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Best Ways to Find Troublesome Containers and Virtual Machines Using Cycle's Portal

Best Ways to Find Troublesome Containers and Virtual Machines Using Cycle's Portal

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Learn how to identify and troubleshoot high CPU, memory, and disk usage across containers and virtual machines using Cycle's portal. Improve infrastructure stability with clear monitoring and actionable insights.

What Is Container Orchestration?
June 18th, 2025
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What Is Container Orchestration?

Discover what container orchestration is, why it's essential for scaling modern applications, and how platforms like Kubernetes and Cycle compare. Learn how to choose the right solution based on your team's needs, complexity, and infrastructure.

Infrastructure Management: Containers vs Virtual Machines
June 17th, 2025
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Infrastructure Management: Containers vs Virtual Machines

Learn when to choose containers vs virtual machines for modern workloads. This guide breaks down real-world decision factors—like kernel control, data persistence, and audit scope—to help you deploy smarter across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Solving Infrastructure Challenges: Real Use Cases in On-Prem, Bare Metal, and Hybrid Environments
June 12th, 2025
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Solving Infrastructure Challenges: Real Use Cases in On-Prem, Bare Metal, and Hybrid Environments

Explore real-world use cases for solving infrastructure challenges with Cycle's support for bare metal, on-prem, and hybrid environments. Run VMs and containers side-by-side, automate deployment, and integrate with providers like Vultr, Hetzner, and Open Metal—all while avoiding vendor lock-in.

Infrastructure Management: When to Pick Bare Metal or Virtualized Servers
June 11th, 2025
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Infrastructure Management: When to Pick Bare Metal or Virtualized Servers

Learn when to choose bare metal over hyperscalers, the real cost of cloud, and why virtualization still matters. Discover how Cycle.io offers a powerful VMware and Kubernetes alternative for hybrid infrastructure.

Top 5 Observability Tools DevOps Teams Should Know
June 5th, 2025
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Top 5 Observability Tools DevOps Teams Should Know

Explore the top 5 observability and monitoring tools in 2025 — from Prometheus to Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Uptrace, and New Relic. Learn how they stack up, key features, challenges, and how Cycle makes integration simple for teams moving beyond Kubernetes.

Top 5 Modern CI/CD Tools in 2025
May 29th, 2025
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Top 5 Modern CI/CD Tools in 2025

Discover the top 5 CI/CD tools — GitHub Actions, GitLab, CircleCI, TeamCity, and Buildkite. Learn more about how they integrate with Cycle to streamline your DevOps pipeline, reduce downtime, and simplify infrastructure deployment without Kubernetes or YAML.

Our Biggest Platform Release in Years: Virtual Providers and Virtual Machines
May 14th, 2025
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Our Biggest Platform Release in Years: Virtual Providers and Virtual Machines

Cycle's biggest release yet introduces Virtual Providers and support for Virtual Machines—unlocking true hybrid infrastructure and positioning Cycle as a powerful Kubernetes and VMware alternative.

Introducing Server Nicknames
April 29th, 2025
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Introducing Server Nicknames

Cycle introduces Server Nicknames — a simple but powerful update that enhances server management across cloud and on-prem infrastructure. Say goodbye to confusing hostnames and hello to clarity, custom naming, and better DevOps workflows. Discover how this small feature makes a big impact.

The Top 4 Kubernetes Misconfigurations You Can Avoid on Cycle
April 22nd, 2025
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The Top 4 Kubernetes Misconfigurations You Can Avoid on Cycle

Most Kubernetes misconfigurations start small — but can take down production fast. In this article, we break down the top Kubernetes security risks from the OWASP Top 10, including overly permissive RBAC, outdated clusters, and missing network segmentation. More importantly, we explore how Cycle.io takes a fundamentally different, secure-by-default approach that removes the burden of manual configuration and minimizes the risk of human error. If you're tired of fighting Kubernetes complexity, this breakdown is for you.

No One Gets Fired for Choosing Cycle
April 17th, 2025
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No One Gets Fired for Choosing Cycle

Discover why adopting Cycle is a career-safe, cost-efficient, and developer-friendly decision. From increased reliability and developer empowerment to massive infrastructure savings—Cycle delivers real ROI without Kubernetes complexity.

Top 7 DevOps News and Thought Leadership Sources 2025
April 15th, 2025
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Top 7 DevOps News and Thought Leadership Sources 2025

Discover the top 7 DevOps news and thought leadership sources for 2025, handpicked to help you cut through the noise and stay ahead of meaningful trends. From industry staples like DevOps.com and InfoQ to community-driven platforms like Hacker News and Reddit's r/DevOps.

Examining Network Architectures: Kubernetes and Cycle
April 10th, 2025
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Examining Network Architectures: Kubernetes and Cycle

Kubernetes and Cycle: Exploring networking, security, and scaling in container orchestration.

Top 7 Kubernetes Alternatives in 2025
April 8th, 2025
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Top 7 Kubernetes Alternatives in 2025

Top Kubernetes alternatives: 1. Cycle.io, 2. Docker Swarm, 3. Amazon ECS, 4. VMware Tanzu, 5. Google Cloud Run, 6. Hashicorp Nomad, 7. Azure Container Instances. Looking for Kubernetes alternatives in 2025? Discover 7 powerful container platforms like Cycle, Nomad, and Cloud Run that offer simpler, scalable orchestration—without the K8s complexity. Compare pricing, features, and which one fits your needs.

Back to the Metal
April 1st, 2025
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Back to the Metal

Bare metal cloud is making a major comeback as enterprises demand more performance, control, and cost efficiency from their infrastructure. With the bare metal market projected to grow 4x by 2030, modern platforms like Cycle.io are eliminating complexity and making bare metal deployments as simple as virtual machines—no Kubernetes, no YAML, just seamless infrastructure.

Kubernetes Alternatives: What the Latest Search Trends are Signaling
March 27th, 2025
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Kubernetes Alternatives: What the Latest Search Trends are Signaling

Discover why search interest in Kubernetes alternatives is surging — and why teams are rethinking Kubernetes in favor of simpler, cost-effective platforms like Cycle.

Software Trends - Cycle Looks at DevOps & Platform Engineering
March 25th, 2025
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Software Trends - Cycle Looks at DevOps & Platform Engineering

Explore the evolution of software delivery, through the lense of DevOps and platform engineering, highlighting insights from industry expert Ian Walker. We break down the benefits and challenges of both approaches, from the cultural philosophy of DevOps to the structured methodologies of Platform Engineering. While Kubernetes demands specialized expertise, Cycle's LowOps platform unifies Dev and Ops, reducing complexity and boosting efficiency. Whether you're embracing DevOps, transitioning to Platform Engineering, or seeking a Kubernetes alternative, Cycle provides the tools to streamline your journey.

Federation Done Right: Cycle's LowOps Approach
March 18th, 2025
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Federation Done Right: Cycle's LowOps Approach

Federation is more popular than ever with teams pursuing multi-cloud, distributed architectures in order to provide their users a better, more complaint experience. Take a peek into how Cycle approaches federation differently, combining the flexibility of distributed systems with the simplicity of a centrally managed platform.

Is Cloud Still King? The Shifting Landscape of Infrastructure
March 13th, 2025
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Is Cloud Still King? The Shifting Landscape of Infrastructure

Explore the growing cloud repatriation trend, why companies are shifting from hyperscalers like AWS, GCP, and Azure back to on-premises solutions, and how prioritizing cost efficiency, security, and predictability can benefit your infrastructure strategy.

3 Neat Tricks and New Patterns Used in Cycle - from Cycle's Customer Success Team
March 6th, 2025
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3 Neat Tricks and New Patterns Used in Cycle - from Cycle's Customer Success Team

Lately, we've seen some really creative Cycle platform workflows take shape—things like ultra-dynamic pipelines, smarter SEO routing, and custom TLS setups. In this post, we share some of the best patterns we've come across, straight from real users making the most of Cycle.

5 Lessons from Cycle Competitors
March 4th, 2025
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5 Lessons from Cycle Competitors

Discover five key lessons from Cycle's competitors in the DevOps and container orchestration space. Learn how Cycle balances flexibility with simplicity, scales without growing DevOps teams, automates security updates, enhances ease of use without limits, and ensures transparent pricing.

Unboxing the Internal Developer Platform with Cycle
February 27th, 2025
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Unboxing the Internal Developer Platform with Cycle

Discover how Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) streamline software development by reducing friction, improving security, and enhancing collaboration. Learn why teams are adopting IDPs, the benefits and challenges, and how Cycle.io provides a powerful yet simple solution.

Securing Private Network Access with Cloudflare Tunnel
February 20th, 2025
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Securing Private Network Access with Cloudflare Tunnel

Learn how to securely connect your Cycle.io environment to Cloudflare using Cloudflare Tunnel. This step-by-step guide covers setup, authentication, and DNS configuration to ensure all traffic routes through Cloudflare, enhancing security with DDoS protection, Zero-Trust access, and improved infrastructure integration. Strengthen your cloud security today!

Voices of the Community: Cycle.io in 2024 and Beyond
January 28th, 2025
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Voices of the Community: Cycle.io in 2024 and Beyond

Hear directly from Cycle.io users as they reflect on the biggest updates of 2024 and share what they're most excited about for 2025.

3 DevOps Trends Set To Dominate 2025
January 9th, 2025
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3 DevOps Trends Set To Dominate 2025

Learn about key DevOps trends for 2025, including the focus on developer experience, the shift to hybrid cloud models, and the practical applications of AI in operations.

Distributed WordPress on Cycle and GCP
December 19th, 2024
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Distributed WordPress on Cycle and GCP

Discover how to deploy WordPress in a distributed architecture using GCP and Cycle. This blog covers overcoming challenges with scaling, storage, and availability, and how offloading media and databases enhances performance.

Cycle Named in the 2024 Gartner® Cool Vendors™ In Container Management Research
December 12th, 2024
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Cycle Named in the 2024 Gartner® Cool Vendors™ In Container Management Research

Cycle.io is honored to be named a 2024 Gartner® Cool Vendor™ in Container Management. Cycle delivers simplicity in container orchestration and infrastructure management, offering an alternative to Kubernetes that reduces complexity and technical debt. With automatic updates, BYOI flexibility, and integrated observability, Cycle empowers organizations to retain full control over their infrastructure while optimizing resource utilization.

Keeping Time in Distributed Systems
November 21st, 2024
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Keeping Time in Distributed Systems

Discover the challenges of maintaining accurate time in distributed systems and why clock synchronization is crucial. Learn how Cycle tackled time drift with improved NTP sync intervals to prevent data inconsistency, logging errors, and security issues.

Community: Looking Back at the First 100 Days
November 14th, 2024
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Community: Looking Back at the First 100 Days

Explore the Cycle.io Community's first 100 days. A space where clients, partners, developers, and champions come together. This milestone reflects meaningful discussions, valuable feature requests, and resource sharing across the Cycle user base.

Introducing the New Documentation and Learn Center
October 8th, 2024
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Introducing the New Documentation and Learn Center

Explore the new Learn and Documentation sections on our website. The Learn section offers free resources on DevOps, containers, networking, and orchestration, while the revamped Documentation provides clearer guidance with enhanced search functionality.

Monthly Recap: August 2024 + Looking Ahead to September
September 5th, 2024
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Monthly Recap: August 2024 + Looking Ahead to September

August has been an outstanding month for the Cycle team, marked by significant advancements across the platform. We've introduced new features aimed at simplifying workflows and enhancing user experience. As we wrap up August and look ahead to September, we're excited to share the progress we've made and what you can expect in the coming weeks.

Announcing the Cycle Toolbox
August 6th, 2024
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Announcing the Cycle Toolbox

Discover the Cycle Toolbox, a growing suite of tools designed to streamline workflows for DevOps professionals and developers. Our initial release features the Docker Compose Converter for seamless migration from Docker to Cycle, the Global DNS Propagation Validator for real-time DNS status insights, and the 'What's My IP' tool for quick IP address retrieval. Keep an eye out for even more tools coming soon!

The Secret To Blazing Fast Docker Builds
August 1st, 2024
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The Secret To Blazing Fast Docker Builds

Discover the essential tips and tricks to optimize your Dockerfile for speed and efficiency. Learn how to minimize build context, intelligently order layers, and leverage multi-stage builds to enhance your Docker builds. This comprehensive guide covers everything from reducing context size with .dockerignore to sharing image layers organization-wide with Depot.dev. Perfect for developers looking to streamline their DevOps processes and achieve faster deployments on platforms like Cycle.io.

Cycle July Recap and August Preview
July 30th, 2024
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Cycle July Recap and August Preview

Cycle's July 2024 recap: Launched the Cycle Community forum, introduced native monitoring tools, enhanced pipeline parallelism, and improved the load balancer with new WAF features. August will expand monitoring, logging, and alerting capabilities for comprehensive infrastructure insights. Stay tuned for more updates and innovations.

Announcing the Cycle Community
July 29th, 2024
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Announcing the Cycle Community

Discover Cycle's new Community Forum, a hub for collaboration, education, and technical support. Engage with fellow Cycle users, ask questions, share insights, and stay updated with the latest platform changes. Our forum features code highlighting, image support, robust search functionality, and categorized threads. Join us to foster a vibrant community of Cycle enthusiasts. Sign up with your Cycle account to start participating today!

The Shortlist: History of Containers
July 25th, 2024
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The Shortlist: History of Containers

Dive into the history of containers, from Unix's chroot and FreeBSD Jails to Docker, Kubernetes, and Cycle.io. Discover how containers evolved to become a key part of modern software development and deployment, as well as important milestones and how containers shape today's cloud.

Why Voze Chose Cycle for Their Next Generation AI Platform
July 23rd, 2024
Customers

Why Voze Chose Cycle for Their Next Generation AI Platform

Explore why Voze, a leading sales acceleration platform, chose Cycle as the platform for building their next generation of products.

Increasing Bus Factor with Cycle
July 16th, 2024
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Increasing Bus Factor with Cycle

Discover how to mitigate the risks of a low bus factor in your software engineering team with the Cycle platform. Learn about the implications of reduced productivity, increased risk, and onboarding challenges, and how Cycle's developer-centric container orchestration can allow your organization to distribute critical knowledge and skills across teams and individuals.

EKS vs Cycle: Comparing Worker Nodes
July 11th, 2024
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EKS vs Cycle: Comparing Worker Nodes

In this final entry of the Kubernetes alternatives: EKS vs Cycle series, readers will discover some of the key differences between Amazon EKS and Cycle in managing worker nodes for a cluster.

Three Common Ways Cycle Pays for Itself
July 9th, 2024
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Three Common Ways Cycle Pays for Itself

In today's tech world, saving money without losing performance is key. Cycle helps by automating DevOps tasks, using infrastructure more efficiently, and reducing vendor costs. Real users share how Cycle made their work easier and cut expenses. With Cycle, your team can focus on growth and innovation. Learn how Cycle's all-in-one platform saves money and improves your business.

EKS vs Cycle: Comparing Cluster Setup
July 2nd, 2024
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EKS vs Cycle: Comparing Cluster Setup

Kubernetes alternative Cycle.io is a much different experience than Amazon EKS. Join our Head of Customer Success Chris Aubuchon as he looks at what it takes to spin up an EKS cluster and how that compares to the same on Cycle. Container orchestration just got a whole lot simpler.

EKS vs Cycle: Comparing Control Planes
June 26th, 2024
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EKS vs Cycle: Comparing Control Planes

Amazon EKS is a fully managed Kubernetes control plane. In this article, we'll take a deeper look at what that means, what technologies and tooling is and is not included, and talk a bit more about the top Kubernetes alternative: Cycle.io.

Why FlowPath Chose Cycle for Their Facilities Management Platform
June 13th, 2024
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Why FlowPath Chose Cycle for Their Facilities Management Platform

Experiencing massive early success and years of growth on the horizon, the FlowPath team needed to find a long-term platform to outperform Heroku while staying cloud agnostic. Explore how the strategic decision to use Cycle enabled them to stay focused on their core product, use existing AWS credits, and cut long-term costs dramatically.

The Top Three Technology Decisions Teams Make When Building a Platform
June 6th, 2024
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The Top Three Technology Decisions Teams Make When Building a Platform

Building a platform isn't easy, but after nearly a decade, we at Cycle have learned a lot. Our top three tech decisions for success? Pick the right core tech stack, prioritize data security and compliance, and find the right balance of customization. Let's make your platform journey smoother together.

Effortless DevOps Efficiency: How Cycle Provides A Foundation That Solves 80% of DevOps Problems On Day 1
June 4th, 2024
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Effortless DevOps Efficiency: How Cycle Provides A Foundation That Solves 80% of DevOps Problems On Day 1

Cycle is designed to streamline DevOps, reduce technical debt, and enable organizations to focus on what they do best—innovating and delivering value to their customers. While standardizing the 80% is something we believe is extremely important, we also understand that every organization is unique and has different needs. While we provide a highly opinionated platform, we also offer the flexibility and customization needed for you to take control of your DevOps journey and focus on the 20% that is most important to your company.

Race Cars & Pickup Trucks: Choosing the Right Tool for Your Platform
May 30th, 2024
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Race Cars & Pickup Trucks: Choosing the Right Tool for Your Platform

Choosing between Kubernetes or the K8s alternative - Cycle.io is much like selecting the right car. Kubernetes is the high-performance option for those who need power and flexibility and are willing to invest in maintenance and expertise. Cycle.io, on the other hand, offers a practical, efficient solution for those who prioritize ease of use and rapid deployment. By carefully evaluating your specific needs and constraints, you can select the tool that best fits your purpose, ensuring that your application runs smoothly and efficiently.

The Expensive Cost of 'Free' Kubernetes
May 15, 2024
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The Expensive Cost of 'Free' Kubernetes

In recent years, Kubernetes has emerged as the go-to solution for container orchestration, offering flexibility and scalability for deploying and managing applications. However, organizations quickly realize that the allure of its open-source nature can be deceiving—while free to download, the costs of managing Kubernetes can stack up rapidly.

Introducing Functions: Batch Processing + Event-Driven Orchestration
April 30th, 2024
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Introducing Functions: Batch Processing + Event-Driven Orchestration

As the leading LowOps platform, our team is thrilled to announce the launch of Cycle Functions - a new way to run task-based containers on top of the platform. Functions are just normal containers on Cycle, with a catch: they start when a request is made, and shut down when the request is finished.

Building Modern REST APIs with OpenAPI
April 23rd, 2024
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Building Modern REST APIs with OpenAPI

OpenAPI schemas can be used to increase parallelization across teams, keep up-to-date documentation for internal teams and customers, and generate client SDKs for interacting with your applications in any language. At Cycle, we are able to build more stable DevOps tooling across our stack by guaranteeing compatibility between our API and user interfaces. Come join Alexander Mattoni as he dives deep into building modern REST APIs with OpenAPI.

Secure Connections with Environment-Level VPNs
April 18th, 2024
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Secure Connections with Environment-Level VPNs

Cycle's approach to VPN service makes creating, authentication, and management of environment-level VPNs a breeze. Join Chris Aubuchon as he dives into Cycle VPNs, how to configure them, and how they stack up against other services like Kubernetes, ECS, Cloud Run, App Service, and more.

Reliable Backups in a Multi-Cloud World
April 9th, 2024
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Reliable Backups in a Multi-Cloud World

At Cycle.io, we see many unique situations involving data requirements, retention, and security. As a multi/hybrid cloud and LowOps platform, we've had to come up with some pretty interesting solutions for backups and data protection. In this article, I'll dive into the challenges faced with backing up/restoring stateful container data, and how we make it flexible, yet easy to do on the Cycle platform.

Heroku: the PaaS of the Past Struggles To Keep Up
March 28th, 2024
Industry

Heroku: the PaaS of the Past Struggles To Keep Up

Heroku has held a major place in the PaaS market for years, but as the industry evolves, is stagnation setting in? Cycle.io offers a new approach to PaaS that is more flexible, more powerful, and more cost-effective. Here's how we stack up against the competition.

Busify Reduces Infrastructure Costs and Complexity by Migrating From ECS
March 21, 2024
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Busify Reduces Infrastructure Costs and Complexity by Migrating From ECS

Startups like Busify often find themselves grappling with the daunting task of managing applications and the underlying infrastructure, without the luxury of a dedicated team of DevOps experts - a story we know all too well! Join us for this story on how Busify moved from ECS to Cycle and the impact they've seen so far.

Users Outgrowing Docker Swarm Look To Cycle for Familiar Feel
March 19th, 2024
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Users Outgrowing Docker Swarm Look To Cycle for Familiar Feel

While many of the simplicity-first promises that Docker Swarm makes are comparable with Cycle.io's manifesto, take a deeper look at why many users outgrowing Swarm are migrating to Cycle and why Cycle makes them feel at home.

VMware Tanzu Customers Finding New Home on Cycle.io After Broadcom Acquisition
March 12th, 2024
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VMware Tanzu Customers Finding New Home on Cycle.io After Broadcom Acquisition

With Broadcom's acquisition of VMware come doubts about the future of Tanzu and other VMware products and services, and a huge spike in those looking for alternatives - including Cycle.io.

New Integration: Cycle.io and Depot.dev Team Up for Enhanced Docker Builds
March 7th, 2024
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New Integration: Cycle.io and Depot.dev Team Up for Enhanced Docker Builds

In our continuous mission to improve development workflows and operational efficiency for our users, Cycle.io is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Depot.dev. This collaboration is set to revolutionize how organizations build images, focusing on accelerating the Dockerfile build process.

The Case for Kubernetes Alternatives and Why So Many are Choosing Cycle
March 5th, 2024
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The Case for Kubernetes Alternatives and Why So Many are Choosing Cycle

Kubernetes has become quite the conundrum. It's 2024 and more teams than ever are looking for an alternative to the self-proclaimed “de-facto” container solution for reasons ranging from long-term complexity to its absolutely massive cost to maintain.

Invisible Armor: Cycle's Behind-the-Scenes Update Guards Against Recent "Leaky Vessels" Container Exploit
February 1st, 2024
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Invisible Armor: Cycle's Behind-the-Scenes Update Guards Against Recent "Leaky Vessels" Container Exploit

At Cycle, we understand the paramount importance of security and the challenges that come with maintaining it. That's why we're proud to share how our proactive approach has not only addressed the recent “Leaky Vessels” container exploit, but has done so in a manner entirely transparent to our customers, and in under 4 hours of the vulnerability being made public.

Introducing Rainbow Deployments with Zero Downtime
January 24th, 2024
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Introducing Rainbow Deployments with Zero Downtime

We're thrilled to announce the launch of our latest feature: Deployments! This game-changing addition is set to redefine how our users deploy and manage their applications, ensuring zero downtime and enhancing productivity.

IaaS Providers Making Early Changes in 2024
January 17th, 2024
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IaaS Providers Making Early Changes in 2024

A new year has started and some of the major IaaS providers are making major changes early on. AWS and GCP have both announced major changes that might be a signal for what's to come this year.

On a Mission To Replace Kubernetes
January 4th, 2024
Industry

On a Mission To Replace Kubernetes

Cycle was recently featured in a breakout article on The New Stack talking about our mission to replace Kubernetes and the many issues that come from its operation.

December 28, 2023
General

2023: A Year to Remember

2023 was a year to remember for the Cycle team. Come join us for a look back at some major technology milestones and learn a bit more about what we've been up to.

Introducing Cycle's Native Load Balancer
December 20th, 2023
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Introducing Cycle's Native Load Balancer

Join Cycle's CEO Jake Warner for a first look at Cycle's new native V1 load balancer.

December 14, 2023

Navigating Engineering Tradeoffs

Learn how Cycle's versatile platform streamlines development by managing technical debt, enhancing user experience, and adapting to project needs. A must-read for efficient and adaptable software solutions.

December 7, 2023
General

Tradeoffs In Software Engineering

As we delve into the complex world of software engineering, it's apparent that navigating tradeoffs isn't about finding one-size-fits-all solutions. Rather, it's about understanding that each product will find itself on a spectrum, balancing tradeoffs.

November 30, 2023
Industry

Common Problems with Container Platforms

Choosing the wrong container management solution can be a real headache. Two popular options - Kubernetes and IaaS services (ex: Fargate or ECS) made big promises early on, but have come up short for many. Join Chris Aubuchon as he contrasts common issues with existing platforms and shows how Cycle can be a better solution.

Scaling Engineering Teams
November 21, 2023
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Scaling Engineering Teams

The software engineering world has become a place where compute, storage, and availability have become the cornerstones of scale. As an industry and as individuals, we should stop to take a closer look at scaling the most important of all resources… our people.

November 16, 2023
Product

The Power of LowOps

With nearly half a decade of DevOps sales experience, Konner Bemis has been front-row to many organizations' successes and failures. He reflects on common issues in DevOps adoption and how LowOps can help your organization.

Overcoming Inconsistent Environments with Cycle
November 13, 2023
Use Cases

Overcoming Inconsistent Environments with Cycle

While containers help standardize libraries, dependencies, and portability, it's no secret that the environments you're running those containers in are still susceptible to inconsistency.

November 9, 2023
Use Cases

Cycle vs. Kubernetes: Why I See Organizations Making the Switch

After participating in nearly a hundred demos of the platform, Matt shares about the experience thus far. He compares Cycle and Kubernetes, discusses the primary pain points heard from prospects and K8s users on a daily basis, and explains how Cycle alleviates these challenges.

Choosing A Container Platform
November 2, 2023
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Choosing A Container Platform

Looking for a new container platform? Join Chris as he dives into existing container platforms, pros & cons, and a process for deciding what platform is best for your team.

Running Containers On IPv6 Networks
October 26, 2023
Use Cases

Running Containers On IPv6 Networks

Want to adopt IPv6 networks for your containerized environments, but not sure where to start? Take a hands-on look at how to configure and debug containers in IPv6 networks.

Containerizing and Deploying a Production Remix App
October 18, 2023
Use Cases

Containerizing and Deploying a Production Remix App

Containerizing and deploying a production Remix application on the LowOps platform Cycle.

Navigating Multi-Cloud Environments: Managing Deployments with Ease
September 28, 2023
Use Cases

Navigating Multi-Cloud Environments: Managing Deployments with Ease

Multi-cloud seems obvious to a lot of organizations, but what isn't obvious is how to implement it, especially with a DevOps centric approach.

September 26, 2023
Product

Cycle's New Interface Part III: The Future is LowOps

Join our Head of Engineering, Alex Mattoni as he guides us through what's in store for Cycle users, including inside looks at PWA architecture, LowOps auto-scaling.

September 20, 2023
Industry

The Difficulties of Measuring Engineering

How do we enhance predictability and what might happen if a team of world-class systems engineers worked tirelessly to build a development platform that made infrastructure, networks, DNS, and deployments standardized and predictable?

Deploying Single Node And Clustered RabbitMQ
September 13, 2023
Use Cases

Deploying Single Node And Clustered RabbitMQ

A guide for setting up single node or clustered RabbitMQ on Cycle.

September 7, 2023
Product

Cycle's New Interface, Part II: The Engineering Behind Cycle's New Portal

In this 3 part series, we'll dive into the how and why of the new portal, both on a user experience level, and a technical level. In the final installment, we'll look forward and discuss the anticipated future and the exciting possibilities that lie ahead.

August 30, 2023
Product

Cycle's New Interface, Part 1

In this 3 part series, we'll dive into the how and why of the new portal, both on a user experience level, and a technical level. In the final installment, we'll look forward and discuss the anticipated future and the exciting possibilities that lie ahead.

August 15, 2023
Industry

Controlling Our Destiny: Building When Open-Source Is No Longer Open-Source

In the dynamic landscape of software development, the terms DevOps and Platform Engineering have garnered attention. Both concepts, although distinct, aim at a shared goal: to build efficient, streamlined systems that simplify code deployment within organizations.

DevOps vs Platform Engineering: The Common Goal
July 19, 2023
Industry

DevOps vs Platform Engineering: The Common Goal

In the dynamic landscape of software development, the terms DevOps and Platform Engineering have garnered attention. Both concepts, although distinct, aim at a shared goal: to build efficient, streamlined systems that simplify code deployment within organizations.

May 10th, 2023
Partnerships

2023 Channel Partners Conference

Taking a look at sharing the value Cycle brings to the channel partner ecosystem through organic conversations.

The Kubernetes Alternative You've Been Looking For
May 2nd, 2023
Industry

The Kubernetes Alternative You've Been Looking For

Kubernetes has fallen from peak hype and many teams are looking for an alternative. Cycle is the alternative to Kubernetes and solves many problems introduced by k8s.

April 13th, 2023
Use Cases

Tackling GPU Scarcity & Complexity Head-On

Taking a look at issues affecting GPU infrastructure and deployments, as well as how they can be solved through Cycle.

Redis on Cycle: Configuration and Deployment
March 28th, 2023
Use Cases

Redis on Cycle: Configuration and Deployment

Learn how to configure and deploy Redis and Redis Sentinel to Cycle.

March 14th, 2023
Product

Announcing Native Support of IPSec on Cycle

By adding support for IPSec to the Cycle platform, we are providing our users with an additional layer of protection for their networks and infrastructure.

January 19th, 2023
Product

Introducing Cycle's Support for Google Cloud Platform

Cycle now natively supports Google Cloud Platform.

January 10th, 2023
Product

Introducing Cycle's Certificate Manager

Cycle's certificate manager makes managing TLS certificates simple.

December 22nd, 2022
General

2022 A Year In Review

Taking a look at what we've been up to in 2022.

December 6th, 2022
Product

Cycle is the LowOps approach to platform engineering.

Simplifying the process for deploying and managing applications.

November 16th, 2022
Product

PaaS On Your Terms

Introducing Cycle's Infrastructure Abstraction Layer (IAL).

November 9th, 2022
Industry

Cycle.io @ Kubecon 2022

Bringing a Kubernetes alternative to the masses.

Zero To One: Github Actions On Cycle.io
August 16th, 2022
Use Cases

Zero To One: Github Actions On Cycle.io

Get started using Github Actions and Cycle Pipelines to automate deployments.

August 3rd, 2022
Product

Need a GPU For Your Next App? Cycle Has Your Back!

Announcing Cycle's Support of GPU Infrastructure.

July 10th, 2022
Product

It's Time for a Straight-Forward Pricing Model

Announcing the release of Cycle's new pricing model.

May 31st, 2022
Use Cases

A Recession Is Inevitable. Are Your Cloud Deployments and Development Teams Ready?

How Can Cycle Help Recession-Proof Your Solution?

The Case for Owning Your Infrastructure
April 27th, 2022
Product

The Case for Owning Your Infrastructure

Now more than ever, it's become essential for organizations to own their cloud infrastructure.

December 30th, 2021

2021 Year In Review

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