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Rafay Systems has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Container Management
Rafay Systems has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Container Management. * We believe that being included in this market guide report underscores that Rafay’s global customer base and Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) teams recognize value in the company’s unique approach for operating Kubernetes infrastructure and modern, containerized applications.
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Top 5 Takeaways from DZone’s 2021 Kubernetes and the Enterprise Report
It's hard to believe that Kubernetes (K8s) is not yet even a ten year-old system, as it has fundamentally changed the way thousands of organizations automate their deployment, scaling, and development operations. Recently, DZone -- one of the top media outlets for IT pros and developers -- released their annual Kubernetes and the Enterprise report.
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What Is Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)? A Beginner’s Guide
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is a managed environment for deploying, managing and scaling containerized applications using the Google Cloud Platform infrastructure. The environment that Google Kubernetes Engine provides consists of multiple machines, specifically Google Compute Engine instances, which are grouped together to form a cluster.
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Getting started with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Kubernetes service (AKS) maintains your hosted Kubernetes environment, making it quick and easy to deploy and manage containerized applications without having a proficiency in container orchestration. It also eliminates the burden of ongoing Kubernetes operations and maintenance by provisioning, upgrading, and scaling resources on demand, without taking your applications offline.
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Getting started with Pivotal Container Service (PKS)
Pivotal Container Service (PKS) is a managed Kubernetes service for developers to operate and manage enterprise-grade Kubernetes clusters using BOSH and Pivotal Ops Manager. PKS uses the On-Demand Broker to deploy Cloud Foundry Container Runtime, a BOSH release that offers a uniform way to instantiate, deploy, and manage highly available Kubernetes clusters on a cloud platform using BOSH.
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Getting started with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is a managed Kubernetes to deploy, scale and monitor containerized applications on AWS. Amazon EKS auto-scales worker nodes, including the API servers and back-end persistence layer, across multiple AWS availability zones for high availability and fault tolerance.
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All Things Kubernetes: Application Secrets — Part 2
This blog was originally published on Medium. All Things Kubernetes This is part of a series of blogs on “All Things Kubernetes”.
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All Things Kubernetes: Application Secrets - Part 1
This is part of a series of blogs on “All Things Kubernetes”. Each blog post will focus on highlighting the common issues that people encounter with Kubernetes and how they can overcome these issues.
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Airship & Rafay: Automated Cluster Management & Application Distribution
The Combination delivers seamless Lifecycle Management for Bare-Metal Infrastructure, Kubernetes and Containerized Applications for Service Provider Networks Telcos and service providers such as AT&T and South Korea Telecom (SKT) are leveraging Airship, an Open Infrastructure project, to programmatically bring up production-grade Kubernetes clusters on bare-metal servers using declarative principles. These companies see Airship as a key enabler towards deploying and operating high-value network functions such as evolved packet cores (EPCs) and customer workloads across their networks.
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Perftest Application Now Available on Github
Following up on my earlier post, I am publishing a perftest utility application that measures web page performance, including underlying network latency, and which further demonstrates how to use some of the features of the Rafay platform. First, I want to point out we're not a performance testing company.
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DockerCon19 Takeaway: Operationalizing Container Environments is the #1 Problem
At DockerCon 19, a number of companies, including Docker, announced new and upcoming products that simplify the deployment and cluster bringup of running containerized applications across public and private cloud environments. Their value propositions are simple: “We’ll help you run your containerized apps anywhere.
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Hi! We at Rafay want to be Open with you...
You might not know us yet, but we are maniacally focused on solving a big hairy complex problem. Actually, it’s a set of problems.
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Distribution, Cross-Site Scaling & Lifecycle Management for Containerized Apps
Rafay enables developers to automate the distribution, operations, cross-region scaling and lifecycle management of containerized microservices across public/private clouds and service provider networks. Rafay’s platform is built around foundational elements that together deliver an optimal abstraction layer across disparate infrastructure, making it easy for developers to scale and operate their apps across any number of locations (regions).
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To Engage Customers Online, You Need an Uber-like App Infrastructure
If you have ever hailed a ride through the Uber app and waited for the car to arrive, you may have found Uber’s ability to deliver highly accurate and near real-time updates of the arriving car’s location on a map very useful. Delivering this highly responsive and engaging experience to the user is no small feat.
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