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Initially written in January 2022. Last update: April 2023 I’m frequently asked what the differences are between SonarQube versions. From the questions it is clear that the licensing options are not so clear and quite confusing, so I decided to write down the essential points and help make things right. Legend: Core differences What’s in […]

GitLab 15.10 was released  earlier this week with a total of 45 new features and improvements – both in self-managed (on your server or in a private cloud) and in the public cloud (gitlab.com). The 45 new features are distributed among GitLab editions as follows: 29 new features in the GitLab Free edition 10 in […]

I am often asked about the benefits of GitLab Premium. I recently analyzed all the features in GitLab to quantify and visualize the value of GitLab Premium (in addition to a list of features that can be seen here and in addition to the sorted and detailed spreadsheet we send to our customers). It is […]

Date: Wednesday, February 22nd Level: Beginners Time: 12PM – 4PM EST (GMT -5)   Trust nothing. Authenticate and authorize everything. Join HashiCorp for a zero-trust, identity-based security hands-on workshop. During this workshop, participants will learn about the HashiCorp security model which is predicated on the principle of identity-based access and security. In order for any […]

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GitLab 15.8 was released  earlier this week with a total of 21 new features and improvements – both in self-managed (on your server or in a private cloud) and in the public cloud (gitlab.com). The 21 new features are distributed among GitLab editions as follows: 14 new features in the GitLab Free edition 4 in […]

Last update: 01/26/2023 Date: January 24th, 2023 Time: 2pm – 5pm CET The Workshop was recorded and available to watch! GitLab is a complete DevOps platform, delivered as a single application, fundamentally changing the way Development, Security, and Ops teams collaborate. You might have had the chance to take it for a test drive, but […]

In the last two years, many people ask us what the differences are between GitLab Self-managed (your own private server) and gitlab.com (GitLab’s SaaS solution). Many are confused about using GitLab in the cloud, That’s why I decided to publish a comprehensive and up-to-date article on the subject, based on the accumulated knowledge of our […]

Date: January 12, 2023 Time: 6pm – 9pm CET / 9am – 12pm PST Cyber attacks have never been more in the news. From Twitter hacks to identity theft, vulnerabilities are exposing gaps in the application development process. Application security is difficult, especially when security is a separate process from your DevOps workflow. Security has […]

Date: Thursday, December 15th Time: 1:00 – 5:00 PM CST   Trust nothing. Authenticate and authorize everything. Join HashiCorp for a zero-trust, identity-based security hands-on workshop. During this workshop, participants will learn about the HashiCorp security model which is predicated on the principle of identity-based access and security. In order for any machine or user […]

Date: Tuesday, December 13th Time: 9:00AM – 12:30PM CST   Increase productivity. Mitigate risk. Reduce cost. Join HashiCorp for a Terraform hands-on workshop on Azure focused on minimizing cloud waste. Developers have increasing control over IT spending due to on-demand cloud consumption models. With cloud infrastructure, you pay for what you use, but also for […]

We are often asked from time to time whether GitLab has a floating license mechanism (or concurrent users) and whether there is a way to save money on licensing. The frequency of those questions has increased in the last year since GitLab Starter was deprecated, as the enterprise options are more expensive now (including GitLab […]

Join our webinar and learn which secrets management solution could be the best fit for you! We will be hosting a live webinar to discuss differences between HashiCorp Vault and Akeyless Vault. The webinar is free of charge. When? December 6th 2022 at 5pm CET / 11am ET / 8am PT (45 min) We plan to […]

Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2022 Time: 2pm – 5pm CET Join us to learn how GitLab can quickly get you started down your GitOps journey! This workshop will go over how you can quickly get started using the GitLab Agent for Kubernetes starting with an empty project and moving all the way to deploying a […]

Besides providing a fully -managed solution of GitLab, we also provide a hybrid managed solution named “Bring Your Own Cloud” Bring your own cloud (also known as “BYOC” or “bring your own device” or “bring your own machine”) is an approach that could be your best-of-breed: You bring your preferred cloud vendor (e.g. AWS, GCP, […]