Imagine you are a developer who is a fresh college graduate. You have got a dream job at an amazing company which values talent and merit. You are getting a chance to work on the latest technologies like Kubernetes, Cloud and Edge stack and develop solutions for end users. You take a few months to […]
· March 4, 2022 · 6 min read
VMware Tanzu recently announced Community Edition (CE). A new flavor in their Kubernetes based Tanzu platform. As I learned more, it got me wondering how our Managed Kubernetes (PMK) free tier compared to it. Tanzu CE is meant for test, discovery, and pre-production scenarios. While our free tier is production ready. To be fair to
· December 16, 2021 · 8 min read
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
· July 19, 2021 · 8 min read
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
· April 29, 2021 · 18 min read
Over the past few years, organizations looking to build private clouds have gained some interesting new options in the form of Azure Stack and AWS Outposts. At the same time, OpenStack remains an important contender in the private cloud ecosystem. Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of these three platforms is critical for deciding which solution
· July 13, 2020 · 7 min read
Evaluating EKS vs GKE vs AKS? Whether you’re considering getting your feet wet with Kubernetes, or are looking at Kubernetes as the foundation to deploy applications consistently across hybrid/multi cloud environments, you are likely evaluating at the big three cloud providers and their Kubernetes offerings. (Read more: 6 Ways Kubernetes Simplifies Multi-Cloud Management) This article
· January 6, 2020 · 6 min read
At VMworld 2019, VMware shared two major announcements: VMware Tanzu Mission Control, which provides multi-cluster management across distributed Kubernetes clusters and Project Pacific, which ties Kubernetes more closely within vSphere. These are significant announcements in the first VMworld following VMware’s acquisition of Heptio a year ago and the recent news of its intent to purchase
· August 27, 2019 · 7 min read
AWS acquiescence with Kubernetes could prove a defining moment in evolution of cloud computing, paradoxically making AWS less differentiated over time For the past decade, Amazon Web Services has been on a seemingly unending winning streak, launching innovative service after service with breathtaking velocity. This hot streak has had massive follow-on effects on the world
· November 27, 2017 · 4 min read
In this updated blog post we’ll compare Kubernetes with Amazon ECS (EC2 Container Service). We’ll walk you through high-level discussions of Kubernetes and Amazon ECS, and then compare these two competing solutions. For completeness, we provide an overview of Kubernetes. If you have already read the previous posts which compare Kubernetes to Docker Swarm
· July 20, 2017 · 12 min read
In this updated blog post we’ll compare Kubernetes with the Mesos + Marathon container orchestration solution. We’ll walk you through a high-level discussion of Kubernetes and Mesos with Marathon, look at their features, and cover their pros and cons. Overview of Kubernetes According to the Kubernetes website, “Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment,
· July 11, 2017 · 12 min read
In this updated blog post we’ll compare Kubernetes (versions 1.5.0 and later) with Docker Swarm, also referred to as Docker Engine running in Swarm mode (versions 1.12.0 and later). Overview of Kubernetes According to the Kubernetes website, “Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.” Kubernetes was built by
· June 22, 2017 · 11 min read
This post has been updated by Kubernetes vs Amazon ECS. — Developers looking to containerize their traditional virtualized applications into micro-services face a conundrum of choice today. The contenders are Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Mesos, Amazon ECS and few others. All touting same or similar benefits, all vying for the top spot of being the most powerful container orchestration
· September 23, 2016 · 5 min read