Cosmonic has introduced wasmCloud-based Cosmonic Control, a powerful enterprise control plane designed to manage distributed applications across a variety of environments. Launched on March 24, Cosmonic Control leverages the WebAssembly (Wasm) binary instruction format to provide a versatile platform that works seamlessly in any cloud, Kubernetes setup, edge environment, or on-premises deployment. This makes it an ideal solution for enterprise platform engineering teams that require a unified approach to managing and scaling their applications efficiently.
Cosmonic Control enables platform engineering teams to create polyglot golden templates and components, allowing developers to write applications that can be deployed anywhere without concerns about compatibility. The platform supports wasmCloud, a WebAssembly-based orchestration platform that is co-maintained by Cosmonic, providing developers with the tools they need to build Wasm apps at scale. By addressing the challenges of scaling and distributing applications on containerized platforms, Cosmonic Control aims to reduce the overhead and complexity that often accompany modern application management.
One of the major pain points for enterprises managing applications on containerized platforms is the high cost, with over 80% of container spend wasted due to long cold-start times and other inefficiencies. Additionally, more than half of development time is often consumed by patching dependencies and maintaining boilerplate code. Cosmonic Control addresses these challenges by offering a control plane that allows platform engineering teams to manage applications at scale while enabling developers to focus on building new features. This streamlined approach helps businesses maintain velocity without compromising on security or performance.
Cosmonic Control provides several key benefits, including the ability to scale applications to zero with zero cold starts, which significantly lowers cloud costs. The platform’s small footprint ensures that more workloads can be run on existing hardware, optimizing resource usage. Additionally, developers can build Wasm components, which are modular units of code that can interoperate with components written in any other language, increasing flexibility and interoperability. With secure Wasm sandboxes, Cosmonic Control ensures that each component operates safely and independently, making it a secure and efficient solution for managing distributed applications at scale.