Source: helpnetsecurity.com (original report, May 2020)
Aptum and CloudOps Partner on a Fully Managed DevOps Platform
Aptum, a global hybrid cloud and managed services provider, announced the launch of its Managed DevOps Service in partnership with CloudOps — a cloud consulting and professional services company specializing in DevOps practices and tooling. The service is aimed at organizations that want to accelerate application delivery without building and staffing their own DevOps platform in-house.
What the Managed DevOps Service Offers
The offering is a fully managed, cloud-based DevOps platform that enables customers to automate their development pipelines and cut application delivery times. Beyond the platform itself, customers receive hands-on training in DevOps practices and tooling so internal teams can operate effectively within the managed environment.
Two high-demand skill sets are central to the service:
- DevOps engineering — pipeline design, CI/CD automation, and release management.
- Kubernetes operations — container orchestration, scaling, and lifecycle management.
By outsourcing these responsibilities to the managed service, engineering teams can concentrate on writing and shipping application code rather than maintaining platform infrastructure.
Technical Architecture
The service is built on a Kubernetes container orchestration system, which handles automated deployment, horizontal scaling, and ongoing management of containerized workloads. The stack runs on cloud infrastructure and can be deployed across:
- Aptum’s own managed private cloud
- Microsoft Azure
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
This multi-cloud flexibility means customers are not locked into a single hyperscaler and can distribute workloads according to cost, compliance, or performance requirements. The data and control plane can also be customized to meet data sovereignty regulations — a significant consideration for organizations operating across different jurisdictions.
Business Problems the Service Addresses
According to Aptum, the Managed DevOps Service is designed to solve several recurring pain points that organizations face when adopting or scaling DevOps practices:
- Slow application delivery — automated pipelines reduce manual handoffs and idle time between development and production.
- Talent acquisition costs — skilled DevOps and Kubernetes engineers are difficult and expensive to hire; a managed service shifts that burden to the provider.
- Platform operational overhead — teams no longer need to maintain the DevOps toolchain itself, freeing engineering capacity for product work.
- Multi-cloud complexity — unified management across private and public clouds supports agile, flexible deployment strategies.
- Regulatory compliance — configurable data and control plane placement helps satisfy data residency and sovereignty obligations.
What the Partnership Brings Together
Craig Tavares, Aptum’s Global Head of Cloud, framed the launch in terms of digital transformation priorities:
“DevOps is crucial to organizational innovation and digital transformation. We’re excited to be working with CloudOps, an innovator in DevOps services, to enable customers to streamline their application development process and help them unlock the potential of their data as infrastructure.”
Craig Tavares, Global Head of Cloud, Aptum
Marc Paré, Chief Commercial Officer for CloudOps, highlighted the combined value proposition:
“The combination of our DevOps platform expertise and Aptum’s hybrid multi-cloud capabilities will allow customers to implement a powerful, flexible DevOps platform that can be delivered over a hyperscale cloud, a private cloud or a combination of multiple clouds.”
Marc Paré, Chief Commercial Officer, CloudOps
Availability
At the time of the announcement (May 2020), the Managed DevOps Service was made immediately available to customers in North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Organizations interested in the current state of the offering should contact Aptum or CloudOps directly for up-to-date availability and pricing information, as service details may have evolved since the original launch.
Key Takeaway for DevOps Teams
For engineering leaders evaluating managed DevOps solutions, the Aptum–CloudOps offering represents a model where the underlying platform — Kubernetes orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and multi-cloud networking — is operated by the service provider, while development teams retain control of their application code and delivery cadence. The inclusion of training is notable: it suggests the service is designed not just to abstract complexity away, but to gradually upskill internal teams alongside the managed platform.