December 2024 Summaries

Cloudsmith, a software development company, has had an impressive year in 2024, with significant growth and achievements. The company doubled its workforce, expanded to new locations, and matured its team by hiring specialists with deep expertise. Cloudsmith's focus shifted towards enterprises, especially those with massive teams using multiple tools and formats, where the company brings chaos together in one place, making it simpler, faster, and more secure to build great software. The company also emphasized building strong relationships with customers, acknowledging that onboarding isn't just about delivering a product but about walking alongside them and helping them succeed. Looking ahead to 2025, Cloudsmith is excited to tackle ambitious tasks and continue growing as a trusted partner for enterprises worldwide.

Datadog's Supply-Chain Firewall (SCFW) is a real-time scanning feature that identifies vulnerabilities as developers pull packages from public registries like npmjs. This approach helps manage risk consistently and efficiently at scale, but it focuses on individual package decisions during development, which may not be sufficient for larger organizations. In contrast, Cloudsmith offers curated repositories, which provide centralized and persistent security control, policy-driven automation, scalability at enterprise levels, support for multiple package formats, reduced developer burden, and a more comprehensive solution for securing the software supply chain.

Migrating from JFrog Artifactory to Cloudsmith can feel daunting, but it's actually easier and more straightforward than expected. With experience from other customers, Cloudsmith offers numerous advantages that will streamline artifact management and align with long-term goals. A high-level guide outlines the essential steps for a successful migration, including auditing and preparing repositories, exporting artifacts from JFrog Artifactory, importing artifacts into Cloudsmith, updating build tools and integrations, validating the migration, and decommissioning the old system. By choosing Cloudsmith, you can reduce infrastructure overhead, streamline workflows, scale effortlessly with your needs, and enjoy universal package support, enhanced security, scalability, and a cloud-native platform. With the help of experts, you can make your migration seamless and successful.

The new Cloudsmith web app is now available for all customers at app.cloudsmith.com, replacing cloudsmith.io which will be fully decommissioned in June 2025. The new app offers a clearer picture of software flowing into and out of businesses, with benefits including a compliance dashboard, aggregated usage information visualization, and streamlined workspace administration. API enhancements include dozens of new endpoints for programmatic interaction. However, there are known gaps in the new web app that will be addressed while feedback from early access is considered. Both the new and legacy web applications will work in parallel during the transition period, with full support provided to customers.