MacStadium, a Mac cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider enabling all macOS workloads, has announced its Orka Platform is now available to purchase through MacStadium and AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors for finding, testing, buying, and deploying software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Orka Platform enables macOS orchestration and life-cycle management in a cloud environment by leveraging Kubernetes. According to Tom Schnell, MacStadium senior vice president and chief customer officer, it’s designed to deliver high-performance virtual macOS environments in seconds for everything from simple Xcode builds to fully integrated, complex automated CI/CD pipelines. 

He adds that Orka Platform can simplify and scale macOS cloud environment orchestration, an advantage when all macOS development must be created and tested on genuine Apple hardware — and must meet Apple’s strict standards.

Orka Platform is scalable, providing support as DevOps and development teams at enterprise-level organizations grow. Purchased in AWS Marketplace, it can add a boost to Mac teams that already work on hyperscale cloud providers for non-Mac development and tooling. Orka’s pre-built integrations to popular Continuous Integration (CI) build runners like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab, TeamCity and more are now capable as part of Orka Platform in AWS Marketplace, says Schnell.

Organizations will reap advantages from the Orka Platform in AWS Marketplace. According to a May 2022 commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, “The Total Economic Impact™ of AWS Marketplace,” researchers found organizations enjoyed:

New or existing MacStadium customers interested in using Orka on AWS should reach out to MacStadium directly or through their AWS portal.




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