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How Grafana Labs uses and contributes to OpenCost, the open source project for real-time cost monitoring in Kubernetes

While more and more teams are adopting Kubernetes as their standard container orchestration technology, cost insight is lacking. Teams often don’t know how much they’re spending, where in their organization they are spending, or what is driving their infrastructure cost increases. OpenCost helps alleviate this problem by bringing real-time cost monitoring to Kubernetes workloads with a solution that encompasses both an open specification and an open source project.

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 2.1 Enhances Lifecycle Management and Extends Kubernetes to the Edge

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid has become a trusted tool to automate the lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters. The simplicity of management has quickly turned it into a valuable asset in many organizations. The release of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 2.1 adds new features that enhance lifecycle management and extends Kubernetes to the edge.

The Critical Role of APIs in Microservices Architectures

The first thing to know when exploring APIs vs microservices is that there’s not a dichotomous relationship between these two technical approaches. Instead, you want to build an understanding of how these two technologies relate to each other—and they do, in a big way. So, organizations don’t need to embrace either an API-first or microservices-first strategy.

Helm-Dashboard Crosses 3K Stars As v. 1.0.0 Released

Our latest open-source project, Helm-Dashboard, just crossed 3K stars on GitHub (and hundreds of daily active users), only three months since it was released! We thought this milestone was a good chance to take a look back at our journey, announce the release of v. 1.0.0, discuss future plans, and, most importantly, give our utmost thanks to the amazing contributors and Kommunity members that made it all possible! What capabilities would you like to see next in Helm-Dashbaord?

Crossplane's Quest for Scale as the first next-gen infra management tool - GitOps the Planet #7

Crossplane is a next-generation infrastructure management tool that brings cloud-native primitives to managing all kinds of infrastructure, not just Kubernetes but really any infra. The value is huge, especially when doing GitOps, but how is Crossplane tackling scale to handle so many types of resources? We’ll find out in this episode with Viktor Farcic.

Why Going Cloud Native Is the Right Move in the Recession

In a market downturn, reducing spending would seem to be the prudent course to pursue. However, surveys show that most companies intend to increase IT spending in 2023. A Spiceworks Ziff Davis survey, for example, found that even for businesses that plan to cut back in other areas, tech spending will increase. The survey found that more than one-half of companies surveyed planned to increase IT spending (compared with only 6% planning to decrease spending).

How To Simplify Your Kubernetes Adoption Using Rancher

Kubernetes has firmly established itself as the leading choice for container orchestration thanks to its robust ecosystem and flexibility, allowing users to scale their workloads easily. However, the complexity of Kubernetes can make it challenging to set up and may pose a significant barrier for organizations looking to adopt cloud native technology and containers as part of their modernization efforts.

The 4 Game-Changing Benefits of Migrating from Heroku to AWS

Hi there! If you're in the tech world, you've probably heard about the trend of companies moving from Heroku to AWS. At Qovery, we've seen an increasing demand from companies looking to make this move. And for good reasons! Here are the top 4 reasons why companies are choosing AWS over Heroku.

Improved Deployment Times with VMware Tanzu Operations Manager 3.0

During the development of the latest release of VMware Tanzu Operations Manager, the BOSH Ecosystem team faced new challenges when upgrading the base BOSH operating system image (stemcell) from Ubuntu Xenial to Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish. These migration challenges manifested as continuous integration (CI) timeouts that occurred across adjacent teams within the Cloud Foundry ecosystem.