Having choice in your IT vendor stack is the best way to ensure affordable and resilient infrastructure. We’ve seen customers save hundreds of millions of dollars when they implement a multi-vendor approach. It also helps them navigate a complex and changing IT...
As the CEO of RackN, I’ve had many conversations with IT leaders and operations teams about performance metrics. In those meetings, it’s clear that there’s a common challenge: it’s hard getting good, steady results when managing infrastructure because overarching...
In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, the ability to deploy and manage server infrastructure efficiently is more than just a convenience—it's a competitive necessity. Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) emerges as a pivotal technology in this context, offering a...
This year, like every year, a new crop of buzzwords enter the Hype Cycle with the result of friction and frustration upon implementation. Too often, challenge and complexity come from embracing the newest technologies on the annual Gartner Infrastructure &...
The integration of AI such as Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT into DevOps marks a significant shift towards more intelligent and efficient practices. However, RackN notes that while these models can generate basic scripts, like a TerraForm file, they often...
With our upcoming v4.11 release, you can finally trade your Cloud Builder spreadsheets in for an API-driven VMware vCenter bring up. This means you can eliminate the manual parts of VMware deployments. We’re already delivering the Digital Rebar modules required to customers, and are excited to roll them out to everyone.
If you're staring down a VMware price hike and reconsidering its use in your organizations’ infrastructure, you're not alone. We've been helping customers navigate this exact dilemma, and the alternatives to VMware have gotten clearer over the last year. Whether...
Recently, we’ve been focusing on Kubernetes Virtualization a lot, both behind the scenes with and in our content. Our latest complimentary Gartner® report offering, KubeVirt Will Require Radical Changes to Traditional I&O, is no different. The report, by analyst...
We recently conducted a survey to gauge interest in enterprises adopting Kubernetes on bare metal as an alternative to VMware. The results are in, and they’re pretty clear. There’s a strong push towards bare metal Kubernetes, but organizations are also very aware of...
Among the options available as alternatives to VMware, OpenShift stands out with its extra utility for developers. But the usefulness of OpenShift is a double-edged sword, creating issues when it's generalized. One of the key challenges we’ve seen is the tension...
Bare Metal is making a bold resurgence in the world of cloud-native Kubernetes. At the recent CNCF KubeCon, the spotlight on AI and virtualization brought Bare Metal infrastructure back into focus as a critical topic of discussion. Organizations are increasingly...
