In HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones, the mythical seven kingdoms are preparing for winter brought on by a force of zombie-like creatures called “White Walkers.” The phrase “winter is coming” is repeated throughout the course of the series, foreshadowing perils that lie ahead. With the changing seasons upon us, let’s consider what challenges are in […]
· October 25, 2018 · 5 min read
Kubernetes has emerged as the defacto standard in enabling IT to build out digital architectures to deliver on their business goals, and it is now a “must have” for whatever your organization’s level of digital maturity is. In this article, Vamsi Chemitiganti talks about the five fundamental business capabilities that Kubernetes can drive in the
· October 22, 2018 · 10 min read
Kubernetes is easily the most transformational cloud technology available today. It is the de facto standard for container orchestration, essentially functioning as an operating system for cloud-native applications. With its built-in high availability; granular, infinite scalability; portability; and rolling upgrades, Kubernetes provides many of the features that are critical for running cloud-native applications on a truly composable, interoperable infrastructure. Enterprises of all
· October 18, 2018 · 5 min read
Cloud Management is a key aspect organizations are looking at on their journey to becoming a software-driven enterprise – in order to simplify operations, increase IT efficiency and reduce datacenter costs. Enterprise IT has to juggle supporting many different types of applications (legacy, mainframe, monolithic, cloud-native apps, microservices, serverless, and more) – each requiring their
· October 9, 2018 · 8 min read
Today, we’re excited to announce that Platform9 is open-sourcing etcdadm, available under the Apache v2.0 license on GitHub. We’ve been working on this project for a while, and we’re stoked to now share it with the open source community at large to streamline the setup and ongoing operations of production etcd clusters. Inspired by kubeadm, etcdadm provides Kubernetes users
· October 2, 2018 · 3 min read
If you haven’t already done so, the thought of your enterprise using cloud computing must have crossed your mind, right? The key business imperative driving moves to new data center architectures are their ability to natively support digital applications. Digital applications are “Cloud Native” (CN) in the sense that these interactive applications are originally written
· September 17, 2018 · 8 min read
This is a 3-part series on Kubernetes monitoring and logging: Requirements and recommended toolset EFK Stack – Part 1: Fluentd Architecture and Configuration EFK Stack – Part 2: Elasticsearch Configuration (this article) In the previous posts in this series, we’ve reviewed the architecture and requirements for a logging and monitoring system for Kubernetes, as well
· September 12, 2018 · 5 min read
This is a 3-part series on Kubernetes monitoring and logging: Requirements and recommended toolset EFK Stack – Part 1: Fluentd Architecture and Configuration (this article) EFK Stack – Part 2: Elasticsearch Configuration In the previous article, we discussed the proven components and architecture of a logging and monitoring stack for Kubernetes, comprised of Fluentd, Elasticsearch,
· September 12, 2018 · 4 min read
We’re excited to share that Platform9 received the 2018 Stratus Award for Cloud Computing in the “Hybrid Cloud Provider” category. The Stratus Award from Business Intelligence Group recognizes companies and individuals innovating in the Cloud that provide solutions which are truly differentiated in the market. Platform9 was chosen for our unique offering – providing the industry’s only enterprise-grade,
· August 29, 2018 · 2 min read
This is a 3-part series on Kubernetes monitoring and logging: Requirements and recommended toolset (this article) EFK Stack – Part 1: Fluentd Architecture and Configuration EFK Stack – Part 2: Elasticsearch Configuration You have a K8s cluster. Now what? For a production-grade Kubernetes cluster, monitoring, alerting and log aggregation are essential. In this article, we
· August 24, 2018 · 5 min read
See Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. Cloud Management is one of the key areas that CTOs and CIOs need to make investments in in the coming years. In the previous 2 posts in this series, we discussed the challenges with existing cloud management platforms and the 5 key capabilities of CMPs.
· July 31, 2018 · 7 min read
See part 1 of this series here. The Ovum Decision Matrix Research Report discusses the impact of two major shifts in cloud adoption: The growing impact of Shadow IT in enterprises. The need to migrate workloads to the cloud. We also see a clear third shift: the need to develop Cloud Native applications for
· July 26, 2018 · 3 min read