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
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
Last week I had the honor of speaking at GeekWire’s Cloud Tech Summit in Bellevue, WA. The event was a huge success, featuring a full day of talks, interviews, and presentations that painted a clearer picture of this fast-changing world. The programming had a great selection of talks around the issues that are relevant and
· July 3, 2018 · 2 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
Of late, there have been various Open source projects to manage networking for containers. Docker implemented “libnetwork“. I’ve written in the past about using Calico with Docker containers. Debugging and low level tweaks to performance isn’t easy without an in-depth understanding of how the network stack works for a container. This post tries to explain network
· January 10, 2017 · 5 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
We recently announced the beta release of Platform9 Managed Kubernetes. Kubernetes is an open source container orchestration tool, originally designed by Google. The “managed” experience means Platform9 handles all the nitty gritty details of Kubernetes deployment, configuration, ongoing monitoring, troubleshooting and upgrades. What’s more, the container orchestration tools provide built in support for a number of pain-points
· August 3, 2016 · 4 min read
In the late 90s, I had a short-sighted reaction to Microsoft bundling Internet Explorer with the Windows OS. While the technology world grappled with the legalities, ethics and impact to competition, I was just happy to have a browser that was faster and easier to use. I’m writing this at DockerCon16, where yesterday’s keynote reminded me
· June 22, 2016 · 4 min read