by Tom Petrocelli On July 9, 2020 there was an announcement that Google had formed an organization called the Open Usage Commons, or OUC. In...
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Continue ReadingOn a monthly basis, I will be rounding up key news associated with the Data Science Platforms space for Amalgam Insights. Companies covered will include:...
Continue ReadingDevOps Research Fellow Tom Petrocelli has just published a new report describing the roles that Cloud Foundry Application Runtime and Kubernetes play in supporting microservices. This...
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Why It Matters:
Kubernetes is quickly becoming the base for next generation enterprise microservices platforms. Understanding what is happening in the Kubernetes market now and in the near future is vital for planning, training, and design of new enterprise software platforms.
Top Takeaway:
As Kubernetes-based platforms gain traction, larger clusters that span datacenters, clouds, and geographies are becoming a feature of new software platforms. Much of the focus in the Kubernetes community is about solving problems of scale, especially management of large diverse clusters. This is why the industry is seeing technology and practices that enable the federation of Kubernetes and related services such as service mesh.
Vendors and Organizations Listed in This Report: Amazon, Canonical, Cloud Foundry Foundation, Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), Datadog, Google, Hashicorp, HPE, Humio, Layer5, Lightstep, Microsoft, Mirantis, Oracle , Platform9, Rancher Labs, Red Hat, Solo.io, Spectro Cloud, VMware
For more information on this report or to schedule advisory time with Tom Petrocelli, please contact us at info@amalgaminsights.com
