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April 14, 2022

The GitOps Guide to Building & Managing Internal Platforms

In our most recent white paper “The GitOps guide to building and managing internal platforms” we uncover the delivery of a self-service developer experience. In order to improve overall organizational productivity and development velocity, there is a growing emphasis on the developer experience team and how they collaborate with the platform team.

April 12, 2022

ADAPT AND THRIVE: The Importance of Locking Down Your Software Development Pipeline

The third article in our business series, Adapt and Thrive, covers the importance of solid security and compliance for software delivery pipelines. Speed is key for software companies but not at the risk of security breaches or compromised data.

March 31, 2022

Adding Policy as Code to GitOps Pipelines

Previously we introduced the benefits of policy as code, and how it works. In this blog, we continue where we left off and dive deeper into how policy as code can be embedded into GitOps pipelines.

March 29, 2022

Trusted Delivery with GitOps and Policy as Code

Trusted Delivery - policy as code in GitOps pipelines - can boost developer velocity, proactively prevent cloud misconfigurations, and accelerate software delivery. Learn more about what Trusted Delivery is in our latest whitepaper, and how you can get started.

March 24, 2022

ADAPT AND THRIVE: The Right Way To Do Automation

In the second installment of our Adapt and Thrive series, we explore how GitOps can help organizations to automate the process of developing and delivering software features.

March 17, 2022

Codified Security and Compliance with Policy as Code

We’ve recently acquired Magalix, a policy as code security and enforcement engine. Codified policies extend GitOps pipelines with governance, verification, and security. Learn more about policy as code, its benefits, and how it works.

March 08, 2022

The Evolution of Configuration Management: IaC vs GitOps

Misconfigurations are the leading cause behind security incidents in Kubernetes-orchestrated or otherwise containerized environments. Without proper configuration in place, applications would run into problems ranging from noncompliance and inconsistencies to performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities and functionality failure. Configuration management is a critical component in a software development lifecycle for maintaining systems in a desired, consistent state.

January 26, 2022

Magalix joins Weaveworks to bring Policy to GitOps

Weaveworks acquired Magalix, bringing an enterprise grade policy and compliance engine into Weave GitOps Enterprise. Policy is available via commercial SaaS and Enterprise form factors, and extends your GitOps pipeline with governance, verification and security. Learn more about what that means for our customers.

November 30, 2021

Deutsche Telekom uses Weave GitOps to deliver edge Kubernetes at scale

Deutsche Telekom, the first global Telco running Kubernetes across both its core and edge sites to deliver multiple use cases through a single, telco-grade platform, the company’s collaboration with Weaveworks marks a milestone in the mobile industry. Dubbed Liquid Metal, it is a fully open, GitOps-enabled, distributed Kubernetes Cluster-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform, operating at massive scale.

November 18, 2021

Mark your calendars for AWS Re:Invent and EMEA Mini Series 2021

As we look to close out 2021, we’re preparing for a few key events we’d like to share with you. We’re gearing up for a successful presence at AWS Re:Invent, AWS’ flagship event. And we also have a mini webinar series coming your way so mark the following dates in your calendar - you don't want to miss this!

October 14, 2021

Banks must innovate to compete. GitOps can help.

Established banks and neo-banks need to innovate to remain competitive. In our latest white paper, we explain how GitOps can help. Using real-life case studies, we explore how the GitOps operating model can help financial institutions bring new features to market faster, without compromising on all critical hygiene factors such as security, stability and availability.

October 11, 2021

Help us champion female coders of colour at KubeCon NA 2021

T-0 Hours - Collaborations and Cloud Native! KubeCon NA 2021 is here, and we’ve teamed up with Ambassador Labs, Jetstack, Civo, Codefresh and Buoyant, to raise awareness and support for Black Girls Code (BGC), a non-profit dedicated to creating opportunity and promoting inclusivity for promising young women of colour in the tech industry. Each sponsor will be donating $2 for every virtual booth visitor we receive!

October 05, 2021

Three unmissable events: KubeCon, GitOpsCon and the GitOps One-Stop Shop

Three opportunities to learn more about GitOps in October: GitOpsCon, KubeCon and Weaveworks’ own GitOps One-Stop Shop. No matter if you are a seasoned practitioner or a beginner, we have talks and learnings for all levels.

September 16, 2021

Case Study: MediaMarktSaturn finds confidence to implement progressive delivery with Flagger

MediaMarktSaturn went from manual deployments to completely automated canary releasing using Flagger for progressive delivery. Find out more.

September 07, 2021

What is a hybrid cloud strategy? A primer for the cloud-native age

Thinking about developing a hybrid cloud strategy? In our new primer, we run through the benefits and challenges – and explain why GitOps could help you take the pain out of the whole process.

August 24, 2021

Progressive delivery made simple with Weave GitOps

Progressive delivery of applications is often times perceived as complicated to implement. Let's get you started with Weave GitOps and choice of service mesh so your team can experience more precise and reliable deployments through progressive delivery.

August 17, 2021

GitOps Days 2021: infrastructure as code and boosting developer productivity

At GitOps Days 2021, one of our popular panel discussions featured Kief Morris of Thoughtworks and Sneha Rao of Spotify, to discuss infrastructure as code in their respective organizations. Tune in to hear about the similarities and differences between IaC and GitOps and how GitOps can enhance IaC practices.

August 10, 2021

Tools for Automating and Implementing Cloud Native Patterns

Kubernetes is the essential tool for orchestrating cloud native applications. However getting Kubernetes up and running is only a small piece of what you need to start developing applications. There are many tools to choose from within the cloud native ecosystem before the team can start increasing feature velocity and selecting the right ones can be a challenge.

August 05, 2021

GitOps Days 2021 Final Recap: Tools & Technologies

On Day 2 of our GitOps Days event, we focused on the tools and technologies that enable GitOps. We were especially grateful to everyone who submitted a proposal for our first “Call for Papers”! Huge thanks to all the wonderful speakers,...

August 03, 2021

Simplifying Multicloud Operations: Deploy, Release & Scale Applications Anywhere

With the GitOps model, it would take changing a few lines of a Git repository to change the target location for a deployment. This ease of use is what makes GitOps ideally suited for multicloud operations.The challenges arise due to cloud platforms being so different from one another. Read more....

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