AWS will support Buildkite’s global expansion
By using Buildkite’s platform, users can reduce software development, testing and deployment time by up to 75 percent; lower computing costs up to 50 percent
SYDNEY and SEATTLE, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Buildkite Pty Ltd (Buildkite), a fast-growing global DevOps platform company, today announced at the AWS Sydney Summit that the company has signed a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s most comprehensive and widely adopted cloud, to accelerate the delivery of cloud-native applications across multiple industries, including digital native, financial services, retail or any enterprise undergoing digital transformation. Under the agreement, AWS and Buildkite will collaborate to market and sell Buildkite’s DevOps platform to customers worldwide North America, EMEA and APAC. Buildkite will also launch its DevOps platform on AWS Marketplace, which is available starting today.
DevOps is a software development methodology that combines development (Dev) and operations (Ops) to increase the efficiency, speed and security of software development and delivery, compared to more traditional processes. According to the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for DevOps Platforms, “By 2027, 75% of organizations will shift from multi-point solutions to DevOps platforms to streamline application delivery, up from 25% in 2023.” The Buildkite DevOps platform is used by more than 1,000 organizations worldwide, including Uber, Pinterest and Wix, to build, test and deploy modern software solutions.
In this SCA, Buildkite and AWS will work with software and digital companies to accelerate the development of modern applications and give customers more control over software release processes, automated tools and environments, and reduce risks and failures in the software development cycle. Buildkite will also focus on DevOps transformation and security with financial services customers, helping them bring their products to market quickly and securely. In addition, Buildkite will drive DevOps adoption by retail businesses to provide highly scalable and easily configurable pipelines with advanced monitoring and insights, allowing them to get product updates to market faster. Buildkite will also look for ways to incorporate AWS generative artificial intelligence into its future product offerings, allowing customers to move between tools and optimize their existing workloads.
“This collaboration with AWS reaffirms our commitment to revolutionizing the way engineers develop, test and deploy code,” he said Keith Pitt, founder and CEO of Buildkite. “At a time when developers’ expectations of their tools are increasingly strict, this collaboration underscores Buildkite’s unique role in offering a seamlessly integrated solution at the forefront of the DevOps lifecycle. With AWS, we’re paving the way for efficient and reliable software development lifecycle, helping to unblock the workflow of every developers,” Pitt added.
“Buildkite powers some of the world’s largest cloud companies,” he said Sarah Bassett, Head of Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), ANZ, AWS. “Through our partnership with Buildkite, software-powered companies everywhere can take the hassle out of delivering innovative, new services to increasingly demanding customers using modern cloud-native architectures. This will enable companies to bring products to market faster and more securely, while providing scalable and easy configurable build, test, package and deploy solutions for enterprise-scale deployments Our collaboration with Buildkite will benefit customers who develop software on AWS and are interested in increasing their organizations’ capabilities to practice DevOps.
“The Buildkite imperative helps us maintain control while quickly and reliably scaling when development volume increases,” he said. Mike WittigVice President, CISO and Head of Core Engineering, Block. “This allows us to continue to accelerate the delivery of our software without compromising our security requirements, unblocking us from challenges that previously hindered our developers’ daily workflows.”
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About Buildkite
Buildkite is a fast-growing Build, Test, and Deploy DevOps platform used by more than 1,000 users worldwide, including Airbnb, Canva, Slack, Anthropic, Block, Cash App, CultureAmp, Hasura, Lyft, Pinterest, Retool, Uber, Wayfair, Planetscale, and Wix. Buildkite is based in Melbourne, Australia. For more information visit https://buildkite.com/
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for DevOps Platforms, Author Manjunath Bhat, Thomas Murphy you Na., June 5, 2023.
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