Gitpod is an enterprise guide to buying Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) that aims to help regulated enterprises choose the right CDE for their needs. The guide covers why enterprises adopt CDEs, common use cases, evaluation criteria, and the CDE landscape. It highlights the importance of considering security, developer experience, cost management, and strategic initiatives when selecting a CDE. The guide also provides an overview of Gitpod's enterprise adoption timeline, which includes discovery, personalized demo, ROI assessment, architecture review, installation, testing, procurement, roll-out, and why Fortune 500 companies choose Gitpod for its fully managed solution that runs in the customer's infrastructure, leading market performance in developer experience and IDE support, and being built from the ground up for large-scale regulated enterprises.