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Introducing the Industry’s First Managed Kubernetes Service on VMware

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 […]

Introducing the Industry’s First Managed Kubernetes Service on VMware · · 5 min read

Challenges and Tips for Taking Legacy Systems to the Cloud

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

Challenges and Tips for Taking Legacy Systems to the Cloud · · 4 min read

Platform9 at KubeCon 2018: Kubernetes that Just Works!

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

Platform9 at KubeCon 2018: Kubernetes that Just Works! · · 1 min read

Enterprise Kubernetes: 5 Insights from KubeCon 2018

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 —

Enterprise Kubernetes: 5 Insights from KubeCon 2018 · · 5 min read

The Seamless Upgrade for Kubernetes’ First Major Security Hole, CVE-2018-1002105

CVE-2018-1002105, a critical Kubernetes security vulnerability affecting multiple versions of the popular container orchestration system was recently discovered and fixed by the Kubernetes open source community. What is the CVE-2018-1002105 Security Bug? In summary, when exploited the vulnerability would allow a lesser privileged user to perform escalated privilege operations against Kubernetes. This could be misused

The Seamless Upgrade for Kubernetes’ First Major Security Hole, CVE-2018-1002105 · · 5 min read

Solving the Kubernetes and Storage Challenge

Enterprise Infatuation with Kubernetes It seems that everyone is infatuated with Kubernetes.  Every organization has an active project with Kubernetes or planning one.   When adopting Kubernetes organizations are quickly realizing that many decisions need to be made and that Kubernetes is no simple thing.   Some common questions are: How will I deploy Kubernetes? Where will

Solving the Kubernetes and Storage Challenge · · 6 min read

7 Insights into AWS’ Outposts announcement at re:Invent and the future of hybrid cloud

At Amazon’s re:Invent 2018 conference, Amazon finally announced their venture into on-premises data-centers, called AWS Outposts. Just a few years ago, this would have been unthinkable, given how Amazon executives would proclaim the inevitable death of on-premises infrastructure and private clouds. While AWS Outposts is in a very early technical preview, I wanted to share

7 Insights into AWS’ Outposts announcement at re:Invent and the future of hybrid cloud · · 5 min read

Transitioning from managing VMs to orchestrating containers

This is a guest blog post written by Ron Illsley, distinguished analyst at Ovum. One of the biggest challenges faced by organizations as they look to adopt newer cloud native concepts, such as containers, micro-services, or serverless is marrying this new world with its existing portfolio and processes. The issue faced by many CIOs is

Transitioning from managing VMs to orchestrating containers · · 4 min read

8 Architectural Considerations to Keep in Mind About Microservices

Over the past several years, the use of microservices as a means of driving agile best practices and accelerating software delivery has become more and more commonplace. In an effort to avoid the pitfalls that come with monolithic applications, microservices aim to break your architecture into loosely-coupled components (or, services) that are easier to update independently,

8 Architectural Considerations to Keep in Mind About Microservices · · 7 min read

What is Serverless and What it Means for You – Part 1

Serverless Computing has emerged in the past year as a compelling architectural alternative for building and running modern applications and services. Serverless applications allow developers to focus on their code, instead of on the infrastructure configuration and management. This speeds up development and release cycles, as well as allows for better, more efficient, scaling. Serverless

What is Serverless and What it Means for You – Part 1 · · 8 min read

How to Build Hybrid Cloud Confidence

This blog post originally appeared on the AppDynamics blog   Software complexity has grown dramatically over the past decade, and enterprises are looking to hybrid cloud technologies to help power their applications and critical DevOps pipelines. But with so many moving pieces, how can you gain confidence in your hybrid cloud investment? The hybrid cloud

How to Build Hybrid Cloud Confidence · · 4 min read
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