Fairwinds Blog

10 Questions to Help You Decide Whether to Hire an SRE or Managed KaaS

9 minute read | February 11, 2025

Deciding between managing Kubernetes in-house or partnering with a managed service provider can be a difficult choice for organizations seeking to optimize their cloud...

Security

3 minute read

| December 22, 2021

A Fairwinds Security Statement on The Apache log4j Vulnerability

As we head into the new year, I want to share some recent concerns around the log4j vulnerability and the ongoing security of our Fairwinds software. It is critical that our... Read More

How to Kube

4 minute read

| December 21, 2021

How to Set the Right Kubernetes Resource Limits

Kubernetes is a dynamic system that automatically adapts to your workload’s resource utilization. Read More

Featured

7 minute read

| December 17, 2021

Why You Need to Establish Better Kubernetes Security

By now, most people in the cloud native world know at least a few things about the benefits of successful Kubernetes service ownership. As a way to break down silos and... Read More

General

7 minute read

| December 14, 2021

It’s Time to Check out These 6 Key Predictions in Kubernetes From Our Experts

Of course, no one really knows what will happen in the future. After two years of an unexpected global pandemic, and the subsequent great resignation, this is a reality we’ve... Read More

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

7 minute read

| December 2, 2021

5 Ways to Boost the Strength and Flexibility of Your Organization

As someone who arrived in an Engineering VP role through the business side, rather than the traditional engineering track, I’ve worked in many different kinds of... Read More

Featured

4 minute read

| December 1, 2021

Check Out the Specifics of Our New Goldilocks Upgrade

The original goal of our open source project, Goldilocks, was to provide a dashboard utility for identifying a baseline in Kubernetes resource requests and limits. To provide... Read More

Featured

5 minute read

| November 24, 2021

How Kubernetes is Changing the Face of Medical Technology

These days, the healthcare industry relies heavily on software technology to improve communications, deliver faster services and reduce overall costs. Medical technology... Read More

3 minute read

| November 16, 2021

Kick Kubernetes FOMO With Our New Benchmark Report

This week, Fairwinds released our Kubernetes Benchmark Report 2021, blog posts and a white paper to tell everyone what standards look like for security, reliability and... Read More

4 minute read

| November 11, 2021

What does the Great Resignation Have to Do with Kubernetes?

In the spring of 2021, the number of workers who quit their jobs in a single month broke an all-time US record. Economists studying the situation called it the “Great... Read More

News

3 minute read

| November 10, 2021

Find Out How Your Kubernetes Workloads Compare in Our New Benchmark Report

After working long and hard to establish comprehensive and effective Kubernetes ownership, and getting each of your development teams to properly configure their workloads,... Read More