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Paul and Sonia Stovell founded Octopus Deploy in 2012. In the years before, Paul had watched programmers at organizations of all sizes routinely remote into production machines to patch configuration files or write long and semi-complete documents because automating deployments was too time-consuming.

These practices were hampering organizations' ability to deliver and give their customers confidence. The concept of Octopus came about to solve those problems. Today, we still believe wholeheartedly in the importance of automated, frequent, repeatable deployments.

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Financial industry compliance, the DevOps way

Find out how to apply DevOps thinking to financial industry regulation and compliance.

Steve FentonMay 5, 2026 • 6 min read

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Continuous Delivery Office Hours Ep.4: Mono, micro, mesco

Explore the trade-offs between majestic monoliths, microservices, and mescoservices in this episode of Continuous Delivery Office Hours, including how team structures influence architectural choices.

Steve FentonApril 30, 2026 • 5 min read