Overcoming IP Churn in Ephemeral DevOps Environments Using Userspace Overlays
Modern DevOps practices have completely transformed how we handle compute and orchestration. Tools like Kubernetes enable engineering teams to spin up ephemeral containers in seconds and scale workloads dynamically to meet global demand. Yet the underlying network infrastructure has remained stubbornly rigid. Traditional cloud networking relies heavily on static IP addresses, rigid firewall rules, and […]
Microsoft Copilot Studio Brings Computer-Using Agents to the Enterprise
For years, IT and DevOps teams have wrestled with the same stubborn problem: how do you automate workflows in systems that were never built for automation? Legacy apps, vendor portals, and proprietary line-of-business platforms rarely offer APIs. That means someone, usually a human, ends up clicking through screens, entering data, and completing transactions by hand. […]
The Rise of Composable Architectures to Replace Traditional Platforms
Traditional monolithic platforms have served their purpose. As technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing usher in a new digital age, flexible and modular architectures will take their place. Developers and cloud professionals should familiarize themselves with composable architecture’s principles, benefits and implementation best practices to remain competitive in an evolving technological landscape. Composable Architectures […]
Bridging the IT Divide Without Breaking What Already Works
Modernizing SQL Server infrastructure means balancing stability, automation and uptime across legacy and modern IT environments.
AWS Transform Modernizes Any Codebase, App, API or Runtime
Platforms, paradigms, processes and processing itself all evolve. Because the information technology industry crosses from one chasm to another on an apparently endless loop of perpetual change, applications and wider systems need to be almost continually modernized. Amazon Web Services wants to enable that process with AWS Transform, a service that now ships with new […]
Explanation First, Then Code Conversion: A Practical Guide to Mainframe Optimization
Before you even think about code conversion, take a closer look at what you have—and let generative AI (GenAI) help you explain it. Here’s how to modernize your mainframe smarter, not just faster. The Real Challenge: Understanding Decades-Old Practices and Code If you’ve worked with mainframes for any length of time, you’ve seen it before: […]
Best of 2023: Microservices Sucks — Amazon Goes Back to Basics
In this week’s #TheLongView: Amazon Prime Video has ditched its use of microservices-cum-serverless, reverting to a traditional, monolithic architecture. It vastly improved the workload’s cost and scalability.
80% of Bosses ‘Regret’ Stopping WFH ¦ PSA: Disable STS!
In this week’s #TheLongView: Rethinking return-to-office mandates and a ridiculous, ancient Windows bug.
AWS Saves Ukraine’s Data | WPF ‘is not Dead’ (yet) | Devs Quit for Cash
In this week’s The Long View: Amazon S3 is keeping Ukraine’s data safe, we ask if Windows Presentation Foundation is dead, and developers tell us why they switch jobs.
EU Data Privacy: Try Again | SkyPilot: Choose Cheapest Cloud | WFH: Better Meetings
In this week’s The Long View: EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework reemerges, Berkeley brings cloud selection box, and proof that remote work is good work.
Dead Downtown: It’s YOUR Fault | Pentagon’s FOUR Cloud Vendors | Apple Adds MORE Price Flexibility
In this week’s The Long View: Home working is ripping the heart out of cities, the DoD’s bizarre cloud strategy, and Apple adds a $10,000 app price option.
Rust Momentum Intensifies | Elon Says No WFH
In this week’s The Long View: People won’t shut up about Rustlang, and Musk mandates Twitter teams return to the office.
AWS Outage Outrage | Rusty Linux | ARM Latest
In this week’s The Long View: Amazon Web Services falls on its face, Linux’s move to Rust takes the next step, and the FTC stabs another fatal wound in the horrible Arm/Nvidia deal.
AWS re:Invent Roundup: Private 5G | Graviton3 ARM Chips | DevOps Guru++
In this week’s The Long View: Three things that caught my eye from Amazon Web Services’ re:Invent conference. Private 5G, Graviton3 chips, and something called DevOps Guru for RDS (yes, really).
GitOps on AWS: Codifying cloud operations
Kubernetes is the foundation for modern cloud native architectures today but it is just one of the building blocks. To unlock cloud native agility, platform teams require new components and methodologies in order to successfully operationalize the entire stack. Many enterprise IT teams encounter production challenges when it comes to managing multi-cluster Kubernetes across multiple […]
GitOps on AWS: How to build a high-performing team operation
Many modern enterprises embrace DevOps methodologies – automating and streamlining the integration and deployment processes – in order to increase development speed and reliability. GitOps takes DevOps principles one step further while leveraging best practices from managing application infrastructure as code. GitOps allows development teams to use the tools that they are already familiar with […]
GitOps on AWS: Managing Governance, Compliance and Risk for Kubernetes on EKS
4 out of 10 enterprises are now running Kubernetes in a production environment today but many still consider security and policy concerns an overwhelming obstacle and bottleneck to innovation. The GitOps workflow gives teams a head start as it relies on git’s strong correctness and security. Every pull request has a built-in and fully auditable […]
GitOps on AWS: Accelerate software delivery on EKS
“I feel the need – the need for speed.” Many companies have chosen Kubernetes as it speeds up application development and delivery. So how can teams truly accelerate their software delivery? Can you avoid the steep learning curve altogether? GitOps lets teams continuously deploy new versions to hundreds of EKS environments simultaneously. With a clear […]
EKS + GitOps QuickStart
Excited about the opportunities of Cloud Native development, GitOps and Amazon’s Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) – but not sure how to navigate your organization to the path to success? Whether your team is already using Kubernetes in the cloud or behind the firewall they need battle-tested architectures, workflows and skills to operate EKS reliably. Weaveworks […]
GitOps on AWS: Managing Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Models
Data has proven to be a competitive differentiator for decades and the adoption of machine learning can now deliver even greater insights from data. Adopting machine learning requires a technology environment with processes and platforms that can deliver innovation at scale. EKS is a managed Kubernetes platform for scale. GitOps introduces processes and principles that […]
Cloud Native – Why De-Risking Day 2 Operations Is a Smart Business Strategy
In this post, Co-CEO of D2iQ Tobi Knaup talks about how to de-risk your cloud native projects by planning for Day 2 on Day 0. Hint: Day 2 is when services are in production and issues of security, scale, and stability have real business impact. D2iQ (or “Day 2 IQ” – as we call it) […]
Announcing Dispatch 1.1 – Cloud Native CI/CD for Enterprise-Grade GitOps
Rahul Dabke from D2iQ writes about the newest release of Dispatch useful for CI/CD, developer agility, and collaboration. D2iQ is proud to announce Dispatch 1.1 — a fast-follower to Dispatch launch where we accelerate CI/CD pipelines and smoothen the user experience for developer onboarding. Here are noteworthy highlights of the Dispatch 1.1 release: Accelerate CI/CD […]
Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Is Tired. Federated Distribution Is Wired
Chris Gaun and Max Werner from D2iQ write about expanding upon Kubernetes by using new distribution and Day-2-ifying practices. Not much has changed about end users’ hybrid and multi-cloud strategy in 10 years. Now that Kubernetes is everywhere—GKE, EKS, OKE, AKS, DIY, Konvoy—it is time to expand upon the staid approach by deploying a distribution […]