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Should you use Kubernetes for your Startup?

Developers love containers for their portability and flexibility. Suitable for today’s cloud-native environment and agile development requirements, containers make it super-fast to develop, test, and run applications. Besides this, they are lightweight and can optimize the platform (and the host OS) they are deployed on. Now, for powerful applications with hundreds of containers, the platform should also be portable, flexible, extensible, and efficient.

Pepperdata Now Supports Azure Kubernetes Service

Today, we have some exciting news to share: Pepperdata Capacity Optimizer now supports Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This means users of AKS are able to automatically optimize their workloads running on the Azure Kubernetes Service. AKS users can now rely on Pepperdata to help them monitor and optimize Spark applications on Kubernetes AKS. This evolution of our platform has been in the works for some time, and we know our users will be delighted by this development.

SCOM is a great addition for monitoring Kubernetes - and this is why!

Kubernetes is one of the most prominent container orchestration platforms available today. As cloud-native- and container solutions gain attention, so is Kubernetes. The platform that Google open-sourced in 2014 has even become the standard for container management for private- and public cloud. With the new approach towards cloud-native application development, where microservices and containers are essential, there is a big focus on software development and how to migrate to the cloud.

Getting Started with Skaffold for Kubernetes Deployments

Kubernetes has experienced rapid growth over the years, with a recent post from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation reporting a userbase increase of about 67% in just the past year. Kubernetes is a container orchestration platform that automates how containers are deployed, how they communicate, and how traffic is routed between them; it also scales configurations for both the containerized workloads and the underlying infrastructure that comprises the cluster.

12-Factor Containerized Microservices: Leveraging VMware Tanzu and the Best of Kubernetes

At VMware, as we talk to enterprise customers about their application deployment patterns, challenges, and future requirements, we observe a common theme. Most of them are embarking on a modern application design and deployment path by using containers and Kubernetes as foundational technologies and by implementing their applications as microservices.

Surviving the Server Chip Shortage

The global chip shortage, which began in 2020, continues as demand for semiconductor chips continues to far outpace production. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger recently forecast shortages to be sustained through at least the remainder of 2022. As a result, IT operations teams at almost every company we’ve talked with have felt the crunch in the form of skyrocketing prices and delays of up to a year for procurement of physical servers.

HPC workloads on Robin Cloud Native Platform (CNP) using Nvidia GPU (MIG A100)

In today’s world, graphics processing units or GPUs have attracted a lot of attention as the optimal vehicle to run artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) workloads. These workloads require massive amounts of data, both ultra-high speed and parallel processing, along with flexibility and high availability. It is clear that high-performance computing (HPC) with graphics processing unit (GPU) systems are required to support cutting-edge workloads.

The 5 best AWS Deployment Options to Consider in 2022

When we talk about various deployment and infrastructure provisioning choices on AWS, each option serves a particular set of users and needs. Some of Amazon's most common deployment services include Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFormation, and CodeDeploy. In containerization, there are options like ECS, EKS, Fargate, etc.