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MacStadium: Enterprise-grade MacDevOps for Small and Midsize Teams [Sponsor]

MacStadium, the industry-leading Mac cloud and MacDevOps provider, now offers a pre-packaged MacDevOps solution directly from the MacStadium website, enabling immediate use of their popular macOS CI/CD automation tool. With a simplified setup process and instant access, the Orka Small Teams edition was developed as an enterprise-level solution to meet the needs of small to midsize customers. With Orka Small Teams your organization can:

  • Quickly and efficiently automate key MacDevOps development workflows
  • Extend your CI/CD pipeline by connecting Orka platform to the most popular DevOps tools 
  • Easily orchestrate workloads using Orka platform’s RESTful API

MacDevOps teams of all sizes can now benefit from Orka’s pioneering macOS virtualization and orchestration software and MacStadium’s industry-leading Mac cloud infrastructure. Users can configure their new Orka platform environment independently with the help of MacStadium’s easy-to-follow startup guide. This affordable solution starts at $499/month and includes the key components necessary in MacDevOps automation. Watch the video to see how quick and easy it is to access Orka Small Teams.

To learn more about Orka Small Teams, please visit macstadium.com/orka-small-teams. For more information on Orka and its features, visit the MacStadium website.

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