Fairwinds Blog

Understanding AWS End of Service Life Is a Key FinOps Responsibility

6 minute read | April 17, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced extended support prices for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), prompting some businesses to reevaluate how they manage their cloud...

Joe Pelletier is VP of strategy at Fairwinds, the Kubernetes enablement company.

News

6 minute read

| December 9, 2021

Fairwinds Release Notes: 6.3.0-6.6.0

We’ve been busy as usual, upgrading various elements of our Fairwinds Insights software. But before sharing these improvements, we want to take a moment to spotlight some... Read More

Featured

4 minute read

| December 7, 2021

Accurate Kubernetes Cost Monitoring and Management

Understanding the cost of the cloud and all subsets of that cloud consumption is becoming an ever increasing requirement for DevOps leaders. In fact, FinOps has become the... Read More

Featured

4 minute read

| October 28, 2021

Understanding the Critical Nature of Culture and Enablement When Running Kubernetes

There’s a lot to say when it comes to Kubernetes service ownership. Once your organization understands the ultimate goal of comprehensive service ownership, as outlined in... Read More

General

4 minute read

| September 16, 2021

Why DevSecOps is Just a Fancy Acronym for Kubernetes Service Ownership

Yes, software development is becoming one of the most prominent and critical industries in the world, but it’s still in the throes of its own evolution—especially as it... Read More

How to Kube

7 minute read

| June 30, 2021

K8s Clinic: How to Run Kubernetes Securely and Efficiently

Why Organizations Choose Kubernetes With the adoption of containers, software packaging is increasingly shifting left, which means (depending on your organization) that... Read More

General

5 minute read

| June 24, 2021

Why VPEs Need to Care About Kubernetes Configuration Audits

As a Vice President of Engineering (VPE), you have a big job. You’re responsible for realizing your company’s vision by developing and managing the engineering team, spending... Read More

Security

6 minute read

| June 4, 2021

What is KSPM? An Intro to Kubernetes Security Posture Management

As Kubernetes adoption has continued to grow and we’ve seen Kubernetes increase in size and complexity, we’ve also seen a shortage of Kubernetes expertise and Kubernetes... Read More

Best Practices

5 minute read

| May 18, 2021

Configuration Drift in Kubernetes - What Is It and Why it Matters

Most organizations start out with Kubernetes by piloting it with a single application. Once they’ve gone through a successful pilot and embraced Kubernetes, companies may... Read More

Best Practices

5 minute read

| March 31, 2021

Make Your Kubernetes Policies Stick: Use an Effective Enforcement Plan

As teams move beyond their first Kubernetes pilot and into a broader deployment across the organization, DevOps teams have an increasingly difficult job. They don’t have time... Read More

Best Practices

5 minute read

| March 3, 2021

Kubernetes Policy Enforcement to Enable DevSecOps

You are managing Kubernetes users: do you know what’s happening in your clusters? Do you know if your clusters are secure, cost-efficient, or unreliable? This is a problem... Read More

Featured

9 minute read

| February 8, 2021

An Interview with Flatfile on Why Fairwinds Insights: Kubernetes Configuration Validation

One of the best things about Kubernetes is how every company using it is transforming their business. One of our customers, Flatfile, is set up for huge growth in 2021 as... Read More

Best Practices

4 minute read

| January 7, 2021

4 Kubernetes Resolutions for 2021: A Year of Transformation

Our team at Fairwinds, including Bill Ledingham, Kendall Miller, Andy Suderman, Joe Pelletier and Robert Brennan, made predictions for what we can expect in 2021. Amongst the... Read More