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4 minute read

| November 26, 2024

AWS re:Invent 2024: Optimize Your Kubernetes with Fairwinds and NetApp

AWS re:Invent 2024 is next week, right after a late Thanksgiving when we’re kicking off the last few weeks of a busy year. For many organizations, now is the time to review... Read More

Featured

6 minute read

| November 20, 2024

Managed Kubernetes-as-a-Service: A Force Multiplier for Your Tech Team

Kubernetes revolutionized container orchestration, but managing it is still a complex and time-consuming process. That’s why Managed Kubernetes-as-a-Service offerings have... Read More

Managed Kubernetes

7 minute read

| October 3, 2024

Top 6 Lessons Learned Managing Kubernetes for SMBs

In the fast-growing landscape of cloud computing, Kubernetes is a powerful container orchestration platform that transformed how organizations deploy and manage applications... Read More

Managed Kubernetes

6 minute read

| September 5, 2024

5 Lessons Learned Managing Kubernetes in Enterprise Organizations

Now the recognized standard for container orchestration, Kubernetes has revolutionized how organizations deploy and manage applications and services. However, deploying... Read More

Managed Kubernetes

7 minute read

| August 20, 2024

What You Get with AKS, EKS, GKE vs. Managed Kubernetes-as-a-Service

Managed Kubernetes is a service offered by cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure (Azure), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that simplifies the... Read More

Managed Kubernetes

6 minute read

| August 7, 2024

How Fairwinds Delivers On EKS Internally & the AWS EKS Delivery Designation

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Service Delivery designation is a specialized program designed to validate AWS Partners that have experience, deep technical expertise, and... Read More

Managed Kubernetes

5 minute read

| August 1, 2024

How an EdTech Company Focused on Core Engineering & Deployed to EKS

For one education technology company, the journey to Kubernetes began out of necessity. Originally, the company relied on Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) as a... Read More

Managed Kubernetes

6 minute read

| June 20, 2024

When Should You Bring in a Managed Kubernetes-as-a-Service Provider?

In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, Kubernetes is a cornerstone technology for container orchestration. As organizations increasingly use Kubernetes, assessing Read More

General

8 minute read

| June 6, 2024

Reflecting on 10 Years of Kubernetes: A Decade of Innovation

Since Kubernetes turns ten this year, I spent some time reflecting on how Kubernetes completely redefined my career. Eight years ago, I was racking servers, running Puppet... Read More

Best Practices

6 minute read

| May 30, 2024

How Old Are Your Kubernetes Nodes?

How old are your Kubernetes nodes? Most often, people don’t know the answer to this question, or if they do, they know that “most” of their nodes are a certain age, and some... Read More

General

6 minute read

| May 15, 2024

Choosing Your Kubernetes Cloud Provider: The Pros and Cons of AKS

In the evolving cloud-native world, Kubernetes has become the gold standard for container orchestration over the past decade. While there are multiple cloud providers that... Read More

Best Practices

36 minute read

| April 22, 2024

A Step-by-Step Guide to Securely Upgrading Your EKS Clusters

As an agile open source project, Kubernetes continues to evolve, as does the cloud computing landscape. Keeping up with the latest versions isn’t practical for many... Read More