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Last update: 06/18/2019 We have just released a new white paper (15 pages) that describes ALL features provided in GitLab that support a modern Agile / SCRUM workflows. There are 24 relevant features of agile development and issue tracking, and we grouped them by editions (from free edition to enterprise editions) . By reading it […]

Few months ago we invited Elad Leev, a DevOps Engineer at AppsFlyer company, to explain why they migrated away from Bitbucket to GitLab. He also shared some tips and best practices of applying the migration. Elad demonstrated the architecture they built for a new secured and rapid environment of GitLab including AWS, GCP and HashiCorp […]

We provide customer support to our customers in a way that frees them from the need to set up and maintain their servers and especially, from the need to deal with the ensuing problems. We have an experienced team of specialists, with expertise in different but overlapping areas. This creates a synergy and provides added […]

Foreword: What you gain by installing GitLab on Kubernetes (K8S) and what you don’t. As GitLab representatives in Israel, we are regularly asked technical questions about GitLab and tools, which integrate with it. One of the questions often asked lately is about GitLab’s integration with K8S. We have noticed that there is a popular assumption […]

Starting from today, GitHub is offering free repositories – at no charge  – on their public cloud (github dot com). They limit it to 3 free collaborator users (who write code), and you have to pay if you have more than 3 (as it was before). It’s good for those who have a side-project and […]

Let’s meet! Join GitLab for a live demo on getting started with Auto DevOps on Nov 28th at 1pm to learn how Auto DevOps simplifies your deployment pipeline to accelerate delivery by 200%, improves responsiveness, and closes the feedback gap between you and your users.   Schedule time to chat Learn more about how GitLab […]

GitLab is considered a breakthrough tool not just as a version control and CI tool – but also as a strong CD (Continuous Deployment) tool, especially if you work with containers (such as Docker) and Kubernetes. To demonstrate these benefits of GitLab,we have collected 7 selected videos that were released in the past year. They […]

This week and the week after we are hosting two GitLab employees to discuss different aspects of using GitLab effectively. All webinars are free of charge. 1. GitLab and Code Security (10/10 10AM CET+2) We are hosting Fabio Bussato, Senior Product Manager of Security in GitLab Company, to discuss new code security capabilities included in Gitlab. […]

This time I have chosen to summarize a lecture from the recent DevOps Enterprise Summit in London. The conference was organized by Gene Kim, the author of a well-known book, The Phoenix Project. Lecture recordings were published a few days ago. I have selected this specific lecture for a number of reasons: It’s an interesting […]

GNOME, one of the most recognized, respected projects in the open source world, has moved to GitLab to manage their more than 400 software projects and nearly 900 (!) contributors.  GNOME software is used by millions of people worldwide, and is one of the largest and oldest free software projects. It’s best known for […]

Spotinst now offers a new service that enables you to integrate their Elastigroup to GitLab CI/CD. That means you can enjoy 3 benefits: Save money on Spot instances you install on AWS (Amazon Web Services) EC2. You can save up to 80% by using Spotinst (read below what Spot instances are) High availability that Spotinst […]

GitLab, a popular solution for smart software development on top of Git, recently announced a price increase for on-premise (self-hosted) editions: GitLab EES is changing in price from $39 per person per year to $48 and will now be called: “GitLab Starter” GitLab EEP is changing in price from $199 per person per year to […]

GitLab has acquired Gemnasium, a service that scans for security vulnerabilities in open source libraries, and soon it will be part of the GitLab product. This move helps GitLab users enjoy static code analysis; dynamic security testing; security container scanning and more. The tool can now scan Ruby, Python and JavaScript code languages, and very […]

It’s hard to believe that 2017 is almost complete… As the busy holiday season approaches, don’t forget to take full advantage of your remaining 2017 budget by having a look at our offering for Git/GitLab, ClearCase/ClearQuest or any other ALM toolset (including Atlassian, SmartBear and many other vendors). It’s a definite win-win. Contact our sales team […]

A great technical and short video we found online! We got the approval of the guy who made it (Gonzalo Sanchez) and added English Captions. Enjoy! If you want us to provide similar videos for Eclipse and IntelliJ, just let us know by contacting us: gitlab@almtoolbox.com [chimpy_form forms=”2″]   ALMtoolbox company is a GitLab authorised […]