Is the number one public cloud the one with the most resources, the most customers, the most mindshare, or the best service? That’s the question put to the Field Day delegates during this Gestalt IT Roundtable discussion. Setting aside size, which probably favors Alibaba over all, Amazon Web Services is driving the conversation in enterprise […]
Debating the Rise of the Supercloud – A Field Day Roundtable
Enterprise IT analysts and pundits are talking about the rise of the supercloud, which would incorporate the best aspects of public, hybrid, and private cloud infrastructure and offer a flexible overlay to enable seamless workload movement. But is this concept realistic, let alone appropriately named? That’s the question for the Field Day delegates during this […]
What Is a Cloud Architect? A Field Day Roundtable
Almost every Cloud Field Day delegate is now classified as a cloud architect. But what is a cloud architect really and how does the new job differ from that of the traditional IT architect? That’s the topic of this Roundtable discussion with the Cloud Field Day delegates.
What Is the Next Big Thing After Kubernetes? A Field Day Roundtable
Kubernetes is rapidly rising in enterprise IT, replacing Docker and VMware vSphere in the mind of cloud architects. But is K8s the final answer to IT infrastructure? Not at all! In this Cloud Field Day delegate Roundtable discussion, the group considers what comes after Kubernetes, both technically and metaphorically.
What Is Kubernetes Really? A Field Day Roundtable
Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration system for automating software deployment, scaling, and management. But what does the name really mean? It’s not so simple, as the Cloud Field Day delegates debate in this Roundtable discussion. It’s also a framework for understanding modern cloud infrastructure and a shortcut to refer to an entire ecosystem of […]
Has Kubernetes Crossed the Chasm in Enterprise IT? A Field Day Roundtable
In this Field Day Roundtable discussion, the Cloud Field Day delegates discuss Kubernetes in the enterprise. Has it “crossed the chasm” and become a mainstream component of enterprise infrastructure? Is it the new standard to describe cloud services in enterprise IT? Has it replaced Docker or even VMware vSphere?
Scaling IaC Collaboration with RackN Breaks IT Silos
RackN breaks DevOps silos with collaboration focused IaC with the Digital Rebar platform. Enable GitOps and self-service by using integrated labs and versioned, composable and reusable automation. Presented by Rob Hirschfeld, CEO & Co-Founder, and Shane Gibson, Chief Solutions Architect and Founding Member, RackN. Visit rackn.com/products/infrastructure-as-code/ for more information.
Scaling Ansible Day 1 and 2 Operations with RackN
RackN orchestrates Day 2 operations with Digital Rebar IaC platform. Our ability to switch tools like Ansible between workflows and work orders allows platform teams to create portable automation for all infrastructure types. Presented by Rob Hirschfeld, CEO & Co-Founder, and Shane Gibson, Chief Solutions Architect and Founding Member, RackN. Visit rackn.com/products/provisioning-automation/ for more information.
Scaling Terraform Day 1 and 2 Operations with RackN
Explore how RackN architected the Digital Rebar IaC platform so platform teams can seamlessly scale tools like Terraform to across multiple teams, cloud, and infrastructures. Presented by Rob Hirschfeld, CEO & Co-Founder, and Shane Gibson, Chief Solutions Architect and Founding Member, RackN. Visit rackn.com/products/provisioning-automation/ for more information.
RackN Enterprise Scale Infrastructure as Code
RackN Digital Rebar helps companies scale Infrastructure as Code with our full life-cycle distributed IaC platform. Learn about how RackN addresses the challenge of tools silo to create integrated infrastructure pipelines for Enterprises. Presented by Rob Hirschfeld, CEO & Co-Founder, RackN Visit rackn.com for more information.
Improving Customer Security Posture with Multi-Layered, Zero-Trust DMaaS
In this session we spotlight our multi-layered approach to security, and how Metallic improves the security posture for businesses of every size. We’ll also unpack key our unique position as the only Data Management as a Service offering to protect and secure data across both production and backup environments. Presented by Ranga Rajagopalan, SVP Products, […]
Live Demo: See Metallic ThreatWise in Action
Tech time! In this session, we will show you around our new early warning ransomware deception capabilities, with a live, hands-on demo of Metallic ThreatWise. Presented by Louis Smith, Jr., Director, Metallic
Threat Deception and Its Unique Role in Next-Generation Data Protection
Ransomware has evolved. With double and triple extortion on the rise, today’s businesses need new tools that safeguard their data before it’s compromised. In this session we will highlight the importance of early warning, and how Metallic leverages patented threat deception to surface zero-day and unknown attacks before they reach your data. Presented by Indu […]
Cyber Risk and the Need for Modern Ransomware Detection
It’s time we thought of data protection differently. As cyberthreats advance, organizations have less time to identify, respond, and safeguard their data. In this session we’ll show you how Commvault and Metallic are thinking about data protection differently as we highlight our approach and new investments that reduce the impact of ransomware – earlier. Presented […]
StormForge Case Study: Optimizing K8s Autoscaling for Growth and Cost-Efficiency
The SaaS company in this case study had been scaling to accommodate business growth but soon found itself vastly over-provisioning Kubernetes resources and facing 40% annual growth in cloud spend, which was cutting into its margins. The firm adopted Kubernetes horizontal pod autoscaling (HPA), but found it challenging to scale workloads that were prone to […]
Kubernetes Autoscaling without Compromise: A Bi-Dimensional Approach from StormForge that Works
Predictable, optimized scaling is a challenge that requires trade-offs in Kubernetes environments today. The Kubernetes autoscalers enable horizontal and vertical autoscaling, but it’s not easy for them to work together. This leads the vast majority of organizations to use Horizontal Pod Autoscaler only, with arbitrary CPU values determining the scale point. And for the VPA […]
Rightsizing Kubernetes Apps and Optimizing Resources at Any Scale with StormForge ML
Cloud waste and operational inefficiency are significant Kubernetes problems that span pre-production, day 2 operations and beyond. The chronic inability to rightsize application resources in complex Kubernetes environments leads to excessive – yet ineffective – manual tuning, gross over-provisioning and unpredictable performance. These outcomes steal time from engineering innovation, generate unnecessarily high cloud costs and […]
Kentik Brings Network Observability to Public Clouds
Abstract: Kentik, the leader in Network Observability, makes sense of the mountain of telemetry available from your public cloud infrastructure. Flow logs are combined with metadata from your compute, gateways, security policy, routing, private interconnects, cloud services, and network and web application performance metrics to provide fast answers and proactive alerts to better plan, run, […]
Using Kentik Network Observability to Uncover Hidden Costs in Public Cloud
The Kentik Network Observability platform handles enriching data to give much needed context to network flow data. We do this at scale, in near-real-time, for all networks whether, it’s AWS, Azure, GCP or Private Cloud. Mike Krygeris discusses some recent examples of how Kentik was able to help identify traffic that was costing customers massive […]
Kentik in the Cloud – Review of AWS and Azure
Cloud as a concept and connections to the cloud, reviewing Kentik Maps, Data Explorer, and the Kentik ingest pipeline for AWS and Azure. Presented by Ted Turner, Cloud Solutions Architect, Kentik. Visit www.kentik.com/solutions/usecase/clouds-and-hybrid/ for more information.