The Kubernetes Current Blog
Read our thoughts on all things Kubernetes and stay current on the latest news from Rafay
What You Should Know About The Rise Of The Platform Organization
Kubernetes is a central force in the cloud-native computing universe. It plays a significant role in most major technology trends today, from containerization and microservices architecture to edge computing to AI and machine learning workloads. Around 5.6 million developers now… Read More


5 Practices for Kubernetes Operations with Amazon EKS
In the past several years, organizations of all sizes and verticals have helped to accelerate their IT development pipelines using containerized applications orchestrated by Kubernetes (K8s) and the cloud. But to achieve optimum efficiency, many of these organizations are looking… Read More


The Innate Risk of VMware Tanzu with Broadcom Acquisition
Have you heard the news of Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware for $61B? I personally have had flashbacks of Dell’s acquisition of EMC (which included VMware). Both of these were groundbreaking in terms of being one of the largest tech deals… Read More


Easily Deploy Approved Technologies and Full-Stack Solutions with Custom Catalogs
As customers scale up their Kubernetes (K8s) environments, it becomes critical to create a process that ensures only applications that are vetted and approved are deployed to clusters. Without that, it is impossible for customers to standardize clusters, implement best… Read More


What is Container Management?
Containerization is a popular means to package application code and associated dependencies for increased code portability. Containers also encourage faster and more efficient software development. You need a clear and proven way to organize your containers so you can easily… Read More


Streamlining Kubernetes Operations for Amazon EKS Anywhere (EKS-A) for Bare Metal Environments
Amazon EKS Anywhere (EKS-A) now supports a deployment option to provision Kubernetes clusters on bare metal environments such as data centers. EKS Anywhere provides an installable software package for creating and managing Kubernetes clusters in data centers, along with tooling… Read More


Transforming Retail at the Edge
To compete with online shopping, retailers have to bring the advantages of technology to their in-store experience. However, that’s easier said than done. Delivering the best customer experience often means bringing complex hardware into the store. Embracing “edge computing” creates… Read More


Introducing Paralus: The Industry’s First Open Source Zero-Trust Access Service for Kubernetes
Paralus — AKA the Zero-Trust access service that Rafay platform users already know and love — is now open source and free for everyone. Check out our GitHub repository to learn more! Why We Built Paralus For organizations managing user… Read More


Managing Access to All Your Clusters at Scale
Increasingly, Kubernetes is a key part of the enterprise tech stack, which comes with a need to secure and strengthen access. For many organizations, it also comes with an explosion in the growth of clusters. More clusters don’t have to… Read More


GPU-enabled AI/ML at the Edge using Kubernetes
Over the last few years, we have seen an explosion in the number of Internet-connected smart devices both on the home front as well in businesses. For example, it is very common to see Internet-connected, video surveillance cameras in retail… Read More


How to Bring Shadow Kubernetes IT into the Light
Shadow IT continues to be a challenge for IT leaders, but perhaps not in the sense that companies have seen in the past. Traditionally, shadow IT occurs within the application stack, which creates problems because the use of IT systems… Read More


Securing Access to Kubernetes Environments with Zero Trust
Modern IT environments are becoming more dynamic by the day. Kubernetes, for example, is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible for many IT organizations. The benefits of the open source technology to automate deployment, scalability and management of containerized applications… Read More