NoOps – as in “No Operations” – has been suggested as the next step in the evolution of DevOps. DevOps, after all, in some minds, freed application developers from the shackles of IT overlords that stingily doled out hardware resources. This was good, but managing infrastructure is not what devs …
OpenStack and Kubernetes – Combining the Best of Both Worlds?
Kubernetes has been thought of, incorrectly, as a direct competitor to OpenStack by some. A more appropriate view recognizes OpenStack and Kubernetes as conceivably complementary and considers the benefits of combining them. This opens up the question of which project is dominant in controlling the infrastructure? Does OpenStack build and …
Docker, You’ve Failed me Again – RKT please save me?
So Docker 1.13 is out, and it lists a whole host of improvements on it’s release notes page, including: better Swarm support including docker-compose modeling – so you can build your Swarm with one file. better cleanup commands – so that the mess docker leaves behind can be more easily …
The new way to Build Cloud-native Applications
What are microservices? Do they have to be small? What do APIs have to do with all this? Microservice application architecture is the current favorite, new model for application development in general and Cloud-native applications in particular. But what are they, how do they work and why are they better …
The Cloud is People!
In the dystopian 1973 sci-fi thriller Soylent Green, detective Frank Thorn discovers one of the primary food rations of the world in 2020- Soylent Green- is made of processed human remains. “Soylent green is people” is a climactic and most famous quote from the movie. The title of this article …
Are they really just Containers v2.0?
Unikernels – will they be the next hype thing after Containers or are they “just” Containers v2.0? How do they compare to Containers, Bare Metal or Serverless compute models? Kumulus Tech CTO, Robert Starmer, breaks down how they are like, yet differ from, Linux Containers and where their value proposition …
AKA “Function-as-a-Service”
Serverless Computing- a powerful Cloud function, but also the latest confusing buzzword in the world of Cloud computing and application development. Perhaps better described a “Function-as-a-Service,” this tool allows developers to focus on application development rather than the infrastructure needed to support an application. In this episode, Robert Starmer, Kumulus …
The Cloud – A Guide for Beginners
Hold on – if you know what PaaS is or already know the concept of the Cloud being an “On-demand, self-service” model of resource management, jump to the end of this post or check out our free intro to Cloud course. Many people think they have “the Cloud” figured out. …
Public Cloud is _not_ the answer.
The pundits are wrong. The Public vs Private vs Hybrid argument is sort of like arguing whether a truck, sedan or SUV is the car to own. Kumulus Technologies CTO, Robert Starmer, explains why like the car analogy, each deployment or service model has distinctive pros and cons that make …