{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"42 - Virtual Stack - Company as Code","description":"On the 42th episode of Virtual Stack Podcast, I'm joined by Gil Hoffer (co-founder &amp; CTO at Salto) and we discuss about their solution of automating the configuration of SaaS applications, which they describe as company-as-code. &amp;nbsp; Can we manage and operate our business applications the same way as our CI\/CD pipelines and IT infrastructure? Answers are on this episode. &amp;nbsp;  Show notes:  Intros: 00:00 What's Salto? 01:30 What can be automated by Salto on some typical applications? 06:00 How do you make sure Salto works with many SaaS applications and keep up with their changes? 14:00 What made you design an automation language instead of using something like YAML or XML? 17:15 What types of companies benefit from the company-as-code approach? 19:55 Who are the main buyers? What business benefits do they get? 22:10 What are the main obstacles that organisations encounter when adopting company-as-code? 26:10 How can customers test the solution? 32:30 Closing notes: 34:30  Links:  Salto: Company-as-Code - Blog article on Salto.io Salto on GitHub&amp;nbsp; Gil on Twitter   ","author_name":"Virtual Stack","author_url":"http:\/\/virtualstack.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/22568837\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/22568837"}