Grand Rapids, Michigan - November 12, 2024. SmoothGlue 6.0, is available today!

First, we want to announce that we’ve changed the name of our flagship Internal Developer Platform from Structsure to SmoothGlue. SmoothGlue better aligns with our design and engineering philosophy, and with the release of 6.0 which brings an enormous amount of new features and capabilities to our customers and users, it was the right time to change the name.

"Our shift from Structsure to SmoothGlue isn't just a product enhancement—it's a culmination of over a decade of dedication to secure software development, long before terms like DevSecOps and Zero Trust became industry buzzwords. Structsure and SmoothGlue have a shared history of tackling complexity with purpose, delivering solutions that allow developers in regulated environments to build with the same ease and sophistication as those in Silicon Valley. This consolidation reflects our deep confidence in what we've built and in our vision for the future. The fusion of 'Smooth' and 'Glue' isn't just about seamless integration—it represents our belief in simplifying the most demanding challenges, while achieving high-quality, tangible outcomes for our customers."

Spence

CEO of BrainGu

Unlike brittle software delivery tools, clumsy coordination tools, or frustrating security and compliance tooling, SmoothGlue is a complete and cohesive platform that helps teams through the entire software development, delivery, and management process, from laptop to production and beyond. We built the most robust, secure, and compliant software delivery platform to help teams in every industry thrive, no matter how complex or regulated their environment becomes.

Here’s a quick look at the top features SmoothGlue users can experience when they update to SmoothGlue 6.0.

SmoothGlue Console

SmoothGlue Console is BrainGu's proprietary management solution, designed to enable Mission-Critical Application teams, using SmoothGlue as their DevSecOps Platform, to deliver on their missions without requiring in-depth mastery of SmoothGlue tools.

SmoothGlue Benefits

Improvements to the platform administrator experience include:

• A dedicated admin user experience that allows teams to self-administer themselves without having to rely on an admin intervention increasing productivity and reducing bottlenecks.
• A permissions-based user experience that allows platform admins to delegate administration to organization admins.
• Quicker management of users’ collaboration applications (e.g., Keycloak, Jira, Confluence, GitLab, MatterMost, and Argo CD) from one location, saving time on everything from minor application permission changes to onboarding entire teams in seconds to freeing up all application licenses in just a few clicks.

Control and monitor your deployed applications across many tools with SmoothGlue Console Deployments:

• Deployments capture the health and status of applications across many technologies and instances, allowing users to dig into a specific tool or area, all in one self- service launch location.

Improved installation and initialization:

• SmoothGlue Console works directly with applications and the Kubernetes API to gather real time data to install itself with minimal inputs.
• Console initializes with an accurate state of platform applications and quickly allows users to start administering them.

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Empowering our users with more tools at their disposal...

Our customer’s missions are growing in complexity each day, and we continuously evaluate and add new tools to our platform to meet those customer’s needs.

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An Unparalleled Developer Experience

We believe the Developer Experience extends beyond CI/CD pipelines and have made significant improvements to the end-to-end process. We’ve introduced the following features and enhancements to ease not only the building but the deployment of code, as well:

• Implemented automatic SSO connectivity, using Crossplane, with Keycloak and platform services. This is extensible to developer apps using the same patterns of configuration.
• Built a “compatibility mode” to allow our platform to function on high-classification environments with limited or restricted AWS Cloud Services.
• Focused on increasing the self-service capability for platform administrators.
• Created an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) called “SmoothGlue Run Basic,” which enables developers to quickly spin up a single-instance node with the platform and start developing software the same day.

With SmoothGlue, we believe mission-critical enterprises will benefit from having the complete platform to build and ship quickly.

About BrainGu

BrainGu’s platforms deliver automated solutions that foster an environment where developers can excel, enabling high-quality software delivery with efficiency, confidence, and peace of mind. Specializing in advanced DevSecOps platforms and mission-critical applications, BrainGu’s developer-centric and mission-driven approach tackles real-world challenges with practical, scalable technology.