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The answer is clear: Stay focused on supporting your developers. Our two new beta releases help you do just that.\n\nThe GitLab Value Streams Dashboard, now available in private beta, ensures that all stakeholders have visibility, early and in real time, into the progress and value delivery metrics associated with software development and delivery. With everyone on the same page, discussions can be had and adjustments made before developers face obstacles or stall out waiting for decision-makers to get up to speed. Developers can also see, at-a-glance, their impact on the idea-to-customer value chain. The goal: Reduce idle time so that developers can spend more time developing and IT leaders can better unlock their transformation results. Keeping the creativity flowing can boost developer happiness and help provide a glide path for software to make its way into the market and add value.\n\nOur other beta release, GitLab Remote Development, can enable organizations to directly support developers by letting them establish an environment that best suits their needs, including where, when, and how they prefer to work. GitLab Remote Development doesn’t require developers to set up and manage local development environments, which keeps workflow distractions to a minimum. Stripping away location, device, and complex toolchain barriers can maximize developer satisfaction, which can lead to increased ingenuity and productivity.\n\nAn overarching aspect of this developer support is that it is available on a single DevSecOps platform so you don’t have to tack on something special to achieve these goals — the tools are all there and ready to be used to create better software faster.\n\nNow, let’s dig deeper into these capabilities and how they will help you support your developers and deliver value to your customers.\n\n## GitLab Value Streams Dashboard\n\nIn many conversations we have with customers, lack of visibility into metrics for software development value streams comes up as a pain point. Value streams – the process from idea to delivering customer value – should be the epicenter for understanding the progress, blockers, timelines, and costs associated with your development projects. Without this insight, innovation with an eye to cost efficiencies is virtually impossible. It is also difficult to properly support developers through fast, informed decision-making if everyone doesn’t have access to the same real-time data.\n\nThe GitLab Value Streams Dashboard gives stakeholders a bird's-eye view of their teams’ software delivery metrics (such as [DORA metrics](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/analytics/dora_metrics/) and [flow metrics](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/analytics/value_stream_analytics.h/ tml)) for continuous improvement. DevSecOps teams can identify and fix inefficiencies and bottlenecks in their software delivery workflows, which can improve the overall productivity and stability of their development environment.\n\n> \"Our team is excited to try out the DORA metrics capabilities available in the private beta for the new Value Streams Dashboard. We look forward to using other widgets as the Value Streams Dashboard matures, which we hope will greatly improve our productivity and efficiency.\"  > _**Rob Fulwell, Staff Engineer, Conversica**_\n\nThe first iteration of the GitLab Value Streams Dashboard enables teams to continuously improve software delivery workflows by benchmarking key DevOps metrics to help improve productivity, efficiency, scalability, and performance. Tracking and comparing these metrics over a period of time helps teams catch downward trends early, drill down into individual projects/metrics, take remedial actions to maintain their software delivery performance, and track progress of their innovation investments.\n\nLeadership can support developers by using information from the dashboard to cross-pollinate and promote best practices, add resources to projects based on metrics, and eliminate common bottlenecks across projects.\n\n\n\n### Roadmap for Value Streams Dashboard\n\nWe are just getting started with delivering capabilities in our Value Streams Dashboard. The roadmap includes planned features and functionality that will continue to improve decision-making and operational efficiencies.\n\nHere are some of the capabilities we plan to focus on next:\n\n1. New visualizations such as overview widgets, [top view treemap](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/381306), and [DORA performance score chart](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/386843)\n2. Security and vulnerability benchmarking  to enable executives to better understand an organization’s security exposure\n3. A new [data warehouse](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/9318?_gl=1*1orel9k*_ga*ODExMTUxMDcwLjE2Njk3MDM3Njk.*_ga_ENFH3X7M5Y*MTY3MjkxMTgxMC43Ny4xLjE2NzI5MTI0MTIuMC4wLjA.) that supports fast analytical queries and deep data analysis\n4. Additional business value metrics such as adoption, OKRs, revenue, costs, CSAT that align technical and business goals\n\n[Learn more on our direction page](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/group/value_stream_analytics/).\n\n### Join the beta: We welcome your contributions\n\nAs we iterate on this new offering, GitLab Premium and Ultimate customers are invited to [join our private beta](https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/value-stream-management/).\n\nWe also invite you to learn more about [Value Streams Dashboard](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/analytics/value_streams_dashboar/ d.html) and [follow along](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/9317) on the timeline to General Availability.\n\n## GitLab Remote Development\n\nThe increasing adoption of reproducible, ephemeral, cloud-based development environments has accelerated software development. But for developers, frequent context-switching between different environments, navigating complex and extensive toolchains, and managing a local development environment can create friction. GitLab Remote Development helps organizations better support developers by enabling them to spend less time managing their development environment and more time contributing high-quality code.\n\n> \"While a number of stakeholders are critical to successful DevOps, software developers are key for a successful DevOps implementation. Thus, organizations must adequately support developers. This means providing good developer experiences that are not disruptive or intrusive, but that are nonetheless sanctioned by the company, and that remain secure and compliant through automation and abstraction.\"  > _**Jay Lyman, 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, \"Traditional IT teams, leadership stand out as additional DevOps stakeholders – Highlights from VotE: DevOps,\" January 4, 2023**_\n\nThe centerpiece of GitLab Remote Development is our newly released Web IDE Beta, now the default web IDE experience on GitLab. The Web IDE makes it possible to securely connect to a remote development environment, run commands in an interactive terminal panel, and get real-time feedback from right inside the Web IDE. Understanding that developer familiarity is important, the Web IDE Beta uses a more powerful VS code interface and is able to handle many of the most frequently performed tasks on the existing Web IDE, including committing changes to multiple files and reviewing merge request diffs.\n\nGitLab Remote Development also creates a more secure development experience by enabling organizations to implement a [zero-trust policy](/blog/why-devops-and-zero-trust-go-together/) that prevents source code and sensitive data from being stored locally across numerous developer devices. In addition, organizations can adhere to compliance requirements by ensuring developers are working with approved environments, libraries, and dependencies.\n\nIt’s interesting to note that we deployed the Web IDE beta turned on as default and currently 99.9% of users have kept it toggled on. I encourage you to learn more about the [new Web IDE functionality](/blog/get-ready-for-new-gitlab-web-ide/) in our recent blog post.\n\n### Roadmap for Remote Development\n\nAs iteration continues on the GitLab remote development experience, the roadmap currently focuses on the following functionality next:\n\n1. Provision instances of remote development environments on demand in the customer’s choice of cloud provider.\n2. Allow teams to share complex, multi-repo environments.\n3. Connect from a variety of IDEs, including VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, or the Web IDE.\n4. Ensure an organization’s remote environments conform to its software supply chain security requirements with advanced security tools, authorization, reports, and audit logs.\n\n[Learn more on our direction page](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/workspace/).\n\n## Engage with DevSecOps experts\n\nWant to dig deeper into how to innovate while still keeping an eye on cost efficiencies? Join me for our webcast “[GitLab’s DevSecOps Innovations and Predictions for 2023](https://page.gitlab.com/webcast-gitlab-devsecops-innovations-predictions-2023.html?utm_medium=blog&utm_source=gitlab&utm_campaign=devopsgtm&utm_content=fy23q4release)” on Jan. 31 to get expert advice and insights about this era of DevSecOps transformation and the tools and strategies you’ll need to meet this challenge.\n\n[Register today](https://page.gitlab.com/webcast-gitlab-devsecops-innovations-predictions-2023.html?utm_medium=blog&utm_source=gitlab&utm_campaign=devopsgtm&utm_content=fy23q4release)!\n\n**Disclaimer**: This blog contains information related to upcoming products, features, and functionality. It is important to note that the information in this blog post is for informational purposes only. Please do not rely on this information for purchasing or planning purposes. As with all projects, the items mentioned in this blog and linked pages are subject to change or delay. The development, release, and timing of any products, features, or functionality remain at the sole discretion of GitLab.\n\n\n_Cover image by [Skye Studios](https://unsplash.com/@skyestudios?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com)_\n  \n","devsecops",{"slug":13,"featured":14,"template":15},"the-gitlab-quarterly-how-our-latest-beta-releases-support-developers",false,"BlogPost",{"title":5,"description":17,"authors":18,"heroImage":19,"date":20,"body":10,"category":11,"tags":21},"The Value Streams Dashboard and Remote Development provide the capabilities needed to support DevSecOps teams and stay competitive.",[9],"https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1749668367/Blog/Hero%20Images/innovation-unsplash.jpg","2023-01-24",[22,23,24,25],"DevOps","DevSecOps","performance","features","yml",null,{},true,"/en-us/blog/the-gitlab-quarterly-how-our-latest-beta-releases-support-developers","seo:\n  title: 'The GitLab Quarterly: How our latest beta releases support developers'\n  description: >-\n    The Value Streams Dashboard and Remote Development provide the capabilities\n    needed to support DevSecOps teams and stay competitive.\n  ogTitle: 'The GitLab Quarterly: How our latest beta releases support developers'\n  ogDescription: >-\n    The Value Streams Dashboard and Remote Development provide the capabilities\n    needed to support DevSecOps teams and stay competitive.\n  noIndex: false\n  ogImage: >-\n    https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1749668367/Blog/Hero%20Images/innovation-unsplash.jpg\n  ogUrl: >-\n    https://about.gitlab.com/blog/the-gitlab-quarterly-how-our-latest-beta-releases-support-developers\n  ogSiteName: https://about.gitlab.com\n  ogType: article\n  canonicalUrls: >-\n    https://about.gitlab.com/blog/the-gitlab-quarterly-how-our-latest-beta-releases-support-developers\ncontent:\n  title: 'The GitLab Quarterly: How our latest beta releases support developers'\n  description: >-\n    The Value Streams Dashboard and Remote Development provide the capabilities\n    needed to support DevSecOps teams and stay competitive.\n  authors:\n    - Dave Steer\n  heroImage: >-\n    https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1749668367/Blog/Hero%20Images/innovation-unsplash.jpg\n  date: '2023-01-24'\n  body: \"\n\n    It’s easy to say that 2023 will be the year of innovation, but with the\n    macroeconomic environment requiring an obsessive eye on cost efficiencies,\n    and in some cases, cost-cutting, exactly how are organizations supposed to\n    stay competitive when it comes to software development and delivery? The\n    answer is clear: Stay focused on supporting your developers. Our two new\n    beta releases help you do just that.\n\n\n    The GitLab Value Streams Dashboard, now available in private beta, ensures\n    that all stakeholders have visibility, early and in real time, into the\n    progress and value delivery metrics associated with software development and\n    delivery. With everyone on the same page, discussions can be had and\n    adjustments made before developers face obstacles or stall out waiting for\n    decision-makers to get up to speed. Developers can also see, at-a-glance,\n    their impact on the idea-to-customer value chain. The goal: Reduce idle time\n    so that developers can spend more time developing and IT leaders can better\n    unlock their transformation results. Keeping the creativity flowing can\n    boost developer happiness and help provide a glide path for software to make\n    its way into the market and add value.\n\n\n    Our other beta release, GitLab Remote Development, can enable organizations\n    to directly support developers by letting them establish an environment that\n    best suits their needs, including where, when, and how they prefer to work.\n    GitLab Remote Development doesn’t require developers to set up and manage\n    local development environments, which keeps workflow distractions to a\n    minimum. Stripping away location, device, and complex toolchain barriers can\n    maximize developer satisfaction, which can lead to increased ingenuity and\n    productivity.\n\n\n    An overarching aspect of this developer support is that it is available on a\n    single DevSecOps platform so you don’t have to tack on something special to\n    achieve these goals — the tools are all there and ready to be used to create\n    better software faster.\n\n\n    Now, let’s dig deeper into these capabilities and how they will help you\n    support your developers and deliver value to your customers.\n\n\n    ## GitLab Value Streams Dashboard\n\n\n    In many conversations we have with customers, lack of visibility into\n    metrics for software development value streams comes up as a pain point.\n    Value streams – the process from idea to delivering customer value – should\n    be the epicenter for understanding the progress, blockers, timelines, and\n    costs associated with your development projects. Without this insight,\n    innovation with an eye to cost efficiencies is virtually impossible. It is\n    also difficult to properly support developers through fast, informed\n    decision-making if everyone doesn’t have access to the same real-time data.\n\n\n    The GitLab Value Streams Dashboard gives stakeholders a bird's-eye view of\n    their teams’ software delivery metrics (such as [DORA\n    metrics](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/analytics/dora_metrics/) and\n    [flow\n    metrics](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/analytics/value_stream_analytics.h/\n    tml)) for continuous improvement. DevSecOps teams can identify and fix\n    inefficiencies and bottlenecks in their software delivery workflows, which\n    can improve the overall productivity and stability of their development\n    environment.\n\n\n    > \\\"Our team is excited to try out the DORA metrics capabilities available\n    in the private beta for the new Value Streams Dashboard. We look forward to\n    using other widgets as the Value Streams Dashboard matures, which we hope\n    will greatly improve our productivity and efficiency.\\\" \\\n\n    > _**Rob Fulwell, Staff Engineer, Conversica**_\n\n\n    The first iteration of the GitLab Value Streams Dashboard enables teams to\n    continuously improve software delivery workflows by benchmarking key DevOps\n    metrics to help improve productivity, efficiency, scalability, and\n    performance. Tracking and comparing these metrics over a period of time\n    helps teams catch downward trends early, drill down into individual\n    projects/metrics, take remedial actions to maintain their software delivery\n    performance, and track progress of their innovation investments.\n\n\n    Leadership can support developers by using information from the dashboard to\n    cross-pollinate and promote best practices, add resources to projects based\n    on metrics, and eliminate common bottlenecks across projects.\n\n\n\n\n    ### Roadmap for Value Streams Dashboard\n\n\n    We are just getting started with delivering capabilities in our Value\n    Streams Dashboard. The roadmap includes planned features and functionality\n    that will continue to improve decision-making and operational efficiencies.\n\n\n    Here are some of the capabilities we plan to focus on next:\n\n\n    1. New visualizations such as overview widgets, [top view\n    treemap](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/381306), and [DORA\n    performance score\n    chart](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/386843)\n\n    2. Security and vulnerability benchmarking  to enable executives to better\n    understand an organization’s security exposure\n\n    3. A new [data\n    warehouse](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/9318?_gl=1*1orel9k*\\\n    _ga*ODExMTUxMDcwLjE2Njk3MDM3Njk.*_ga_ENFH3X7M5Y*MTY3MjkxMTgxMC43Ny4xLjE2NzI\\\n    5MTI0MTIuMC4wLjA.) that supports fast analytical queries and deep data\n    analysis\n\n    4. Additional business value metrics such as adoption, OKRs, revenue, costs,\n    CSAT that align technical and business goals\n\n\n    [Learn more on our direction\n    page](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/group/value_stream_analytics/).\n\n\n    ### Join the beta: We welcome your contributions\n\n\n    As we iterate on this new offering, GitLab Premium and Ultimate customers\n    are invited to [join our private\n    beta](https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/value-stream-management/).\n\n\n    We also invite you to learn more about [Value Streams\n    Dashboard](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/analytics/value_streams_dashboar/\n    d.html) and [follow\n    along](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/9317) on the timeline to\n    General Availability.\n\n\n    ## GitLab Remote Development\n\n\n    The increasing adoption of reproducible, ephemeral, cloud-based development\n    environments has accelerated software development. But for developers,\n    frequent context-switching between different environments, navigating\n    complex and extensive toolchains, and managing a local development\n    environment can create friction. GitLab Remote Development helps\n    organizations better support developers by enabling them to spend less time\n    managing their development environment and more time contributing\n    high-quality code.\n\n\n    > \\\"While a number of stakeholders are critical to successful DevOps,\n    software developers are key for a successful DevOps implementation. Thus,\n    organizations must adequately support developers. This means providing good\n    developer experiences that are not disruptive or intrusive, but that are\n    nonetheless sanctioned by the company, and that remain secure and compliant\n    through automation and abstraction.\\\" \\\n\n    > _**Jay Lyman, 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence,\n    \\\"Traditional IT teams, leadership stand out as additional DevOps\n    stakeholders – Highlights from VotE: DevOps,\\\" January 4, 2023**_\n\n\n    The centerpiece of GitLab Remote Development is our newly released Web IDE\n    Beta, now the default web IDE experience on GitLab. The Web IDE makes it\n    possible to securely connect to a remote development environment, run\n    commands in an interactive terminal panel, and get real-time feedback from\n    right inside the Web IDE. Understanding that developer familiarity is\n    important, the Web IDE Beta uses a more powerful VS code interface and is\n    able to handle many of the most frequently performed tasks on the existing\n    Web IDE, including committing changes to multiple files and reviewing merge\n    request diffs.\n\n\n    GitLab Remote Development also creates a more secure development experience\n    by enabling organizations to implement a [zero-trust\n    policy](/blog/why-devops-and-zero-trust-go-together/) that prevents source\n    code and sensitive data from being stored locally across numerous developer\n    devices. In addition, organizations can adhere to compliance requirements by\n    ensuring developers are working with approved environments, libraries, and\n    dependencies.\n\n\n    It’s interesting to note that we deployed the Web IDE beta turned on as\n    default and currently 99.9% of users have kept it toggled on. I encourage\n    you to learn more about the [new Web IDE\n    functionality](/blog/get-ready-for-new-gitlab-web-ide/) in our recent blog\n    post.\n\n\n    ### Roadmap for Remote Development\n\n\n    As iteration continues on the GitLab remote development experience, the\n    roadmap currently focuses on the following functionality next:\n\n\n    1. Provision instances of remote development environments on demand in the\n    customer’s choice of cloud provider.\n\n    2. Allow teams to share complex, multi-repo environments.\n\n    3. Connect from a variety of IDEs, including VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, or the\n    Web IDE.\n\n    4. Ensure an organization’s remote environments conform to its software\n    supply chain security requirements with advanced security tools,\n    authorization, reports, and audit logs.\n\n\n    [Learn more on our direction\n    page](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/workspace/).\n\n\n    ## Engage with DevSecOps experts\n\n\n    Want to dig deeper into how to innovate while still keeping an eye on cost\n    efficiencies? Join me for our webcast “[GitLab’s DevSecOps Innovations and\n    Predictions for\n    2023](https://page.gitlab.com/webcast-gitlab-devsecops-innovations-predicti\\\n    ons-2023.html?utm_medium=blog&utm_source=gitlab&utm_campaign=devopsgtm&utm_\\\n    content=fy23q4release)” on Jan. 31 to get expert advice and insights about\n    this era of DevSecOps transformation and the tools and strategies you’ll\n    need to meet this challenge.\n\n\n    [Register\n    today](https://page.gitlab.com/webcast-gitlab-devsecops-innovations-predict\\\n    ions-2023.html?utm_medium=blog&utm_source=gitlab&utm_campaign=devopsgtm&utm\\\n    _content=fy23q4release)!\n\n\n    **Disclaimer**: This blog contains information related to upcoming products,\n    features, and functionality. It is important to note that the information in\n    this blog post is for informational purposes only. Please do not rely on\n    this information for purchasing or planning purposes. 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The real payoff goes beyond organization: Students graduate having worked daily in an environment that mirrors professional software development, building habits around [version control](https://about.gitlab.com/topics/version-control/) and [code review](https://docs.gitlab.com/development/code_review/) rather than learning them as abstract concepts.\n\nIf you are just getting started, keep it simple. Begin with a single course group, one assignment template, and a basic pipeline. The structure will grow naturally alongside your confidence with the platform.\n\nMake sure to **[sign up for GitLab for Education](https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/education/join/)** so that you and your students can access all top-tier features, including unlimited reviewers on merge requests, additional compute minutes, and expanded storage.\n\n> [Apply to the GitLab for Education program today](https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/education/join/).",[622,725],"open source",{"featured":14,"template":15,"slug":727},"teaching-software-development-the-easy-way-using-gitlab",{"content":729,"config":741},{"description":730,"authors":731,"heroImage":733,"date":734,"title":735,"body":736,"category":11,"tags":737},"AI-generated code is 34% of development work. Discover how to balance productivity gains with quality, reliability, and security.",[732],"Manav Khurana","https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1767982271/e9ogyosmuummq7j65zqg.png","2026-01-08","AI is reshaping DevSecOps: Attend GitLab Transcend to see what’s next","AI promises a step change in innovation velocity, but most software teams are hitting a wall. According to our latest [Global DevSecOps Report](https://about.gitlab.com/developer-survey/), AI-generated code now accounts for 34% of all development work. Yet 70% of DevSecOps professionals report that AI is making compliance management more difficult, and 76% say agentic AI will create unprecedented security challenges.\n\nThis is the AI paradox: AI accelerates coding, but software delivery slows down as teams struggle to test, secure, and deploy all that code.\n\n## Productivity gains meet workflow bottlenecks\nThe problem isn't AI itself. It's how software gets built today. The traditional DevSecOps lifecycle contains hundreds of small tasks that developers must navigate manually: updating tickets, running tests, requesting reviews, waiting for approvals, fixing merge conflicts, addressing security findings. These tasks drain an average of seven hours per week from every team member, according to our research.\n\nDevelopment teams are producing code faster than ever, but that code still crawls through fragmented toolchains, manual handoffs, and disconnected processes. In fact, 60% of DevSecOps teams use more than five tools for software development overall, and 49% use more than five AI tools. This fragmentation creates collaboration barriers, with 94% of DevSecOps professionals experiencing factors that limit collaboration in the software development lifecycle.\n\nThe answer isn't more tools. It's intelligent orchestration that brings software teams and their AI agents together across projects and release cycles, with enterprise-grade security, governance, and compliance built in.\n\n## Seeking deeper human-AI partnerships\nDevSecOps professionals don't want AI to take over — they want reliable partnerships. The vast majority (82%) say using agentic AI would increase their job satisfaction, and 43% envision an ideal future with a 50/50 split between human and AI contributions. They're ready to trust AI with 37% of their daily tasks without human review, particularly for documentation, test writing, and code reviews.\n\nWhat we heard resoundingly from DevSecOps professionals is that AI won't replace them; rather, it will fundamentally reshape their roles. 83% of DevSecOps professionals believe AI will significantly change their work within five years, and notably, 76% think this will create more engineering jobs, not fewer. As coding becomes easier with AI, engineers who can architect systems, ensure quality, and apply business context will be in high demand.\n\nCritically, 88% agree there are essential human qualities that AI will never fully replace, including creativity, innovation, collaboration, and strategic vision.\n\nSo how can organizations bridge the gap between AI’s promise and the reality of fragmented workflows?\n\n## Join us at GitLab Transcend: Explore how to drive real value with agentic AI\nOn February 10, 2026, GitLab will be hosting Transcend, where we'll reveal how intelligent orchestration transforms AI-powered software development. You'll get a first look at GitLab's upcoming product roadmap and learn how teams are solving real-world challenges by modernizing development workflows with AI.\n\nOrganizations winning in this new era balance AI adoption with security, compliance, and platform consolidation. AI offers genuine productivity gains when implemented thoughtfully — not by replacing human developers, but by freeing DevSecOps professionals to focus on strategic thinking and creative innovation.\n\n[Register for Transcend today](https://about.gitlab.com/events/transcend/virtual/) to secure your spot and discover how intelligent orchestration can help your software teams stay in flow.",[738,739,740],"AI/ML","DevOps platform","security",{"featured":29,"template":15,"slug":742},"ai-is-reshaping-devsecops-attend-gitlab-transcend-to-see-whats-next",{"content":744,"config":754},{"title":745,"description":746,"authors":747,"heroImage":749,"date":750,"body":751,"category":11,"tags":752},"Atlassian ending Data Center as GitLab maintains deployment choice","As Atlassian transitions Data Center customers to cloud-only, GitLab presents a menu of deployment choices that map to business needs.",[748],"Emilio Salvador","https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1750098354/Blog/Hero%20Images/Blog/Hero%20Images/blog-image-template-1800x945%20%281%29_5XrohmuWBNuqL89BxVUzWm_1750098354056.png","2025-10-07","Change is never easy, especially when it's not your choice. Atlassian's announcement that [all Data Center products will reach end-of-life by March 28, 2029](https://www.atlassian.com/blog/announcements/atlassian-ascend), means thousands of organizations must now reconsider their DevSecOps deployment and infrastructure. But you don't have to settle for deployment options that don't fit your needs. GitLab maintains your freedom to choose — whether you need self-managed for compliance, cloud for convenience, or hybrid for flexibility — all within a single AI-powered DevSecOps platform that respects your requirements.\n\nWhile other vendors force migrations to cloud-only architectures, GitLab remains committed to supporting the deployment choices that match your business needs. Whether you're managing sensitive government data, operating in air-gapped environments, or simply prefer the control of self-managed deployments, we understand that one size doesn't fit all.\n\n## The cloud isn't the answer for everyone\n\nFor the many companies that invested millions of dollars in Data Center deployments, including those that migrated to Data Center [after its Server products were discontinued](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/atlassian-server-ending-move-to-a-single-devsecops-platform/), this announcement represents more than a product sunset. It signals a fundamental shift away from customer-centric architecture choices, forcing enterprises into difficult positions: accept a deployment model that doesn't fit their needs, or find a vendor that respects their requirements.\n\nMany of the organizations requiring self-managed deployments represent some of the world's most important organizations: healthcare systems protecting patient data, financial institutions managing trillions in assets, government agencies safeguarding national security, and defense contractors operating in air-gapped environments.\n\nThese organizations don't choose self-managed deployments for convenience; they choose them for compliance, security, and sovereignty requirements that cloud-only architectures simply cannot meet. Organizations operating in closed environments with restricted or no internet access aren't exceptions — they represent a significant portion of enterprise customers across various industries.\n\n![GitLab vs. Atlassian comparison table](https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1759928476/ynl7wwmkh5xyqhszv46m.jpg)\n\n## The real cost of forced cloud migration goes beyond dollars\n\nWhile cloud-only vendors frame mandatory migrations as \"upgrades,\" organizations face substantial challenges beyond simple financial costs:\n\n* **Lost integration capabilities:** Years of custom integrations with legacy systems, carefully crafted workflows, and enterprise-specific automations become obsolete. Organizations with deep integrations to legacy systems often find cloud migration technically infeasible.\n\n* **Regulatory constraints:** For organizations in regulated industries, cloud migration isn't just complex — it's often not permitted. Data residency requirements, air-gapped environments, and strict regulatory frameworks don't bend to vendor preferences. The absence of single-tenant solutions in many cloud-only approaches creates insurmountable compliance barriers.\n\n* **Productivity impacts:** Cloud-only architectures often require juggling multiple products: separate tools for planning, code management, CI/CD, and documentation. Each tool means another context switch, another integration to maintain, another potential point of failure. GitLab research shows [30% of developers spend at least 50% of their job maintaining and/or integrating their DevSecOps toolchain](https://about.gitlab.com/developer-survey/). Fragmented architectures exacerbate this challenge rather than solving it.\n\n## GitLab offers choice, commitment, and consolidation\n\nEnterprise customers deserve a trustworthy technology partner. That's why we've committed to supporting a range of deployment options — whether you need on-premises for compliance, hybrid for flexibility, or cloud for convenience, the choice remains yours. That commitment continues with [GitLab Duo](https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-duo-agent-platform/), our AI solution that supports developers at every stage of their workflow.\n\nBut we offer more than just deployment flexibility. While other vendors might force you to cobble together their products into a fragmented toolchain, GitLab provides everything in a **comprehensive AI-native DevSecOps platform**. Source code management, CI/CD, security scanning, Agile planning, and documentation are all managed within a single application and a single vendor relationship.\n\nThis isn't theoretical. When Airbus and [Iron Mountain](https://about.gitlab.com/customers/iron-mountain/) evaluated their existing fragmented toolchains, they consistently identified challenges: poor user experience, missing functionalities like built-in security scanning and review apps, and management complexity from plugin troubleshooting. **These aren't minor challenges; they're major blockers for modern software delivery.**\n\n## Your migration path: Simpler than you think\n\nWe've helped thousands of organizations migrate from other vendors, and we've built the tools and expertise to make your transition smooth:\n\n* **Automated migration tools:** Our [Bitbucket Server importer](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/import/bitbucket_server/) brings over repositories, pull requests, comments, and even Large File Storage (LFS) objects. For Jira, our [built-in importer](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/project/import/jira/) handles issues, descriptions, and labels, with professional services available for complex migrations.\n\n* **Proven at scale:** A 500 GiB repository with 13,000 pull requests, 10,000 branches, and 7,000 tags is likely to [take just 8 hours to migrate](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/import/bitbucket_server/) from Bitbucket to GitLab using parallel processing.\n\n* **Immediate ROI:** A [Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact™ study commissioned by GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/resources/study-forrester-tei-gitlab-ultimate/) found that investing in GitLab Ultimate confirms these benefits translate to real bottom-line impact, with a three-year 483% ROI, 5x time saved in security related activities, and 25% savings in software toolchain costs.\n\n## Start your journey to a unified DevSecOps platform\n\nForward-thinking organizations aren't waiting for vendor-mandated deadlines. They're evaluating alternatives now, while they have time to migrate thoughtfully to platforms that protect their investments and deliver on promises.\n\nOrganizations invest in self-managed deployments because they need control, compliance, and customization. When vendors deprecate these capabilities, they remove not just features but the fundamental ability to choose environments matching business requirements.\n\nModern DevSecOps platforms should offer complete functionality that respects deployment needs, consolidates toolchains, and accelerates software delivery, without forcing compromises on security or data sovereignty.\n\n[Talk to our sales team](https://about.gitlab.com/sales/) today about your migration options, or explore our [comprehensive migration resources](https://about.gitlab.com/move-to-gitlab-from-atlassian/) to see how thousands of organizations have already made the switch.\n\nYou also can [try GitLab Ultimate with GitLab Duo Enterprise](https://about.gitlab.com/free-trial/devsecops/) for free for 30 days to see what a unified DevSecOps platform can do for your organization.",[573,23,753,25],"product",{"featured":29,"template":15,"slug":755},"atlassian-ending-data-center-as-gitlab-maintains-deployment-choice",{"promotions":757},[758,772,783,794],{"id":759,"categories":760,"header":762,"text":763,"button":764,"image":769},"ai-modernization",[761],"ai-ml","Is AI achieving its promise at scale?","Quiz will take 5 minutes or less",{"text":765,"config":766},"Get your AI maturity score",{"href":767,"dataGaName":768,"dataGaLocation":245},"/assessments/ai-modernization-assessment/","modernization assessment",{"config":770},{"src":771},"https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1772138786/qix0m7kwnd8x2fh1zq49.png",{"id":773,"categories":774,"header":775,"text":763,"button":776,"image":780},"devops-modernization",[753,11],"Are you just managing tools or shipping innovation?",{"text":777,"config":778},"Get your DevOps maturity score",{"href":779,"dataGaName":768,"dataGaLocation":245},"/assessments/devops-modernization-assessment/",{"config":781},{"src":782},"https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1772138785/eg818fmakweyuznttgid.png",{"id":784,"categories":785,"header":786,"text":763,"button":787,"image":791},"security-modernization",[740],"Are you trading speed for security?",{"text":788,"config":789},"Get your security maturity score",{"href":790,"dataGaName":768,"dataGaLocation":245},"/assessments/security-modernization-assessment/",{"config":792},{"src":793},"https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1772138786/p4pbqd9nnjejg5ds6mdk.png",{"id":795,"paths":796,"header":799,"text":800,"button":801,"image":806},"github-azure-migration",[797,798],"migration-from-azure-devops-to-gitlab","integrating-azure-devops-scm-and-gitlab","Is your team ready for GitHub's Azure move?","GitHub is already rebuilding around Azure. Find out what it means for you.",{"text":802,"config":803},"See how GitLab compares to GitHub",{"href":804,"dataGaName":805,"dataGaLocation":245},"/compare/gitlab-vs-github/github-azure-migration/","github azure migration",{"config":807},{"src":782},{"header":809,"blurb":810,"button":811,"secondaryButton":816},"Start building faster today","See what your team can do with the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps.\n",{"text":812,"config":813},"Get your free trial",{"href":814,"dataGaName":52,"dataGaLocation":815},"https://gitlab.com/-/trial_registrations/new?glm_content=default-saas-trial&glm_source=about.gitlab.com/","feature",{"text":508,"config":817},{"href":56,"dataGaName":57,"dataGaLocation":815},1777493607494]