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Kubernetes Architecture Part 2: Control Plane Components

This Kubernetes Architecture series covers the main components used in Kubernetes and provides an introduction to Kubernetes architecture. After reading these blogs, you’ll have a much deeper understanding of the main reasons for choosing Kubernetes as well as the main components that are involved when you start running applications on Kubernetes. This blog series covers the following topics.

How to Secure Your CI/CD Pipeline: Best Tips and Practices

CI/CD pipelines have become a cornerstone of agile development, streamlining the software development life cycle. They allow for frequent code integration, fast testing and deployment. Having these processes automated help development teams reduce manual errors, ensure faster time-to-market, and deliver enhancements to end-users. However, they also pose risks that could compromise stability of their development ecosystem.

How telco companies can reduce 5G infrastructure costs with open source

5G has the potential to revolutionise the telecommunications industry, offering high speed and connectivity for a wide range of devices ranging from radio access networks (RAN), user equipment (UE), and core networks. However, the high costs associated with 5G infrastructure have been a significant blocker for adoption, hindering innovation and growth in this area. This blog discusses the primary challenges faced in the telecom industry and how open source technologies are helping to resolve them.

8 Business Benefits of Ephemeral Environments

In today's rapidly evolving world of software development, ephemeral environments have emerged as a game-changer. These disposable, isolated instances for development, testing, and deployment purposes are revolutionizing the way applications are built and delivered. Let's explore the 8 business benefits of ephemeral environments and how they can accelerate development and deployment processes.

Deploy PostgreSQL service with custom configurations using Terraform

In this video, Dewan covers how to create an Aiven for PostgreSQL service with custom configurations. For your automation needs, he is using Aiven Terraform Provider for the deployment. CHAPTERS ABOUT AIVEN Aiven’s cloud data platform helps your business reach its highest potential by making your data work for you. It provides fully managed open source data infrastructure on all major clouds, helping developers focus on what they do best: innovate and create without worrying about the limitations of technology.

Introducing platformEDGE - One platform, bringing the edge closer to you.

PlatformEDGE combines regional data centres, distrubuted compute and low latency connectivity to deliver improved performance, growth at scale and transformation for regional businesses across the UK. Our integrated platform reaches 95% of UK businesses through our strategically located data centres on the edge network of all major UK cities. Get secure, fast, and controlled access to data, where and when you need it.

Puppet vs. Chef: Key Capabilities, Use Cases + A Comparison Table

Choosing an automation and configuration management solution like Puppet vs. Chef often feels like comparing apples to oranges (or apples to... differently shaped apples). From the outside, it’s hard to tell which tool does what, let alone which will perform best in your infrastructure. If you’re researching Puppet vs. Chef, this blog will explain some of the commonalities between Puppet and Chef, what makes Puppet unique, and what to consider when researching Puppet vs.

Unplanned, Episode 1: Damon Edwards Rages Against the Ticket Machine

In this, the inaugural episode of “Unplanned”, Dormain Drewitz talks to Damon Edwards about the “capacity conundrum” where everyone is working so hard, but everything takes too long and costs too much. We talk about the “coordination overhead” costs of getting unplanned work done, how generative AI is both adding complexity and offers to accelerate automating as much as you can, and four steps to creating capacity.