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Key Features to Consider When Evaluating an Enterprise Kubernetes Solution

This is an Excerpt from The Buyer’s Guide to Enterprise Kubernetes Solutions. You can download the full guide here. Digital transformation across industries is driving the need for IT to enable cloud-native applications. This has led enterprises to adopt Kubernetes as the most effective way to support cloud-native, container-based architectures, and to modernize their applications

Platform9 · April 24, 2019 · 7 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

Platform9 · November 28, 2018 · 4 min read

Managed Kubernetes vs DIY: Top 3 Considerations Before You Choose

As containerization continues to explode, the need for a container orchestration and management platform has exploded with it. Kubernetes has become that de facto leader for orchestration and management. At Platform9, we have observed that, as our customers enter the Kubernetes space, their primary inclination is to start doing the implementation by themselves. They want

Platform9 · February 22, 2018 · 4 min read

Why You Need a Container Orchestration Tool

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

Platform9 · August 3, 2016 · 4 min read

Demo of Platform9 Managed Kubernetes with Jenkins

Recently, we announced the beta release of Platform9 Managed Kubernetes, a SaaS-managed offering for Kubernetes. The “managed” experience means Platform9 handles all the nitty gritty details of Kubernetes deployment, configuration, ongoing monitoring, troubleshooting and upgrades. This lets software developers focus on using the Kubernetes APIs to build cloud-native applications, and DevOps teams can focus on realizing

Platform9 · July 26, 2016 · 1 min read