Is it possible to un-sprawl multi-cloud operations?
People involved in long standing feuds tend to forget why they started fighting in the first place. The current multi-cloud feud is not about Hatfield’s AWS vs McCoy’s Azure. It’s really a battle over IT’s mortal enemy: sprawl. Inevitably, sprawl will grow when you manage multiple infrastructures, but that’s not just because you choose to […]
The 5 ways Kubernetes reshaped ops
Seven years ago I started a ClusterOps SIG to build a Kubernetes community for operators. While the underlying network, compute and storage components now are stable, running infrastructure has (thankfully) changed over that time. So all these years later, has Kubernetes reshaped ops? The history of Kubernetes and ops Some say Kubernetes is driving a new wave […]
How to Scale Infrastructure as Code
Global banks, service providers and media companies rely on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives to transform their IT delivery and operations processes. We know, because we help our customers scale Infrastructure as Code across multi-clouds. As you get started with IaC, it can seem overwhelming. That is why we partnered with TFiR to break down the basics […]
How did a RackN intern help with our website refresh?
With the summer and our website refresh coming to a successful end, we sat down with marketing intern Kiera Quinn. We wanted to know what she learned in her time at RackN. Q: Can you tell us about your role this summer? Hello, I’m Kiera! I was brought on to help prepare for a website refresh, […]
Fully Automated VMware Cloud Builder and Cloud Foundations
We did 100s of VMware installs so you don’t have to. It’s no secret that RackN delivers Consistent Day 2 VMware Operations and makes Easy VMware Installs for our operators. That’s critical to our customers who have deployed VMware automatically using RackN Digital Rebar processes hundreds of thousands of times across their global fleets. And with VMworld Explore 2022 around the […]
Now, the real work begins for infrastructure automation
RackN named in four Gartner Hype Cycles Last month, Gartner published 2022 Hype Cycle reports across several areas, including Compute, I&O Automation,  ITSM, and Agile/DevOps [1-4]. Infrastructure Automation (IA) has been placed within the Peak of Inflated Expectations in the Hype Cycle graphic. RackN was named as one of the Sample Vendors for IA in all four Hype Cycle reports! We […]
A harvest of IaC orchestration features in Digital Rebar Platform
In the life cycle of building an IaC and DevOps product there are phases of enormous growth and innovation. Our features are blooming like flowers (or onions!) and the architecture yields powerful new use cases and benefits. Great news if you’re looking for IaC orchestration features. In these cycles, the capabilities of a product can […]
For my Summer Internship, I built RackN Interactive Labs!
Learning IaC and DevOps is hard! What if your summer job was to make it easier? As the summer (and v4.10 release) comes to a successful end, we sat down with our UX intern, Zander Franks, to learn more how he did that and more with the Interactive Labs feature that he added into the RackN product. […]
The Future of VMware: should you be worried?
Last week, Broadcom announced its intention to acquire VMware. That has our industry wondering: what is the future of VMware? We know many RackN customers rely on VMware products, so we wanted to take a moment to explain how RackN helps secure and even strengthen your VMware position. tl;dr we’ve got your back. How are you feeling […]
How to: Use Terraform IaC Modules with Infrastructure Brokers
RackN Digital Rebar Infrastructure Pipelines helps you standardize code from any part of your infrastructure. But you don’t have to build Infrastructure Pipelines from scratch! You can use tools you already use, like Ansible and Terraform, to create Infrastructure Pipeline segments. In fact, we wrote about this in a previous blog post and showed even you how […]