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| Pivotal Web Services | |
|---|---|
| Name | Pivotal Web Services |
| Industry | Cloud computing |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Successor | Tanzu Application Service |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Parent | Pivotal Software |
Pivotal Web Services
Pivotal Web Services was a commercial cloud platform operated by Pivotal Software offering a managed Cloud Foundry implementation for deploying applications. It served developers and enterprises seeking a Platform-as-a-Service aligned with VMware and EMC ecosystems, and intersected with projects and organizations such as Spring Framework, Apache Tomcat, Docker, Kubernetes, HashiCorp, and Cloud Native Computing Foundation. The service related to initiatives from Pivotal Labs, SpringSource, GE Digital, Ford Motor Company, and users including teams influenced by Netflix, Airbnb, Twitter, and Spotify engineering practices.
Pivotal Web Services launched amid industry shifts driven by players like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Heroku, and Red Hat which shaped platform choices. Its creation reflected consolidation trends involving VMware, Inc. and EMC Corporation and spinouts including Pivotal Software and strategic moves by Dell Technologies and General Electric. The offering evolved alongside open source projects such as Cloud Foundry Foundation, Spring Boot, OpenStack, Eclipse Foundation, and integrations referencing work from Apache Software Foundation, Linux Foundation, Docker, Inc., and Mesosphere. Industry reports and analyst coverage from Gartner, Forrester Research, IDC, and 451 Research tracked its adoption relative to competitors like SAP, IBM, Oracle Corporation, DigitalOcean, and CenturyLink.
Pivotal Web Services implemented a multi-tenant Cloud Foundry architecture leveraging components like BOSH for lifecycle management, Diego for scheduling, and GORA-style service bindings. The platform exposed buildpacks compatible with Spring Framework, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, PHP, Go (programming language), and Python (programming language), alongside support for frameworks such as Play Framework and ASP.NET Core. Service marketplace integrations included offerings from Redis Labs, MongoDB, Inc., PostgreSQL Global Development Group, MySQL, RabbitMQ, and Confluent. Observability and telemetry incorporated tools and standards like Prometheus, Grafana Labs, ELK Stack, Zipkin, and tracing concepts promoted by OpenTracing and OpenTelemetry. Networking and routing used components influenced by Gorouter, Envoy (software), and concepts popularized by NGINX, Inc. and HAProxy.
As a managed PaaS, the service aligned with enterprise platforms and vendor ecosystems including VMware Tanzu, SpringSource, Cloud Foundry Foundation, and Pivotal Cloud Foundry. Integrations and migration paths referenced tooling and services from Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Terraform, GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket. Continuous delivery and DevOps workflows echoed practices from Jenkins, CircleCI, Travis CI, Atlassian, and GitOps proponents influenced by Weaveworks. Developer experience tied into IDEs and tooling by Eclipse Foundation, JetBrains, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ IDEA, and Atom (text editor).
Deployment models paralleled choices made by organizations such as Spotify Technology S.A., Netflix, Inc., and Zalando that emphasized rapid deployment, blue-green strategies, and canary releases using techniques popularized by Google SRE practices and guidance from The Phoenix Project authors. Operations tooling interfaced with configuration management and orchestration from Kubernetes, BOSH, Helm, Consul, and runtime insights leveraged New Relic, Datadog, and Splunk. High-availability patterns reflected principles advocated by Amazon.com whitepapers and standards referenced by RFC 7230-series specifications and internet infrastructure run by organizations like Cloudflare and Akamai Technologies.
Security posture referenced standards and certifications familiar to enterprises such as SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001, PCI DSS, and guidance from NIST. Identity and access integrated with providers and protocols from Okta, Ping Identity, LDAP, SAML, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect. Runtime isolation and tenancy models considered container security tools and projects like SELinux, AppArmor, CIS Benchmarks, and vulnerability management echoed by CVSS scoring used by MITRE and discussions in OWASP communities.
Pricing models resembled subscription and usage-based approaches contrasted with offerings from Heroku, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, and Google App Engine, with tiers appealing to startups, mid-market, and enterprise customers similar to strategies by Salesforce, Adobe Systems, and ServiceNow. Licensing for software components involved open source licenses administered by entities like Apache Software Foundation, Eclipse Public License stewards, and governance overseen by Cloud Foundry Foundation and Linux Foundation-hosted projects.
Analysts from Gartner, Forrester Research, 451 Research, and media outlets such as TechCrunch, The Register, Wired, InfoWorld, and ZDNet evaluated Pivotal Web Services in the context of cloud-native adoption patterns championed by Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Docker, Inc., HashiCorp, and Red Hat. Market competitors included Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, IBM Cloud, and specialized PaaS vendors like Heroku and Red Hat OpenShift, while adoption stories paralleled migrations performed by organizations including GE Digital, Ford Motor Company, Comcast, and T-Mobile US.
Category:Cloud platforms