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How Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) Can Use Kubernetes at the edge for Less Latency and Better Livestream

For today’s livestream and video streaming needs, low latency is key. This is where edge computing and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) shine – by bringing data storage and computation closer to end users. Connecting with people via livestream was once thought of as something largely used by the gaming and eSports community. However, the tech […]

How Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) Can Use Kubernetes at the edge for Less Latency and Better Livestream · · 5 min read

Edge Computing and Video Streaming: Improving User Experience

If you’re in the tech community then it’s highly like that you have (at least) heard talk of edge computing. But what, exactly, is the latest tech buzzword referring to? What do they mean when they describe running applications “at the edge”? And, when it’s all said and done, what is it about edge computing

Edge Computing and Video Streaming: Improving User Experience · · 5 min read

Edge Analytics Enables New Retail Solutions with Value and Efficiency

In the world of retail, all real-world activities like shopping, billing, inventory management, and logistics happen at different locations while the data analytics that drives all these activities is performed in a centralized data center or a public cloud location. This divide will soon be a thing of the past as edge computing pushes data

Edge Analytics Enables New Retail Solutions with Value and Efficiency · · 5 min read

Design Patterns for Modern Private Clouds

In the public cloud, “design patterns” have emerged as a popular concept for defining cloud strategies tailored to specific use cases or goals. Microsoft offers a series of design patterns for Azure, for example, and practitioners have adopted similar strategies for AWS. To date, however, there has been less discussion of design patterns for private

Design Patterns for Modern Private Clouds · · 5 min read

Kubernetes at the Crossroads: Planning Intelligently as Markets Consolidate

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

Kubernetes at the Crossroads: Planning Intelligently as Markets Consolidate · · 4 min read

Bringing Private Cloud Architectures into the Modern Age

Today’s private clouds must accommodate a range of new needs and use cases that the private clouds of the past rarely contended with. At the same time, new technologies (or old technologies that have matured) have created novel opportunities for building out hybrid clouds. For both of these reasons, redefining private cloud architectures is one

Bringing Private Cloud Architectures into the Modern Age · · 5 min read

Solving the Edge Platform Challenge

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

Solving the Edge Platform Challenge · · 3 min read

Kubernetes Secrets Management

Like many computing systems, your Kubernetes environment requires the use of sensitive information. Sensitive values (such as passwords, SSH keys, and security tokens) are referred to collectively as secrets. In this article, we will explain how to store and manage the secrets in your Kubernetes environment, and we will examine the capabilities of Kubernetes and

Kubernetes Secrets Management · · 5 min read

4 Large-Scale Kubernetes Best Practices

Kubernetes deployments can scale to support services and applications that run in a broad array of environments, from multi-cloud deployments to resource-constrained edge computing environments. But as businesses look to save money by optimizing infrastructural resources, the process of deploying thousands of microservices over geographically distributed servers can become increasingly complicated. If your company will

4 Large-Scale Kubernetes Best Practices · · 4 min read

Key Considerations for Doing Kubernetes Right

Kubernetes is widely recognized as a platform that enables highly efficient use of infrastructure, but organizations need to understand those benefits are maximized when the developer experience itself is optimized. Developers are increasingly assuming responsibilities for systems operations. In the past, it was common to have a separate team of systems administrators responsible for deploying

Key Considerations for Doing Kubernetes Right · · 4 min read
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