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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. Roger Strukhoff: We're joined right now by Haseeb Budhani, CEO and Cofounder with… Read More
Airship & Rafay: Automated Cluster Management & Application Distribution
The Combination delivers seamless Lifecycle Management for Bare-Metal Infrastructure, Kubernetes and Containerized Applications for Service Provider Networks Telcos and service providers such as AT&T and South Korea Telecom (SKT) are leveraging Airship, an Open Infrastructure project, to programmatically bring up… Read More
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. At DockerCon19, I asked a number of the… Read More
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… Read More
DockerCon19 Takeaway: Operationalizing Container Environments is the #1 Problem
At DockerCon19, 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… Read More
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. Asim’s tweet voices what many application owners and developers… Read More
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. Congratulations to the Innovation Showcase Class of 2019. 15 young… Read More
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… Read More
Distribution, Cross-Site Scaling & Lifecycle Management for Containerized Apps
Rafay enables developers to automate the distribution, operations, cross-region scaling and lifecycle management of containerized microservices across public/private clouds and service provider networks. Rafay’s platform is built around foundational elements that together deliver an optimal abstraction layer across disparate infrastructure, making it easy… Read More
Rafay Platform Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace
We are excited to share news today that Rafay Systems’ Container Delivery Network (CDN) is now available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Developers now have the ability to leverage Rafay’s Programmable Edge™ platform to distribute, manage and run containerized microservices closer… Read More
Rafay and Edge Gravity by Ericsson at MWC 2019
Edge computing is a fundamental shift that is happening in our industry right now. It is driven by all the applications that are super low-latency, interactive and personalized. These applications, to be effective, need compute to be operated closer to users and endpoints.… Read More
Rafay Systems and Edgegap Arbitrium Improve Performance for Gamers
Joint Solution to be Demonstrated at Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona For online gamers, the most agonizing experience is not when they face certain annihilation by their fiercest opponent. Nope, not even close. It turns out the most terrifying… Read More