Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “application development”
Did you know that Docker is not a “Thing”? It’s rather a collection of tools that enable users to build, run and manage containers. In this 5MoC episode, Robert Starmer explains what the pieces are and how they work together to provide the container service that has application developers so …
The Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloud service model has a lot of benefits for enterprise users. Some “legacy” enterprise apps will not fit this model, but surprisingly, a number can be transitioned to and managed from a PaaS. Moving forward, building applications on a PaaS, that abstract away much of the hardware …
Did you know not all computers in the cloud are virtual? Learn about the changing world of the computer in cloud computing as Kumulus Technologies’ CTO, Robert Starmer, clarifies how baremetal, virtual servers and container technologies are changing how the cloud works. Click on the video above to watch! Need …
Let’s face it. Unless you know about the US NIST Model, cloud computing is not only hard to define, its hard to understand. We’ve heard “The Cloud” described as ‘just a buzzword,’ the answer to all things IT, or ‘just someone else’s computer,’ all of which are wrong. In this …
When last we left the container world, we had looked at the shifts that have brought the Container model to the front and center of every developers attention. But we have yet to look at where this fits into the Enterprise application development environment, and I believe we need to …
The latest buzzword in the world of application development, DevOps and Cloud is now “serverless” computing. Is this really computing without servers? What does it mean really? In this episode, Kumulus Tech CTO, Robert Starmer quickly clears the fog around this term and then dives into what it means both …
Linux Containers – Docker, LXC, rkt and the like – are the current darling of much of the application development and virtualization world. Seemingly the cure to everything that ailed bloated virtual machines and accelerating (and adored by) the microservices development community, Containers have very real benefits compared to virtual …
We are operators and we have not been consumed by the Dev/Ops world. We still exist, and while we may look more similar than different, our application is the infrastructure that developers build on. We ensure platform stability, and API enabled accessibility, but not guaranteed availability. We provide visibility, but …
In Part 1 of this Container series, we covered the historic shift in how applications are run and how segregation is provided via the Container model. Now we can focus on how we achieve that segregated state, as well as the current set of tools that are making this easier. …
You have most certainly heard of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), possibly heard of IaaS (Infrastructure), but what about (PaaS)? One of the fastest growing areas of cloud computing services it is also one of the least understood. CTO Robert Starmer walks through what PaaS is and then outlines how enterprise users (applications …
