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Octopus Deploy announces the release of the State of GitOps Report

June 17, 2025 – Octopus Deploy (Octopus), the industry standard for Continuous Delivery (CD), has announced the release of the State of GitOps Report.

Octopus Deploy announces integration with Datadog

June 9, 2025 - Octopus Deploy (Octopus), the industry standard for Continuous Delivery (CD), has announced an integration with Datadog, the monitoring and security platform for cloud platforms.

Octopus launches Kubernetes Live Object Status

April 9, 2025 - Octopus Deploy has announced Kubernetes Live Object Status, a new feature that provides real-time visibility into the health and configuration of your applications running on Kubernetes.

Codefresh Launches GitOps Cloud

March 31, 2025 - Codefresh, an Octopus Deploy company, launches GitOps Cloud to make it fast and easy to promote software changes securely. Without GitOps Cloud, Argo CD users handle application promotion between environments with often tedious processes, lots of custom scripting and even manual steps. With GitOps Cloud, DevOps teams or developers can easily create promotion flows by connecting multiple existing Argo CD instances to a single control plane - no additional software required.

Santa Claus embraces Continuous Delivery with Octopus Deploy

December 2, 2024 - In a groundbreaking move, Santa Claus and his team of elves have officially adopted a modern DevOps practice to streamline their global toy delivery process. After months of testing and optimizing their delivery pipeline, Santa has transitioned to Continuous Delivery (CD) with Octopus Deploy, ensuring a more reliable and efficient sleigh ride around the world.

Octopus Deploy Announces Octopus Extension for GitHub Copilot for Simpler Connectivity

May 22, 2024 - Octopus Deploy, the industry standard for Continuous Delivery (CD), has announced their GitHub Copilot Extension that increases efficiency and helps developers stay in the flow. The Octopus extension is an integration that responds to plain text chat queries submitted from Copilot that responds with useful information from customers’ Octopus instances, making it simpler to connect Octopus and GitHub for deployments.

Octopus Deploy Releases New Features for Simpler Kubernetes Continuous Delivery for Enterprises

May 8, 2024 - Octopus Deploy, the industry standard for Continuous Delivery (CD), has recently launched new features to help simplify Kubernetes CD at scale for enterprises. With a new Kubernetes agent and external feed triggers for container images and Helm, Octopus Deploy enables deployments to Kubernetes at scale, eliminating the need for complex and expensive continuous integration (CI) scripts.

Octopus now available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

May 1, 2024 - Octopus Deploy, the industry standard for Continuous Delivery (CD), today announced the availability of the Octopus Deploy Cloud Solution in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure.

Octopus Deploy acquires Codefresh

February 27th, 2024. Octopus Deploy, the industry standard for Continuous Delivery (CD), announced today the acquisition of Codefresh Inc., Argo maintainer and leader in Kubernetes CD, GitOps, and CI.

Octopus strengthens enterprise Kubernetes deployment capabilities

December 18th, 2023. Octopus Deploy simplifies deployments for platform and application teams, with over 173,000 monthly Kubernetes deployments.

Octopus tenanted deployment capabilities enable software delivery at scale

June 14th, 2023. The new Tenant Dashboard provides a single pane of glass to manage thousands of tenants even simpler.

KinderSystems speeds innovation of SaaS for publicly funded child care industry with Octopus Deploy universal deployment automation solution

March 27th, 2023. Octopus Deploy increased KinderSystems' deployment frequency by 2,000% to ensure agencies have the software systems they need to deliver high quality child care to the families and children they serve.

Octopus wins 3 'Best of Release Management Tools' awards from TrustRadius

February 7th, 2023. High customer satisfaction ratings earn Octopus the Best Relationship, Best Value for Price, and Best Feature Set Awards in TrustRadius' Release Management category.

Octopus announces new integrations with GitHub Actions

November 2nd, 2022. Octopus Deploy Announces New Integrations with GitHub Actions.

Octopus joins QBS Distributor Orchestra to empower next-generation DevOps

October 19th, 2022. Octopus is one of five hypergrowth vendors from global software investor Insight Partners to launch the QBS Orchestra initiative.

Octopus strengthens enterprise DevOps support with ServiceNow change management integration and DORA metrics reporting

September 14th, 2022. DevOps teams make changes with ease and have new value-based insights.

Octopus Deploy Acquires Codefresh to Modernize DevOps in Kubernetes Environments

Feb 27th 2024. Octopus Deploy this week announced it has acquired Codefresh as part of an effort to integrate a continuous integration (CI) platform with a continuous delivery (CD) platform designed for Kubernetes environments.

Octopus Deploy reels in Codefresh for GitOps expertise

Feb 27th 2024. By joining forces in CI/CD and GitOps, the combined companies look to even the odds with bigger competitors, but this will be a daunting task, experts predict.

Brisbane tech star Octopus Deploy makes first major buyout in US

Feb 27th 2024. The founder of fast-growing Queensland technology company Octopus Deploy has urged Australian entrepreneurs to back themselves on the global stage, after buying out a US firm in its first major acquisition.

Why do you need a Deployment Strategy?

Feb 16th 2024. Anaeko and Octopus Deploy held an event in the iconic Hilton Hotel in Belfast, exploring the challenges from start-up to enterprise when implementing an effective deployment strategy.

Deployment with Octopus Deploy

Feb 12th 2024. In this blog post, we'll explore what Octopus Deploy is, its key features, and how you can create your first deployment using this powerful tool.

2 ways to reduce bottlenecks with the Theory of Constraints

Jan 17th, 2024. Working out how to apply Theory of Constraints in real-world situations can be hard, but there are two simple ways to kickstart it.

How to reduce the complexity of Kubernetes deployments

Jan 16th, 2024. Kubernetes aims to abstract away the complexities of managing containerized applications across diverse environments. Yet, the very nature of this abstraction adds a layer of complexity.

Paul Stovell interview at KubeCon

Jan 15th, 2024. Skip to 17:50 to watch Alan Shimel of Techstrong TV interview Paul Stovell at Kubecon 2023.

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The joys and pains of DevOps

Jan 12th, 2024. There are internal and external changes. Internally, company needs, products and personnel are evolving. Externally, the tech landscape is constantly shifting.

CI Is not CD

Jan 10th, 2024. The terms 'continuous integration' and 'continuous delivery' are used so often together that it's easy to forget how they differ.

Colin Bowern talks to Alan about deployments with Octopus Deploy

Jan 9th, 2024. Skip to 02:15 to watch Alan Shimel of Techstrong TV interview Colin Bowern, SVP of Product at Octopus Deploy.

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How far can you go with Argo?

Jan 4th, 2024. Is the Kubernetes continuous delivery tool’s simplicity an advantage or a liability?

Is your Product Manager hurting Platform Engineering?

Dec 19th, 2023. Your platform engineering team needs product management, but that doesn’t mean it needs a product manager.

How measurement elevation and aggregation change behaviors

Nov 7th, 2023. The costs of measuring the wrong thing or the right things in the wrong way vastly outweigh the costs of collecting and processing the data.

How to empower software delivery teams as a business leader

A guide to facilitating the flow of value.

Why maturity models are fundamentally broken

Nov 2nd, 2023. Maturity models make complex things appear simple, but we need to acknowledge the circumstances behind them being imposed on so many organizations.

The cost dynamics of Multitenancy

Oct 3rd, 2023. Trying to manage software multitenancy to the same level as infrastructure multitenancy results in high spending on instrumentation and increases code complexity.

How to bring balance to DevOps by shifting right

Sept 19th, 2023. Automating the deployment process is a necessary step in avoiding a common DevOps trap—overburdening your developers with tasks related to deploying and operating applications.

The customer is the true North Star

Sept 13th, 2023. Our CEO, Paul Stovell, talks about the realities of Agile in 2023. Also, find out about the backstory of how Paul was able to snag the octopus.com domain.

The past, present and future of multitenancy

Sept 1st, 2023. We can have stronger data isolation without the drawbacks of earlier forms of dedicated infrastructure.

Agile software development with Paul Stovell

Aug 18th, 2023. Our CEO, Paul Stovell, speaks with Ivan Krnic from Croz about agile software development and creating value for users.

DevOps toolchains beat off-the-shelf platforms

Aug 4th, 2023. Many organizations search for a single platform they can buy and standardize on, but often teams struggle with a platform that doesn't work for them.

Why multitenancy is more than just application architecture

Aug 1st, 2023. Exploring the various layers of multi-tenancy and how it is more than architecture.

Best of suite or best of breed? The battle of convenience vs effectiveness

Jun 30th, 2023. CIOs and IT leaders struggle every day with choosing between these approaches.

The State of CD Report 2023 interview

June 26th, 2023. Steve Fenton joins Alan Shimel, Melissa McKay, Liam Dodd, and Andrew Fong to discuss The State of CD report 2023.

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Key findings: State of CD report 2023

May 9th, 2023. The State of Continuous Delivery Report is commissioned by the Continuous Delivery Foundation and authored by SlashData.

Five keys to gain and maintain SaaS customer loyalty

May 5th, 2023. Gaining and maintaining customer loyalty plays one of the most pivotal roles in ensuring a recurring revenue stream. How can SaaS owners ensure their customers stay loyal?

Automating complex deployment processes interview

April 25th, 2023. Harsh Sabikhi and Jorge Robledo join Alan Shimel to discuss how KinderSystems have used Octopus to automate their deployments and reduce it's time-to-market.

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DevOps success and leveraging deployment automation

Mar 31st, 2023. If modernization and DevOps go hand-in-hand, then what’s the key to ensuring the success of the latter?

Dependable DevOps interview with Bob Walker

January 6th, 2023. At DevOps Experience 2022, Bob Walker, technical director at Octopus Deploy, discusses dependable DevOps and how to reach real production goals.

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