Kubernetes management explained: what does it consist of?

More and more organizations want to containerize, and Kubernetes is the solution for that. Setting up is just the beginning; the real challenge is in continuously managing and optimizing sustainably. Kubernetes requires specialized knowledge and can be complex to manage independently, especially when internal expertise is lacking. What is involved in Kubernetes management? In this [...]

How to choose the right Kubernetes partner? 8 Essential selection criteria

More and more organizations are discovering the benefits of container technology, with Kubernetes being the platform of choice for container orchestration. Kubernetes offers many advantages in terms of automation, scalability and flexibility, but the platform also comes with challenges. Especially when you want to deploy Kubernetes on a large scale, the complexity increases rapidly. There are [...]

How DevOps as a Service is making a difference

DevOps has been enjoying growing popularity for quite some time. This year, for example, we are seeing increasing use of advanced DevOps tools such as the widespread use of containers, infrastructure automation and CI/CD. In fact, Allied Market Research predicts that the global DevOps market will be worth a staggering $58 billion by 2030. Not surprisingly [...]

AWS EKS vs. Self Managed Kubernetes on AWS

We are increasingly getting questions from organizations about when it makes sense to use AWS EKS and when to manage Kubernetes on AWS yourself. To best answer this question, in this blog we will explain the benefits of both options and in what scenarios [....]

K3s and K8s: what are the differences?

Modern organizations have a great need for scalable and reliable IT services to manage their business processes and keep service levels high. To achieve that goal, they often use container technology. Kubernetes, once originated within Google as Borg, is today the orchestration platform of choice for managing, customizing [...]

7 reasons not to use Kubernetes

Since its introduction in 2015, Kubernetes has gained a distinguished role within the world of container orchestration. According to a poll by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), some 83 percent of those who have containers in production use the open source platform. Kubernetes is therefore now a household word that is a standard part of almost everyone's knowledge reservoir [....]

Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA), Resource planning & Node Affinity

In a Kubernetes environment, it is essential to manage resources properly to ensure that your applications run efficiently and reliably. But how can you ensure that your workload always has enough resources, without paying unnecessarily for too many resources? Meet the Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA), [...]

Kubernetes security: 11 best practices

Kubernetes is a fast-growing platform. More and more organizations are already using containers or plan to do so in the near future, with Kubernetes being the preferred orchestration platform in most cases. However, the platform is technically complex and requires effort, customization and technical knowledge to set up an optimal environment. Security is [...]

Kubernetes ready? The checklist for success

Currently, Kubernetes is very popular and is seen by many organizations as the future for their applications. However, it is important to remain critical and ask yourself if Kubernetes is profitable for your organization. In this blog, we will go through the key checks you can check off to see if Kubernetes [...].

Securing Kubernetes deployments with signature verification

‍Kubernetes is the ideal platform to deploy, organize and manage large groups of containers in an orderly manner. You use the so-called container image to quickly create a container. The images contains a compressed version of the file system of the container. The directory structure with all the files, configuration files and the binary is thus [...].