Over the past two years, deploying a conformant Kubernetes cluster has become even easier, thanks to the efforts of the Cluster Lifecycle Special Interest Group (SIG) and its kubeadm tool. But if you’ve used kubeadm on a freshly provisioned machine, you know there is a considerable set of tasks you have to complete prior to […]
· April 16, 2019 · 3 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
Today Enterprise IT does not question the value of containerized applications anymore. Given the move to adopting DevOps and cloud-native architectures, it is critical to leverage container capabilities in order to enable digital transformation. Google’s Kubernetes (K8s), an open source container orchestration system, has become the de facto standard — and the key enabler —
· March 6, 2019 · 9 min read
In my recent post on InfoQ, I discuss the techniques that serverless platforms use “under the hood” to balance performance and cost. Serverless computing is for many the logical next step in cloud computing, moving applications to a set of higher-level abstractions and offloading more of the low-level operational work to the cloud provider (regardless
· February 13, 2019 · 2 min read
This is an excerpt from The Gorilla Guide to Serverless on Kubernetes, written by Joep Piscaer. See the first chapter here. You can download the full guide here. The biggest advantage of serverless computing is the clear separation between the developer and the operational aspects of putting code into production. This simplified model of “who does
· February 12, 2019 · 4 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
I had just returned from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2018, which was held this week in Seattle, WA. The 8,000 attendees gathered at the conference (up from around 4,000 just last year!) are a huge testament to the growing adoption, maturation, and impact of Kubernetes in the enterprise. Kubernetes is not only here to stay —
· December 14, 2018 · 5 min read