Morpheus Data, the hybrid cloud application orchestration company, has released v5.4 of the platform to simplify how platform engineering teams enable continuous infrastructure automation for developer self-service.

Morpheus v5.4 features include: faster service provisioning via hybrid cloud enhancements for on-premises technologies like VMware and public clouds like AWS, Azure, and GCP; building, managing, and consuming Kubernetes clusters including Morpheus Kubernetes or 3rd-party Kubernetes stacks like OpenShift, Rancher, and Tanzu; and consolidated execution of infrastructure-as-code and infrastructure automation with enhanced integration and control of Terraform and Ansible scripts.

Morpheus v5.4 has extended integration into VMware with a complete management overlay for NSX-T as well as enhancements for vSphere and vCloud Director making it the most robust orchestration platform for VMware customers.

The latest Morpheus release also brings the Google Cloud integration up to full feature parity with the AWS and Azure integrations plus includes support for new AWS and Azure regions. Morpheus has also enabled purchasing of the platform and associated services within the AWS and Azure marketplaces; this can streamline procurement and simplify deployment for enterprise IT leaders.

Morpheus v5.4 simplifies Kubernetes management by including a free built-in CNCF certified Kubernetes distribution that can be deployed to any cloud. Customers can also enable push-button deployment of third-party distributions from within the Morpheus catalog leveraging no-code integration into dozens of common IT tools.

Morpheus v5.4 provides role-based access control, job scheduling, and catalog execution of Terraform scripts and Ansible playbooks including the ability to attach phase-based automation to resources provisioned via Terraform.

Morpheus Data has also announced $15 million in incremental investment. According to the company, this new investment will accelerate growth in 2022 and support a 50% increase in headcount as Morpheus expands geographic coverage and increases funding for channel initiatives.