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Rafay Startup Package

With the changing health & economic situation that all of us are facing, many critical projects in companies are facing delays due to freezes on hiring and deprioritized team training initiatives. Doing more with existing teams, faster, is going to be key.

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Getting started with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is a managed environment for deploying, managing and scaling containerized applications using the Google Cloud Platform infrastructure. The environment that Google Kubernetes Engine provides consists of multiple machines, specifically Google Compute Engine instances, which are grouped together to form a cluster.

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All Things Kubernetes: Painless Log Application Aggregation

This is the first in a series on “All Things Kubernetes”. Each blog will focus on highlighting the common issues that people encounter with Kubernetes and how they can overcome these issues.

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Haseeb Budhani Interview at CloudExpo 2019 - Transcription

This interview was conducted at the 23rd International Cloud Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. The full video interview is available here .

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The Unintended Consequences of the “Infrastructure as Code” Paradigm

This blog covers a contrarian — possibly heretical — view of the “infrastructure as code” paradigm. TL;DR: If left unchecked, the drive to institutionalize “infrastructure as code” concepts can drive teams to make decisions that negatively impact the business.

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Perftest Application Now Available on Github

Following up on my earlier post , I am publishing a perftest utility application that measures web page performance, including underlying network latency, and which further demonstrates how to use some of the features of the Rafay platform. First, I want to point out we're not a performance testing company .

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DockerCon19 Takeaway: Operationalizing Container Environments is the #1 Problem

At DockerCon 19 , a number of companies, including Docker , announced new and upcoming products that simplify the deployment and cluster bringup of running containerized applications across public and private cloud environments. Their value propositions are simple: “We’ll help you run your containerized apps anywhere.

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Hi! We at Rafay want to be Open with you...

You might not know us yet, but we are maniacally focused on solving a big hairy complex problem. Actually, it’s a set of problems.

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With Kubernetes, the Industry is Missing the Forest for the Trees

Previously part of the SRE team at Google , Asim Aslam is the CEO and Founder of Micro . Asim tweeted the above as a reaction to announcements coming out of Google Next 2019 .

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Rafay named to Telecom Council's 2019 Innovation Showcase Class

Rafay Systems has been named to the Innovation Showcase Class of 2019 by the Telecom Council. Rafay was selected for demonstrating a solution that can change the way people communicate.

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Deploying Containerized Apps at the Edge (or Anywhere)

Rafay's partner Edge Gravity by Ericsson , has started a new blog series: Edge Cloud Thought Leadership. We are honored to be part of their inaugural collection of blogs that will focus on new technologies and industry leaders in the edge computing market as a way to educate a broad IT audience in the future capabilities at the edge.

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The Future of Edge Computing: Not Just for IoT

Our good friend and advisor, Debashis Saha (VP Infrastructure, Intuit ), just published a great blog in InformationWeek that underscores the Rafay Systems thesis: Edge Computing is so much more than IoT! With the continuing avalanche of computing demand and data moving compute and data closer to the user is now a necessity.

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Inaugural State of The Edge" Report"

Edge computing is a tremendous new opportunity that has captured the industry’s imagination. The performance and security improvements possible at the infrastructure edge promise to fundamentally improve application performance.

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When It Comes To The Edge, We Need To Think Bigger

Yes, Edge computing is a massive opportunity by any measure ($6. 7B by 2022 according to this Markets &amp; Markets report ), but maybe we need to think bigger.

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Rethinking Cloud-Native Architectures In The Age Of Multi-Cloud

As James Markarian stated in his recent Infoworld article , “[when] it comes to the cloud, best-of-breed wins. ” James also discussed how the quest for best-of-breed will drive multi-cloud adoption, giving the example of how a Microsoft-centric enterprise may choose Microsoft Azure for their apps, while choosing Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Amazon Web Services (AWS) for data analysis jobs.

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SiliconAngle & Team Rafay Discuss all Things Edge Computing

Stu Miniman with SiliconANGLE Media is one of the more vocal voices in the analyst community discussing Edge Computing use cases. Stu tends to bring a very pragmatic point of view to discussions and is an informed skeptic.

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How Much Does Network Latency Really Matter?

The blog was originally published on LinkedIn . Does lower network latency make a difference to performance?

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The Edge Is A Misnomer

The Edge is clearly a hot topic. And the massive number of responses to my previous blog asking whether the Edge is killing the Cloud is ample evidence of how many differing and passionate opinions exist out there.

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Edge Computing is Not Killing the Cloud?

Edge computing is the next phase in the evolution of cloud-native applications and will mature to become a critical building block for all applications delivered over the Internet Application owners and operations teams clearly recognize that some workloads are best run closer to endpoints, i. e.

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The Programmable Edge: Faster and Easier

At Rafay Systems we're defining the Programmable Edge . In our view, the Edge is as close as you, as an application owner, can get to your end users.

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Is Your Application Cloud Native?

Here’s my litmus test to determine whether an application is cloud native: It MUST be able to run entirely on spot instances in a public cloud environment. The application must be designed such that any one instance being shut down randomly should have no material impact on the application’s core functions.

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Rafay Systems

Rafay Startup Package

Getting started with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

All Things Kubernetes: Painless Log Application Aggregation

Haseeb Budhani Interview at CloudExpo 2019 - Transcription

The Unintended Consequences of the “Infrastructure as Code” Paradigm

Perftest Application Now Available on Github

DockerCon19 Takeaway: Operationalizing Container Environments is the #1 Problem

Hi! We at Rafay want to be Open with you...

With Kubernetes, the Industry is Missing the Forest for the Trees

Rafay named to Telecom Council's 2019 Innovation Showcase Class

Deploying Containerized Apps at the Edge (or Anywhere)

The Future of Edge Computing: Not Just for IoT

Inaugural State of The Edge" Report"

When It Comes To The Edge, We Need To Think Bigger

Rethinking Cloud-Native Architectures In The Age Of Multi-Cloud

SiliconAngle & Team Rafay Discuss all Things Edge Computing

How Much Does Network Latency Really Matter?

The Edge Is A Misnomer

Edge Computing is Not Killing the Cloud?

The Programmable Edge: Faster and Easier

Is Your Application Cloud Native?

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