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Internal Developer Portals (IDPs) have become essential for engineering teams striving to deliver high-quality software quickly and efficiently. While Backstage, the open-source framework to build an IDP, from Spotify, is a popular choice for organizations building their own developer portals, it often comes with hidden costs and challenges that aren’t immediately apparent. At OpsLevel, we’ve experienced these pain points firsthand—and we’ve built a solution that lets teams focus on value instead of maintenance.

TheCUBE recently hosted John Laban, CEO and Co-Founder of OpsLevel, in their latest Media Day event at the New York Stock Exchange. Sitting down with theCUBE’s John Furrier, Laban offered insights into OpsLevel’s mission to simplify the increasing complexity within modern software architecture, shared his journey from Amazon and PagerDuty to founding OpsLevel, and explored the challenges faced by today’s software engineers and platform teams.

As planning season kicks off, Platform Engineers are faced with the challenge of justifying budget for new tools. Securing buy-in for these investments can be difficult, but the right tools are essential for scaling development, reducing bottlenecks, and increasing efficiency. This article explores how Platform Engineers can build a compelling, data-driven case for tooling investments that align with organizational goals and enhance developer productivity.

When it comes to a competitive edge, speed and efficiency are everything. The quicker engineering teams can ship reliable, high-quality features, the more value they bring to the business. An internal developer portal (IDP) is a critical enabler in making this possible. By centralizing tools, resources, and processes, an IDP enhances workflows, streamlines collaboration, and empowers developers to be more autonomous.

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The 2024 edition of the Google Cloud DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment) Report marks a decade of research into high-performing software delivery teams. Since its inception, the DORA report has provided unparalleled insights into what sets elite DevOps teams apart. In this post, we’ll dive into the latest findings, including the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI), platform engineering, and organizational stability, and explore what these mean for engineering leaders driving digital transformation.

As the landscape of internal developer portals (IDPs) grows, many engineering teams are turning to platforms like OpsLevel and Cortex to manage services, enforce standards, and improve developer productivity. While Cortex presents itself as a robust solution for managing service catalogs and enforcing standards, its complexity, high costs, and manual processes often leave organizations searching for a better alternative.‍ In this article, we’ll compare OpsLevel against Cortex, highlighting why OpsLevel’s automated, flexible approach outperforms Cortex in critical areas like software catalog creation, standards enforcement, and developer productivity.

It’s no secret that we all aim for our services to be reliable, scalable, and efficient. But how do you measure whether each of your services is meeting these goals? That’s where Service Maturity Assessments come in. Performing a Service Maturity Assessment helps you evaluate the current state of your services, identify areas for improvement, and ensure consistency across your service ecosystem. Whether you’re managing a handful of services or hundreds, this guide will give you a clear framework for assessing your services and ensuring they are primed for success. In this post, we’ll walk through what a service maturity assessment is, why it’s essential, and how to conduct it step by step. Plus, you can download our free Service Maturity Assessment Template to help you get started right away.

A guide to help you understand how an internal developer portal can benefit your organization, what features to look for, and who will benefit most.

Improving developer experience can help companies increase productivity, retain staff, and reduce administrative burdens. We cover the essential metrics for developer experience, including how to measure and maximize them.

In this post, we’ll go through things to consider when you’re trying to scale microservices and how one would architect a system to do just that.

This post explores the critical aspects of microservice orchestration and some popular tools and platforms used for microservice orchestration.

A deep dive into into the distinction between internal developer platforms and portals and how investing in both can boost software quality and developer productivity.

The age-old question: Should you build or buy your developer tooling?

Learn all the ways you can import your service metadata into OpsLevel.

Looking for a tailored homepage for your team that focuses only on what matters most? The new Customizable Team Pages in OpsLevel allow you to bring data from your software ecosystem—and tool stack into one single pane of glass.

Getting services cataloged is crucial to gaining visibility into your software ecosystem, but it only tells part of the story. A catalog that only houses services is like having a manual for your car that only has 50% of the motor documented. To be prepared for outages, streamline operations, or reorganize your teams, you need the entirety of your software ecosystem visible in one place.

Looking to unlock the power of the best Backstage plugins? Find out which ones to use, how to choose the right plugins for your team, and the OpsLevel plugin for Backstage.