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Improving Retail Customer Experience with Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR)

Summary Retailers such as Starbucks and Circle K are using Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) to enhance drive-thru, curbside pickup and service experiences for customers. Drive-thru and curbside have also grown significantly during the pandemic and retailers are now looking for ways to differentiate these experiences as the use of these channels are expected to

Improving Retail Customer Experience with Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) · · 11 min read

Why and How to Run Machine Learning Workloads on Kubernetes

If you’re a data scientist, you probably spend a fair amount of time thinking about how to deploy your machine learning models efficiently. You look for ways to scale models, distribute models across clusters of servers, and optimize model performance using techniques like GPU offloading. These all happen to be tasks that Kubernetes handles very

Why and How to Run Machine Learning Workloads on Kubernetes · · 10 min read
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Learning About Kubernetes Admission Controllers and OPA Gatekeeper

Interested in Open Policy Agent and the Gatekeeper Project? In this post we will go over admission controllers, OPA, and Gatekeeper. The Kubernetes (K8s) platform consists of several components that all work together in sync to provide advanced container orchestration and deployment strategies. In order to support an ever-increasing set of requirements, this system is

Learning About Kubernetes Admission Controllers and OPA Gatekeeper · · 8 min read

Fargate vs. Kubernetes: Which Container Orchestration Solution Do You Need?

Kubernetes and AWS Fargate both simplify the process of deploying and managing containerized applications. In many ways, they offer the same core features – which is not surprising, given that Fargate is, in some respects, an extension of or complement to upstream Kubernetes. Yet ultimately, Fargate and upstream Kubernetes are distinct tools that cater to

Fargate vs. Kubernetes: Which Container Orchestration Solution Do You Need? · · 8 min read

Understanding Kubernetes LoadBalancer vs NodePort vs Ingress

Kubernetes networking has matured a lot since its inception. At a quick glance, Kubernetes architecture encompasses all the components you need – like load balancer integration, egress gateways, network security policies, multiple ways to handle ingress traffic, and routing within the cluster. Kubernetes has the ability to layer these components and combine them to make

Understanding Kubernetes LoadBalancer vs NodePort vs Ingress · · 7 min read

The Ultimate Guide To Using Calico, Flannel, Weave and Cilium

Even for the experienced Kubernetes users, Kubernetes Networking can be an intimidating topic. In this post, we’re going to take a deep dive into the most popular container networking solutions available for Kubernetes. Before we dig into the specifics of each of those networking solutions, we’ll take a cursory view of Kubernetes Networking and the

The Ultimate Guide To Using Calico, Flannel, Weave and Cilium · · 9 min read

Compare Top Kubernetes Storage Solutions: OpenEBS, Portworx, Rook, & Gluster

If your organization is building out a microservice-based architecture, then you’re probably intimately familiar with Kubernetes. The ability to rapidly scale services up and down is one of Kubernetes’s top selling points; however, managing persistent storage in this highly dynamic environment can be challenging. This article will introduce you to the top four block storage

Compare Top Kubernetes Storage Solutions: OpenEBS, Portworx, Rook, & Gluster · · 5 min read

Ultimate Guide to Kubernetes Ingress Controllers

Overview In this article you’ll learn about: What is Kubernetes Ingress Why Kubernetes Ingress was created Differences between Kubernetes Ingress, NodePort and Load Balancers Installing an Ingress Controller Using Kubernetes Ingress to expose Services via externally reachable URLs Using Kubernetes Ingress to load balance traffic Using Kubernetes Ingress to terminate SSL / TLS Using Kubernetes

Ultimate Guide to Kubernetes Ingress Controllers · · 9 min read
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Kops vs. EKS vs. Platform9

There are a number of different options that software engineering organizations can consider when evaluating which Kubernetes management solution is right for them. This article seeks to provide DevOps engineers with a clear picture of the similarities and differences between three popular Kubernetes deployment and management tools: Kops, EKS, and Platform9 Managed Kubernetes (PMK).  This

Kops vs. EKS vs. Platform9 · · 18 min read

Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Deployments – When and Why?

There are a variety of ways to segment workloads from each other in Kubernetes. You can run them on different pods or set up different namespaces. But if you want the maximum level of granularity – and the high availability and performance benefits that it can bring – a multi-cluster Kubernetes deployment is the way

Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Deployments – When and Why? · · 8 min read

Kubernetes on Bare Metal: Why and How

Running Kubernetes on bare metal offers a variety of advantages: It can increase performance, lower costs and more. Although bare metal isn’t always the best deployment approach for Kubernetes, it’s certainly worth considering if you have the infrastructure to support it. Below, we walk through considerations for running Kubernetes on bare metal, then explain how

Kubernetes on Bare Metal: Why and How · · 8 min read
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