Modern enterprises that need to ship software are constantly caught in a race for optimization – whether that is speed (time to ship/deploy), ease of use, or, inevitably, cost. What makes this a never-ending cycle is that these goals are often at odds with each other. The choices that organizations make usually inform what they’re […]
· April 23, 2019 · 12 min read
Recently I had the pleasure of being a guest on Deloitte’s Architecting the Cloud podcast, part of the On Cloud series. In a lively conversation with Deloitte’s Mike Kavis I discussed the hybrid cloud conundrum: As organizations look to shift from an infrastructure-and data-centric world to cloud-centric architecture, it’s all too easy to get caught up
· April 22, 2019 · 1 min read
At the recent KubeCon conference in Seattle, I had the pleasure of chatting with TFiR’s Swapnil Bhartiya about Kubernetes mainstream adoption, particularly with large enterprises. Watch the short video interview to learn about the trends and the evolution we’re seeing in the open source Kubernetes, and the operations model emerging for enterprises looking to support
· April 15, 2019 · 1 min read
Yesterday, Google announced the general availability of Anthos (formerly Cloud Services Platform) along with its pricing and support for multi-cloud environments in addition to on-premises infrastructure. Google Anthos is a huge validation for Platform9’s approach to fully managed hybrid clouds powered by open-source technologies. In particular, the 5 tenets below that are at the core
· April 10, 2019 · 5 min read
Today we’ve announced a partnership with research accelerator Intersect to offer Platform9 hybrid cloud services throughout Australia and New Zealand. Intersect is Australia’s largest full-service eResearch support agency, helping scientific, university, government and research institutes accelerate their impact through innovative technologies and expert advice for over a decade. This partnership provides research organizations and large
· March 25, 2019 · 2 min read
Last month, at the Startup Grind Global conference I had the pleasure of moderating a discussion with Garry Little about the power of mentorship in the tech industry. Gary is the co-founder and general partner at Canvas Ventures, an early-stage VC firm based in the Bay Area. Gary has been a VC for more than
· March 19, 2019 · 1 min read
Kubernetes is the #1 enabler for cloud-native applications and is critical to the competitive advantage for software-driven organizations today. VMware is probably the most popular virtualization infrastructure solution among large enterprises. Many organizations that have on-prem data centers have traditionally been using VMware to manage their IT environment. Unfortunately, VMware was never designed to run
· February 4, 2019 · 5 min read
Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Alan Shimmel from DevOps.com about some of the challenges and tips for cloud-ifying legacy applications and on-prem infrastructure. For many modern companies, growth often means growing through acquisition. As organizations become larger, it often makes sense to acquire existing companies who are already creating the solutions they
· January 28, 2019 · 4 min read
At last week’s KubeCon conference in Seattle, WA, we had VMblog visit us at the Platform9 booth to learn more about our SaaS-managed enterprise Kubernetes solution. Platform9 lets you leverage your existing infrastructure – either on public clouds, on-premises or at the edge. You simply plug-in all your environments to our Managed Kubernetes control plane, to
· December 19, 2018 · 1 min read
Last month, I had the honor of moderating a CIO panel at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management at Lake Forest, IL near Chicago. The lively discussion at the panel centered around Digital Transformation driven by Cloud, Big Data and AI — and the challenges faced by CIOs leading these transformations. First off, I
· December 6, 2018 · 4 min read
At Amazon’s re:Invent 2018 conference, Amazon finally announced their venture into on-premises data-centers, called AWS Outposts. Just a few years ago, this would have been unthinkable, given how Amazon executives would proclaim the inevitable death of on-premises infrastructure and private clouds. While AWS Outposts is in a very early technical preview, I wanted to share
· November 30, 2018 · 5 min read
This is a guest blog post written by Ron Illsley, distinguished analyst at Ovum. One of the biggest challenges faced by organizations as they look to adopt newer cloud native concepts, such as containers, micro-services, or serverless is marrying this new world with its existing portfolio and processes. The issue faced by many CIOs is
· November 28, 2018 · 4 min read