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What a year it’s been at Cloudsmith. As we look back on 2024, it’s hard not to feel a sense of pride - and even a little awe - at how far we’ve come. From a scrappy startup to a trusted partner for some of the biggest names in the world, this year has been a turning point, both for our company and the people who make it special. In this video, our CEO, Glenn Weinstein, reflects on the highs, the challenges, and the moments that defined this year for us.

In this blog series, we will explore the importance of merging DevOps best practices with MLOps to bridge this gap, enhance an enterprise’s competitive edge, and improve decision-making through data-driven insights. Part one discussed the challenges of separate DevOps and MLOps pipelines and outlined a case for integration.

Last month, Datadog announced an interesting and useful new feature they call the Supply-Chain Firewall (SCFW). It offers a real-time scanning approach that identifies vulnerabilities as developers pull packages from public registries like npmjs. It highlights the broader challenge organizations face when securing their software supply chain: managing risk consistently and efficiently at scale.

Migrating from JFrog Artifactory to a new artifact management platform like Cloudsmith can feel like a daunting task. We promise, it’s actually easier and more straightforward than you think! Our experience with other customers has shown that even if you have a complex setup with hundreds of teams and lots of binary artifacts, you can make the move to Cloudsmith fairly quickly. We can help arm you with a clear plan and best practices, so the transition can be seamless.

Petabytes of monthly data transfer. Thousands of concurrent requests per customer. Hundreds of thousands of requests per minute per customer. The JFrog Platform is a mission critical piece of software development and delivery infrastructure for companies that require performance at scale. When you’re supporting thousands of developers, even a minute of downtime or delay can mean millions of dollars lost productivity.

Learn how CI/CD tools are enhanced with IDPs—to speed deployments, and increase consistency in software development. Cortex|

The modern software development lifecycle comprises two key phases: continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery or deployment (CD). In both stages, automation reduces manual labor, minimizing human errors. That enables DevOps teams to focus on mission-critical work instead of continually fixing mistakes. Automating CI/CD also provides a check and balance system for rolling back errors. Aside from ensuring optimal system performance, this also improves other areas, like security and compliance.

As businesses realized the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), the race began to incorporate machine learning operations (MLOps) into their commercial strategies. But the integration of machine learning (ML) into the real world proved challenging, and the vast gap between development and deployment was made clear. In fact, research from Gartner tells us 85% of AI and ML fail to reach production.

Bitbucket Pipelines is excited to announce support for CI/CD third-party secrets – a powerful new feature that enables you to seamlessly retrieve secrets directly from your preferred secret store. This enhancement ensures your workflows remain efficient and secure. Now, you can set up your own integration and customize the utilization of your secrets to suit your needs.

After a focused period of design and development, the new Cloudsmith web app is now available to all customers at app.cloudsmith.com. The new web app replaces the existing cloudsmith.io, which will be fully decommissioned in June 2025.