Self-Hosted Software Best Practices

Feb 18, 2025
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Product & Engineering

The Enterprise AI Adoption Challenge: A Security Leader's Perspective on Self-Hosting

Andrew Storms, VP of Security at Replicated, has seen firsthand how the push for innovation often clashes with enterprise security expectations. In this blog, he explores why self-hosted AI solutions are becoming a necessity, how they address key security concerns, and what AI startups can do to successfully navigate this evolving landscape.

Feb 7, 2025
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Company

Why Small AI Companies Must Offer Self-Hosted Solutions to Win Enterprise Deals

For smaller AI companies looking to sell into the enterprise software space—whether using an open-source API or proprietary technology—offering a self-hosted version of your application will soon be non-negotiable for security-conscious ISVs. In fact, this transition is already underway.

Jan 23, 2025
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Product & Engineering

Helm Best Practices to Scale Your Self-Hosted Enterprise Software Distribution: Templating Essential Properties

Unless you have years of experience working with Helm, it can be difficult to decipher the best way to set up your charts. To help with this, Diamon Wiggins, Staff Engineer at Replicated, outlines Helm Best Practices specifically for ISVs deploying into self-hosted customer environments. In this blog, he describes best practices for templating essential properties.

Jan 21, 2025
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Product & Engineering

Embedded Cluster Demo - Deploying Into a Customer Environment

Deploying Kubernetes applications to diverse customer environments can be a complex and daunting task. Replicated’s Embedded Cluster is here to simplify and streamline the process, enabling software vendors to deliver Kubernetes-based applications effortlessly, regardless of the customer’s technical expertise or infrastructure.

Nov 26, 2024
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Product & Engineering

Deploying to Air-Gapped Environments with Replicated - Technical Walkthrough

The team at Replicated built a robust suite of tools to support distributing enterprise software into self-hosted, air-gapped environments. Paige Calvert, Documentation Manager at Replicated, walks through a diagram detailing what’s going on behind the scenes.

Oct 11, 2024
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Company

Announcing: The Commercial Software Distribution Handbook

Replicated is proud to announce the Commercial Software Distribution Handbook - a guide written for any and every company looking to distribute their enterprise software into self-hosted environments.

Aug 7, 2024
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Product & Engineering

Runtime License Enforcement with the Replicated Platform

How do you enforce license terms at runtime for your on-prem software? This is a problem many face, and one of the most common questions we're asked at Replicated. Learn how our licensing provides ways for your company to restrict access to your software during runtime with our Director of Solutions Engineering, Chuck D'Antonio, as he walks through one of his solutions to this problem.

Jul 30, 2024
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Product & Engineering

How to Turn a New Contract into an On-Prem License with 1 Click

After closing a new deal for your on-premises software, you’ll need to set your customer up with your software right away! Follow along with our Director of Solutions Engineering, Chuck D’Antonio, as he walks through this process with Salesforce and the Replicated API.

Jul 22, 2024
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Product & Engineering

How Replicated Transforms Your Software Distribution Life Cycle

Replicated can enhance and mature your software distribution architecture at each step of the Software Distribution Life Cycle. At RepliCon Q2, Director of Solutions Engineering, Chuck D’Antonio walked through where most companies start on the Software Distribution Life Cycle and explored how Replicated took them above and beyond.

Jun 12, 2024
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Product & Engineering

Why You Should Package the Replicated SDK with Your App

Learn why we recommend Commercial Software Vendors package the Replicated SDK alongside their application, regardless of how their application is packaged or delivered. 

Apr 22, 2024
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Product & Engineering

Publishing to the Marketplace with Replicated

Join our Director of Solutions Engineering, Chuck D'Antonio, as he walks publishing to the marketplace with Replicated, and all of the benefits that come along with it.

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