Accelerate Software Delivery: JFrog Platform Reduces Build Wait Times and Drives Productivity
CXOToday has engaged in an exclusive interview with Kavita Viswanath, GM & VP Sales Asia, JFrog
- What are the key benefits of using the JFrog Software Supply Chain Platform according to the Forrester study?
The Forrester TEI study proves that companies can benefit from having a complete solution requiring less staff to increase operational efficiency, while improving visibility across several functions, providing significantly better security and compliance measures at every checkpoint of the software development lifecycle, plus robust reporting capabilities of your entire software development landscape.
2.How does the JFrog Platform empower DevOps organizations to deliver mission-critical applications at scale?
The JFrog Software Supply Chain Platform is automation of all software development lifecycle processes at its best. It enables all software creators, security experts, DevOps engineers, and IoT leaders to deliver robust, secure, software at speed and scale. Envision a person trying to file their own taxes and having to know the details of every single tax law, plus any changes to the codes that may have taken place in the last year, all the requirements for deductions and how they are calculated, etc. when accounting is not your full-time job. Enter Turbo Tax software that enables any citizen – whether they’re an accountant or flight attendant – to confidently file their taxes with no errors or risk they will be audited in three years. That is what the JFrog Platform offers today’s organizations. JFrog’s Platform serves as a single system of record that powers organizations to build, manage, and distribute software quickly and securely, ensuring it is available, traceable, and tamper-proof – starting from the point of developer’s keystrokes out to edge and mobile devices. Our integrated security features also help identify, protect, and remediate against threats and vulnerabilities. JFrog’s hybrid, universal, multi-cloud platform is available as both self-hosted and SaaS services across major cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
3. What were the challenges faced by organizations prior to implementing JFrog services, and how did JFrog address those challenges?
The growing demand for faster delivery of software services and applications to help businesses better serve customer needs and gain a competitive advantage has made DevOps and DevSecOps key drivers of notable business outcomes.
The cross-industry interviewees for the study detailed how –prior to JFrog–their organizations used a wide array of siloed point solutions that led to high spend associated with identifying and mitigating development problems plus labor-intensive tasks like researching open-source libraries and managing developer support requests. Some of the common struggles noted by all customers prior to implementing JFrog include:
- Siloed point solutions
- High cost associated with identifying problems
- Ineffective research tasks and outcomes.
- Inefficient and error-prone repository management.
- Labor-intensive development processes
The JFrog Software Supply Chain Platform provides organizations with a single system of record for curating, securing and managing the building blocks required to deliver mission-critical applications at scale on-prem, in the cloud or across multiple clouds with the potential for customers to see a 393% return on investment (ROI) over three years, with potential payback of approximately $20M in less than six months.
4. How does the JFrog Software Supply Chain Platform help organizations accelerate software delivery and reduce build wait times?
JFrog eliminates wait times for developer builds, allowing developers to reallocate their time to be more productive in other areas and project that impact a company’s bottom-line, something that is valued at $13.5 million.
5. What are the benefits of using the JFrog Platform in terms of automating vulnerability and compliance workflows on open-source software?
JFrog provides automation that helps streamline the process of exhaustively researching open source libraries, saving developers hours of research and ensuring that enterprise governance and best practices are followed. This process is estimated to save companies up to $6.7M.
6. How does the JFrog Platform enhance productivity and collaboration in DevSecOps?
JFrog Platform helps automate rules for source code, a previously manual and labor-intensive process prone to error and extremely costly to scale. Doing so can help organizations free up developers’ time spent on mundane tasks so they can focus on higher-caliber projects, an outcome valued at $3.4 million over three years. Forrester’s study also showed Artifactory was able to significantly reduce the number of platform team support calls over three years, valued at $537K.
7.In what ways does the JFrog Platform reduce the effort required to manage infrastructure, particularly in cloud environments?
Using the SaaS version of the JFrog Platform, the composite organization shifts the burden of managing a very large open source repository and database to the cloud, eliminating the need for extra cloud engineers or maintenance of expensive infrastructure – which has the potential to generate a savings of $1.2 million.
