Fairwinds Blog

Open Source vs Commercial Software: Why You Can’t (Always) Afford Free

16 minute read | January 13, 2021

When building an application, often the most important technical decisions come down to what to build yourself, and where to rely on third parties. Thanks to a vibrant...

How to Kube

10 minute read

| December 2, 2020

How to Kubernetes: Use Conftest to Audit Infrastructure-As-Code

At Fairwinds, we leverage OPA (Open Policy Agent) in our open source product Polaris, as well as in our SaaS product,Fairwinds Insights. As our dev team implemented these... Read More

General

4 minute read

| November 24, 2020

Best Industry Insights from KubeCon 2020

Last week the cloud native industry including Fairwinds, a silver sponsor, came together at KubeCon. With many great talks, here is a rundown of some of the best industry... Read More

How to Kube

6 minute read

| November 23, 2020

Kubernetes: 10 Technical Transformation Steps

Fairwinds released the Kubernetes Maturity Model tool to help people self-identify their maturity with Kubernetes, understand gaps in their environment and gain insights... Read More

Kubernetes Clinic Spotlight

12 minute read

| November 18, 2020

Kubernetes Clinic Spotlight on Liz Fong Jones: Observing Observability

If you are a developer or engineer interested in observability and containerization, you probably know the name Liz Fong Jones. She’s spent her career focused on solving... Read More

General

5 minute read

| November 17, 2020

Kubernetes vs. Status Quo

A lot of software organizations are running on legacy cloud or on-prem infrastructure, wondering if now is the right time to move towards Kubernetes. But when is the right... Read More

Featured

3 minute read

| November 10, 2020

Introducing the Kubernetes Maturity Model

Whether you are new to Kubernetes or you have deployment experience, Kubernetes has complexity that you’ll need to overcome. At Fairwinds, we have been helping companies... Read More

How to Kube

8 minute read

| October 29, 2020

Considering a Move to Kubernetes? Here’s What You Need to Know

So your team is suggesting you replatform to Kubernetes and you’re wondering if this is the right thing to do? Read More

General

4 minute read

| October 28, 2020

Improving the Multiplayer Gaming Experience with Kubernetes and Google Cloud Gaming Servers

The mobile gaming market is exploding in 2020. COIVID-19 is making its mark on the industry. In just the first three months of this year, we saw the largest quarter for... Read More

General

5 minute read

| October 23, 2020

Kubernetes Security, Reliability, Efficiency: It’s all about Configuration

The number one cause of security breaches in the cloud is misconfiguration, according to a Security Boulevard article. I dig into why and how to avoid misconfiguration in... Read More

Featured

8 minute read

| October 20, 2020

Fairwinds Insights v2.0 Now Available

Cloud native technology is revolutionizing the development and delivery of applications. It’s helping companies modernize and drive their digital transformation. In... Read More

General

6 minute read

| October 20, 2020

Fairwinds Insights: CI Pipeline to Protect Your Kubernetes Clusters

About a year ago, we built Fairwinds Insights to make our lives easier. We were managing hundreds of clusters across dozens of organizations, and needed a way to keep... Read More

General

9 minute read

| October 20, 2020

Managing OPA Policies with Fairwinds Insights

At Fairwinds, we’ve managed hundreds of Kubernetes clusters across dozens of organizations. In our efforts to keep our customers’ environments running securely,... Read More