Kubernetes is changing the divide between operations and development. Where traditionally, provisioning and managing infrastructure was a task exclusive to IT Operations, Kubernetes is shifting infrastructure towards developers. Even though public cloud, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code tooling put infrastructure into their hands, developers are not operationally focused. That leaves operational aspects in the dark, which impacts many non-functional and qualitative aspects of the software being built. So how do operations and development engineers come together to …
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VMware vSphere with Tanzu is the simplest implementation of Kubernetes
While we have had capabilities to run Kubernetes on vSphere for a while now with VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid on VMware Cloud Foundation, I’ve argued in the past (listen to this CTO Advisor podcast with Keith Townsend) that this was designed for consumption of Kubernetes at scale, not at the entry-level, where I think the integration of vSphere and Kubernetes makes much more sense. Today, VMware released VMware vSphere with Tanzu, a more accessible, faster way …
The Unconscious Choice for Multi-cloud
Multi-cloud ‘just happens’ due to organizational silos, cloud platform limitations and unique technical capabilities. Deal with unconscious multi-cloud!
From Peak to Peak: A Mission Control Tale from the Trenches
Joep recounts the ripple effects and cascading failures he faced while leading cloud transformation at a Dutch retailer and argues for a mission control approach to managing resilience.