing further into the people, process and technology of GitOps – including what’s next, challenges to culture and theory versus practical implementation.

    For more information and to access the on-demand environment, visit the GitOps Evolution Virtual Summit website.

  • Chronosphere Announces Record Revenue, Customer and Employee Growth

    New York, NY, Sept. 20, 2021 — Chronosphere, the company redefining monitoring for the cloud-native world, today announced record momentum as it heads into Q4 2021.

    “Chronosphere is filling a much needed gap in the marketplace with a scalable, reliable and cost efficient cloud-native monitoring solution. The Chronosphere team has accomplished a tremendous amount in a very short period of time — they are now one of the fastest growing companies in the Greylock portfolio,” said Jerry Chen, partner at Greylock.

    Today’s monitoring tools are not equipped to handle the complex and dynamic nature of cloud-native environments and while the recommended open source tools like Prometheus help get companies started, they do not scale.

    Chronosphere delivers scalable, reliable and customizable monitoring purpose-built for companies adopting cloud-native. Chronosphere not only allows customers to keep pace with the massive amounts of monitoring data produced by cloud-native environments but it also does so with an order of magnitude more cost efficiency than existing solutions.

    Additionally, Chronosphere lets customers understand and control their spending and metrics growth, even as the data continues to grow. This level of visibility and control is the first of its kind in an industry notorious for unexpected and uncontrollable monitoring bills. Chronosphere empowers cloud native engineering organizations to control for data volumes, rampant costs and organizational friction that comes from rapid scale and technical complexity.

    Chronosphere’s product is powered by the open source metrics engine M3 that Chronosphere co-founders Martin Mao, CEO, and Rob Skillington, CTO, developed while at Uber and scaled to be one of the largest production monitoring systems in the world, storing tens of billions of time series and analyzing billions of data points per second in real-time.

    Martin said: “I’m incredibly proud of the growth we’ve achieved so far this year. We’re helping some of the most advanced engineering organizations in the world gain reliable visibility of their cloud-native workloads while simultaneously helping them control their rampant growth in data volume and cost. These are challenges that no other SaaS provider has been able to address.”

    Chronosphere set new records so far this year:

    Revenue Growth
    Chronosphere’s multi-million dollar annual recurring revenues saw more than 9 times growth as the company continues to do 6 and 7 figure deals.

    Customer Growth
    Chronosphere continued to onboard customers from startups to well-known global brands in the Fortune 500. Chronosphere also saw existing customers significantly expand their usage.

    PlanetScale Vice President of Engineering Nicholas Van Wiggeren said: “Chronosphere provides PlanetScale with best-in-class observability without the operational overhead of running complex tooling ourselves.”

    Abnormal Security Software Engineer Dhruv Purushottam said: “We evaluated the market thoroughly and found that Chronosphere was the only solution with a first-class focus on both scale and cost management. The expertise they had built from running M3 at Uber was obvious, and we reaped the benefits of their team’s knowledge immediately. We found their team to be attentive and deeply focused on solving their customers’ problems.”

    Employee Growth
    Chronosphere added more than 40 employees this year, nearly doubling its employee count from 45 to more than 80. The new hires included a head of product marketing, head of growth marketing and head of sales to form a GTM leadership team to meet the unprecedented demand for Chronosphere. This year the company also transitioned to be remote-first.

    Series B Growth Funding
    In January this year, Chronosphere announced $43.4 million in Series B funding, bringing the total raised to $55 million. The round was led by previous investors Greylock, Lux Capital and venture capitalist Lee Fixel with participation from General Atlantic.

    Industry Recognition
    Chronosphere has received numerous industry accolades since it was founded in 2019. The company has been named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Performance Analysis[1], a Vendor to Watch by EMA, one of the 50 most promising startups by The Information, one of 31 commercial open source software startups that will thrive during Covid in Business Insider, a Startup to Watch by Built In NYC and The Startup Weekly’s 2021 Diverse & Inclusive Employer award.

    About Chronosphere
    Chronosphere’s mission is to enable organizations to operate reliably at scale and make precise, data-driven decisions. Chronosphere provides solutions that are best-in-class in scale, performance, reliability and cost efficiency. Chronosphere is backed by Greylock, Lux Capital, General Atlantic and Lee Fixel. For more information, visit https://chronosphere.io or follow @chronosphereio.

    [1] Gartner, Cool Vendors in Performance Analysis, by Padraig Byrne and Gregg Siegfried, 5 October 2020 (report available to Gartner subscribers here: https://www.gartner.com/document/3991389)

  • How to Apply GitOps on Infrastructure

    How to Apply GitOps on Infrastructure

    GitOps has become more than a buzzword in the DevOps community. It consists of a set of best practices designed to better deploy, manage and monitor Kubernetes clusters and applications. By adopting GitOps everything becomes code, therefore empowering DevOps teams to control every aspect of the development process from beginning to end.

    Viktor Farcic, developer advocate at Upbound, member of the Google Developer Experts and a published author, has been doing GitOps even before the term was coined by Alexis Richardson in 2017. Viktor believes that even though many developers have been doing GitOps for a while, defining what it really is and giving GitOps a name is what has helped with its rapid adoption. 

    Viktor is one of our outstanding speakers presenting at GitOps Evolution Virtual Summit. During his session, Viktor will talk about GitOps and explore Crossplane combined with Flux as a potential solution for all infrastructure needs and to see whether it fits into the broader Kubernetes ecosystem.

    Crossplane is an open-source project that enables engineers to use Kubernetes to provision and manage infrastructure, services and applications. Combined with Flux, it allows us to apply GitOps principles to constantly monitor infrastructure and fix any drifts there are between the current and desired states.

    Our very own Jackie Whetzel sat down with Viktor Farcic for a quick interview on GitOps and his upcoming session. Check out a clip of the interview below.

    To learn more about how to apply GitOps on infrastructure join Viktor’s session at GitOps Evolution Virtual Summit on Sept. 23. To check out the full agenda or to register for free, visit the GitOps Evolution Virtual Summit website.

  • Global Demand for Developer-Centric Security Fuels Secure Code Warrior’s Continued Growth

    BOSTON & SYDNEY & LONDON, August 24, 2021 — Global secure coding company Secure Code Warrior® has announced the signing of its 400th customer and strong business performance in response to an increased demand for security-aware and security-skilled developers across all industries worldwide.

    This milestone achievement follows the onboarding of 120 new enterprise customers across 30 countries within the first half of 2021—including major global retailers, technology juggernauts and manufacturing leaders—alongside doubling the number of licensed users and expanding over 30% of its accounts. In March, Secure Code Warrior signed the biggest customer deal in its company history, bringing an additional 33,000 developers into tailored learning pathways designed to help them deliver secure code faster.

    The recent customer acquisitions mean Secure Code Warrior is helping 400 organizations worldwide to improve developers’ software security skills, including Zoom Video, Reddit, Mastercard, the BBC, DBS Bank, the Singapore Government, TotalEnergies and Blue Prism.

    Pieter Danhieux, CEO and Co-Founder of Secure Code Warrior, said the company’s growth was driven by organizations prioritizing software security in the face of a growing global cyber threat landscape, and reflected the world showing signs of post-COVID recovery.

    “We have seen the ongoing impact of software-related breaches like SolarWinds and increased attacks on critical infrastructure influence government policies and business priorities across the globe. The likes of Biden’s Executive Order and Australia’s state-based cybersecurity strategies highlight the increased need to build developers’ security skills, rather than implement Band-Aid, after the breach ‘remedies’,” Danhieux said.

    “The necessity to foster security-conscious developers traverses industries, and we’re working with leading organizations to help secure the software that does amazing things in our world—from government bodies needing to safeguard national assets to automotive manufacturers securing connected systems in cars and beyond.”

    Secure Code Warrior’s flagship Learning Platform has been central to its success, with 85% of its customer base embracing the ‘Missions’ offering launched in late 2020, which foster developers’ security-first mindset through hyper-relevant, immersive coding simulations of real-world software vulnerabilities they are challenged to solve through secure coding in a safe environment. The scale-up has an ongoing focus on developing new challenges and has bolstered its platform to support nearly 60 language:frameworks including legacy, cutting-edge and specialized systems.

    Non-Executive Director on Secure Code Warrior’s Board and Silicon Valley veteran, Jim Pflaging, spoke highly of the scale-up’s strong growth amid the global pandemic.

    “Over the past 18-months, businesses have rapidly accelerated their digital transformation efforts. Now, growth and profitability are closely tied to engaging customers and suppliers with compelling software applications. The spate of high-profile cyberattacks throughout the same period have exposed weaknesses in software development practices, which the Biden administration’s Executive Order is combatting by stating secure coding should be foundational for any government or business entity. As a result, leading organizations worldwide are working with Secure Code Warrior to ‘shift left’ and reduce risk, while empowering teams to ship quality code faster by improving security at the most efficient stage of the software development process,” Pflaging said.

    To support its next chapter of growth and scale, Secure Code Warrior has made several key appointments to build and accelerate its go-to-market strategy, including Junie Dinda as its Chief Marketing Officer and Vikram Ghosh in the newly created role of Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances.

    Based in San Francisco, Dinda held marketing leadership positions at Atlassian for over six years, most recently as VP of Marketing for Enterprise and Migrations. She brings extensive knowledge in driving product-led growth into the developer ecosystem and deep expertise in scaling hyper-growth businesses from 50 employees to billion-dollar organizations with 5,000+ staff.

    Ghosh joins following four years as Vice President of Business Development at Chef Software and has previously held senior leadership positions at Citrix and Microsoft. Based in Seattle, Ghosh is responsible for spearheading the growth of Secure Code Warrior’s global partner program, which recently announced significant enhancements and expanded integrations with leading DevSecOps vendors.

    To find out more about how Secure Code Warrior is securing the software that does amazing things in the world, visit securecodewarrior.com.

    About Secure Code Warrior

    Secure Code Warrior makes secure coding a positive and engaging experience for developers. Our flagship Learning Platform delivers relevant skills-based pathways for developers to write secure code at speed; whilst intelligent and contextual developer tools fix common security bugs in real-time. Through inspiring a global community of security-conscious developers to embrace a preventative secure coding approach, our mission is to pioneer a people-first solution to security upskilling, stamping out poor coding patterns for good. Established in 2015, our customers include major financial institutions, telcos, retail, governments and global technology companies across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. Learn more at securecodewarrior.com.