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Discussion of highlights about important announcements from VMworld 2020 including Saltstack Acquisition, SmartNIC (Project Monterery), Kubernetes (Project Tanzu), Cloud Foundation. https://youtu.be/qYkPJgIO8Rc
Rob and Swapnil respond to The Register "No, Kubernetes doesn’t make applications portable, say analysts. Good luck avoiding lock-in, too" article. We discuss the fundamental paradox required for Kubernetes to become a generally useful platform....
Traditionally, virtualization has been an IT cornerstone, providing automation and consistency. But with recent events undermining the reliability of virtualization, it might be time to reevaluate its role in your infrastructure. However, the concept of...
We hope you’re not caught up in remediation after the Microsoft and CrowdStrike outage. Even if you escaped this latest global infrastructure crisis, you are likely asking “we should patch less?” Not at all. In fact, we need to get much, much better at updates and...
Author: Greg Althaus Level: Intermediate Time: 5 minutes From time to time, we get questions about why we chose to do something the way we did. Usually preceded by that looks really strange or a bizarre way to do that. Well, I won’t say we are always perfect, but we...
Moving away from VMware can be complex. Our latest flowchart shows how to move away from single-source VMware Broadcom towards becoming a multi-vendor infrastructure. While not meant to be taken literally, it walks through the critical decision-making process of...
Concerns about VMware aren't new, they existed before the acquisition, but they’re a growing crisis due to recent changes by Broadcom. Many in the industry are looking for answers or alternatives to VMware. That’s why we’re providing access to The CIO’s Guide to...
