JFrog Releases the Industry’s First Private Distribution Network for Software Updates to Accelerate Large-Scale Application Delivery

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JFrog (NASDAQ: FROG) announced the launch of its Private Distribution Network at the swampUP DevOps user conference. This innovative feature allows enterprises to create a secure, scalable hybrid distribution network for software updates. The solution integrates advanced network acceleration technologies, enhancing deployment speed and reliability for application updates across numerous environments. Available in private beta now and set for general release in Q3 2021, the platform aims to address modern software distribution challenges, particularly in edge computing and IoT environments.

Positive

• Launch of Private Distribution Network to enhance software update distribution.
• Integrates P2P and CDN technologies for optimized network utilization.
• Supports various environments including on-prem, cloud, and IoT.
• Pay-per-use pricing model aligns costs with business growth.

Negative

• Potential risks associated with security and availability of software.
• Dependence on rapid adaptation to changing technology demands.

JFrog Ltd. (“JFrog”) (NASDAQ: FROG), the liquid software company, today announced the industry’s first Private Distribution Network at its annual DevOps user conference swampUP.

Private Distribution Network view in the JFrog DevOps Platform (Graphic: Business Wire)

A new innovative capability of JFrog Distribution, part of the JFrog DevOps Platform, Private Distribution Network enables enterprises to easily set up and manage a secure, massively scalable hybrid distribution network for software updates.

Private Distribution Network provides two integrated network utilization and acceleration technologies - HTTP-based, secure P2P and CDN - that can be rolled out across large-scale mixed-infrastructure and multi-tiered, customizable network topologies, and are managed as-a-service with usage-based pricing.

With Private Distribution Network, enterprises can accelerate software distribution by multiple orders of magnitude to speed up deployments of application updates and of concurrent downloads of binaries across tens of thousands of environments, edges, and embedded/IoT devices.

“JFrog’s vision of Liquid Software is all about enabling the seamless and secure flow of updates from the developer’s keystrokes to any device. The end points are growing in number, creating immense challenges around infinite-scale, trusted software distribution,” said Yoav Landman, co-founder and CTO, JFrog. “Enterprises that struggled with delivering applications closer to the consumer edge, rolling out releases across massive runtime environments or IoT fleets can now easily accelerate and scale to meet their distribution needs with a Private Distribution Network, enabling the consumption of software as fast as possible with complete traceability and control from any source to any deployment target.”

The Challenge:

Once applications are developed, software binaries and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) need to be quickly, securely and reliably distributed - often multiple times throughout the process - over the network to the next phase in the SDLC or to the last-mile of deployment to production.

IDC predicts¹ that more than 50% of new infrastructure will be deployed at the edge by 2023, with 7 million edges and 38 billion ‘things’ coming online this year alone. The exponential growth in edge and IoT, coupled with the increased adoption of cloud-native applications and more frequent deployments, have all created new challenges and bottlenecks for software distribution at scale -- particularly when needing to release updates to thousands of environments/devices and overcoming the physical limitations of the network.

The JFrog Platform is the only end-to-end, central DevOps solution that bridges the gap between delivery processes and network bottlenecks/impediments to delivery at scale, and is the only solution to address the paradigm of Software Distribution and solve for the new challenges of modern delivery at scale.

Key benefits:

Customers can define their topology and deploy distribution nodes in a multi-layer, cascading network that serves as content cache and network optimization. These enable enterprises to accelerate software distribution, speed up deployments and handle high volume of downloads across large-scale runtime environments. JFrog’s Private Distribution Network is designed from the ground to enable speed, trust, scale, and simplified operations:

• Support hybrid distribution - across large-scale, mixed environments spanning on-prem datacenters, cloud/multi-cloud infrastructure, edges, IoT, and embedded devices.
• Trusted distribution - ensure security, compliance and governance with immutable, signed distributed releases, validation of distributed transactions, out-of-the-box support for open source security vulnerability and licenses compliance policies, RBAC, and traceability and visibility into the source, destination, and integrity of all distributed packages and downloads.
• Improved network utilization and resiliency - with patent-pending network optimization technology and stacked layers of caching and acceleration - including for use cases requiring getting past inbound-only firewalls, or to limited-connectivity on-prem resources such as edges at factories, retail stores, and more.
• Infinitely scalable - supporting releases across large-scale infrastructure with flexibility of the deployment topology that can overcome network constraints and download spikes
• Binaries-focused package-aware distribution - to effectively manage and track the exponentially growing number of binaries across all endpoints
• Software distribution, native to DevOps - Tightly integrated with the organization’s SDLC processes, CI/CD pipelines, binary management practices, and security policies.
• No management overhead and low TCO - with lightweight edge accelerators and self-service management experience (unlike DIY solutions).
• Pay-per-use pricing - across all environments, tying costs with business and infrastructure growth.
• Speed up deployments at scale - with a click of a button, companies can distribute software to any of the distribution groups across massive-scale, hybrid infrastructure and edges’ footprints.
• Support a high volume of concurrent downloads/consumption of software binaries, either by a large number of production nodes that access binaries for concurrent deployment or by the ecosystem, partners and customers. Overcoming network limitations by using groups of tens or hundreds of lightweight Distribution Nodes. HTTPs-based, firewall-friendly, customized P2P protocol is used to achieve content High Availability.

JFrog’s Private Distribution Network is currently available as a private beta, and will be generally available in Q3, 2021. Private Distribution Network solution will allow for easy scaling with no upfront costs, with pay-per-use pricing based on throughput consumption. To learn more and to request an invite for the private beta, visit https://jfrog.com/distribution-network/.

About JFrog

JFrog, the creator of the DevOps platform, is on a “Liquid Software” mission to enable the flow of software seamlessly and securely from the developer’s keystrokes to production. The end-to-end, hybrid JFrog Platform provides the tools and visibility required by modern software development organizations to fully embrace the power of DevOps. JFrog’s universal, multi-cloud DevOps platform is available as open-source, self-managed, and SaaS services on AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. JFrog is trusted by millions of users and thousands of customers, including a majority of the Fortune 100 companies that depend on JFrog solutions to manage their mission-critical software delivery pipelines. Learn more at jfrog.com.

Cautionary Note About Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release, including but not limited to statements regarding the Innovative technology and product releases, as well as the acceleration of software distribution, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties, which could cause the forward-looking statements to differ materially, include, without limitation: our ability to maintain the security and availability of our software, risk of a security breach, risk of interruptions or performance problems associated with our products and platform capabilities, our ability to adapt and respond to rapidly changing technology or customer needs, and other risks detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, and other filings and reports that we may file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

¹ IDC Infographic, sponsored by JFrog, Accelerate Trusted Distribution of Innovation Everywhere, 2020

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FAQ

What is the Private Distribution Network introduced by JFrog?

It is a scalable solution that allows enterprises to manage a secure hybrid distribution network for software updates.

When will JFrog's Private Distribution Network be generally available?

It is set for general availability in Q3 2021.

What benefits does JFrog's Private Distribution Network offer?

It enhances deployment speed, supports multiple environments, and features a pay-per-use pricing model.

What technologies are integrated into the Private Distribution Network?

The network utilizes HTTP-based P2P and CDN technologies for optimized delivery.

Why is JFrog's Private Distribution Network important for IoT?

It addresses the challenges of software distribution across numerous IoT devices and environments.