The brick-and-mortar store is the new battleground for retailers. They need to deliver outstanding in-store shopping experiences that drive new revenues while maintaining operational efficiencies. With the latest development in technologies like Kubernetes and edge computing, it is possible to deploy Software-defined stores that deliver the agility and ease of use similar to a public
· March 11, 2021 · 5 min read
Operators of 5G mobile broadband networks deal with large-scale, complex, dynamic, and highly distributed infrastructure requirements. They have to deploy and operate thousands of radio towers and networks while managing software applications across the access layer, aggregate layer, and core data centers. Furthermore, they have to satisfy stringent specifications for latency and network performance of
· March 2, 2021 · 8 min read
Kubernetes is a powerful infrastructure platform for developers. Its self-service nature allows developers to take control of releasing software to production without the direct involvement of Ops teams. This helps development teams increase their velocity, enabling them to release more often and more quickly, with more control over the infrastructure than ever to optimize cost,
· July 31, 2020 · 5 min read
The Kubernetes market is on a roll. In just a few years, open-source Kubernetes has grown so much in importance that we are already seeing major market consolidation and new products from marquee technology vendors. Last week, SUSE acquired Rancher. VMware launched Tanzu Kubernetes Grid earlier this year. IBM acquired Red Hat and OpenShift. Google
· July 13, 2020 · 4 min read
Enterprises are witnessing a radical transformation of the intelligent edge as a key strategic component of the future network. According to leading analysts, by 2025, 30 percent of workloads will run at the edge, up from only 1 percent today. Increasing amounts of enterprise generated data (more than 50 percent for many organizations) will be
· July 9, 2020 · 3 min read
Kubernetes is a complex platform that provides for highly scalable, efficient use of containers. Operating enterprise Kubernetes deployment is difficult. it can also be highly problematic for companies that just try to “wing it” and figure out what to do as they go along. Don’t let that be you. Here are some best practices to
· June 1, 2020 · 4 min read
There is a chasm between the public cloud operating model and how enterprises roll out their private cloud programs. Let’s review three crucial differences: Foundational cloud principle Public Cloud Approach Private Cloud Approach Closed-loop automated operations Public cloud vendors don’t roll out regions or services by hand. They invest heavily in internal IP to provision,
· May 21, 2020 · 5 min read
We just returned from Gartner IT infrastructure, Operations, and Cloud Strategies conference (IOCS) held in Las Vegas Dec 9-12, 2019, which drew more than 3500 attendees and more than 120 exhibitors (+50% vs last year). Infrastructure, Operations, and Cloud teams who came to Gartner IOCS are positioning themselves to innovate with new technologies like Kubernetes,
· December 19, 2019 · 7 min readWe just returned from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2019 held in sunny San Diego Nov 18-21. KubeCon San Diego 2019 drew more than 12,000 attendees, a 50% increase since the last event in Barcelona, just 6 months ago. While at the event, we interacted with more than 1,800 attendees and had more than 1,300 attendees complete
· November 22, 2019 · 6 min read
Kubernetes orchestrates containers reliably at scale while abstracting the underlying infrastructure. Unlike Virtual Machines, this helps developers separate the workloads from the complexities of the infrastructure. Kubernetes is ideal for CI/CD automation because it offers many built-in capabilities that makes application deployment standardized and reusable, improves developer productivity, and speeds up the adoption of cloud-native
· August 12, 2019 · 5 min read
We just returned from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2019 which was held in beautiful Barcelona, Spain last week. While at the show, we interacted with more than 1,000 attendees and had almost 500 attendees complete our survey at the booth, to give us an insight into their use of Kubernetes. Here are the five most important
· May 30, 2019 · 6 min read