For the past 13 years, Cloud Foundry has provided its users with a seamless experience for building, managing, and deploying modern applications. VMware Tanzu has built on that experience with Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry, formerly known as VMware Tanzu Application Service, giving Tanzu customers an enterprise platform experience that manages and deploys applications at scale.
Don’t take our word for it, though. In a recently published whitepaper by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), Tanzu customers shared their experience using Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry and demonstrated how it has streamlined development processes, improved security and compliance, optimized performance, and streamlined application updates.
Let’s explore the whitepaper findings in detail. You can also read the full report here.
Reduced developer to platform engineer ratio
One of the standout findings from the whitepaper is the impressive developer-to-platform engineer ratio when customers use the platform. Enterprise customers using Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry boast a 200:1 ratio of developers to platform engineers. This streamlining means fewer bottlenecks, which allows development teams to focus on innovation rather than infrastructure.
When you free your developers to focus on coding, developers can be more productive with their time and produce more impactful applications. These applications perform better and are more stable while ensuring that apps are aligned with end-user and customer needs.
One customer shared their experience and the resulting impact:
“We used to have both development and infrastructure teams, each of which injected bottlenecks into our process. After our switch to Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry, we have streamlined our operations to the point of seeing a 300% acceleration in the time from idea to the capabilities being available to our customers.” —Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry customer
Tanzu Platform also makes it easy for developers and platform engineers to focus on consistency rather than having a many solutions to solve the same problem. The golden path to production allows customers to get end-to-end along the path, from writing the code all the way to running the application. Learn about the steps along the golden path to production in this lightboard talk with Whitney Lee and Oren Prenso.
Value of time to recover for patching
Another significant advantage customers experienced when using Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry is greater patching efficiency. Security and compliance are critical in every environment, so it is vital that customers are able to apply patches during those crucial times.
ESG found that Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry enabled customers to patch 90% of applications within one week of patch availability. This rapid response reduces vulnerabilities and enhances the overall security posture of organizations.
One customer noted:
“Patching is now a no-brainer. It is fully automated and gets done within a week. It used to take us three months.” —Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry customer
For more insights on the latest security updates to keep in mind for your own environment, listen to theCloud Foundry Weekly podcast for tips to keep your environment protected.
Faster time to market
Speed for application deployment is a critical factor in today’s fast-paced market. ESG found that Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry enabled customers to achieve 48% faster time to market for their applications. This has allowed businesses to react swiftly to changing market conditions and take advantage of new opportunities to keep customers happy while scaling their business.
“Since we adopted Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry, we are much more nimble than in the past. We are exponentially better at reacting to changing market conditions and pursuing new opportunities. These new opportunities help us keep our current customers happy and help us get new ones.” —Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry customer
Cloud Foundry keeps delivering results for customers
Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry has proven that, throughout the years, it continues to be a tried and true platform for enterprises by streamlining tools and operations, establishing security parameters, and continuously optimizing cost and performance. As we look at the results our customers are achieving, it’s clear why so many organizations are turning to Tanzu for their cloud-native needs.
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