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Managed Kubernetes-as-a-Service: A Force Multiplier for Your Tech Team

6 minute read | November 20, 2024

Kubernetes revolutionized container orchestration, but managing it is still a complex and time-consuming process. That’s why Managed Kubernetes-as-a-Service offerings have...

General

4 minute read

| August 14, 2019

The Benefits of Managed Kubernetes vs. Amazon ECS

In a previous post, we discussed the pros and cons of solutions like AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) for container orchestration. As of 2019, Kubernetes has become the... Read More

Managed Kubernetes

1 minute read

| August 8, 2019

Environmentally Friendly Ep. 3 | Managed Kubernetes with Microsoft's Emily Freeman

In this episode, Emily Freeman, Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, sits down with Kendall to talk Microsoft, Kubernetes, managed services, and the future of technology... Read More

General

9 minute read

| July 25, 2019

Announcing Polaris Snapshot

Two months ago at Fairwinds (formerly ReactiveOps), we launched Polaris , an open source dashboard for auditing Kubernetes workload configuration. We saw a great... Read More

General

3 minute read

| July 16, 2019

Why choose Kubernetes?

If you are in the process of migrating your workloads to the cloud for the first time, you’ve likely come across the topic of containerization and microservices.... Read More

General

4 minute read

| July 16, 2019

Zero to SRE: Day One for Your Junior Engineer

This will be a three-part blog series on developing junior engineers for organizational leaders who shape the culture of your company such as CTOs, engineering VPs and,... Read More

General

5 minute read

| July 12, 2019

Zero to SRE: How To Invest In Junior Engineers

It’s not easy to find, recruit and hire senior engineers in the software space. And it’s an expensive undertaking if you’re successful; senior engineers command high... Read More

General

5 minute read

| July 11, 2019

ReactiveOps Relaunches as Fairwinds

This article was written by Brian Dowling and originally appeared in Xconomy. Read More

1 minute read

| May 27, 2019

Environmentally Friendly Ep.2 | Kubernetes for Dummies

In this episode, we learn why you soon won’t be able to live without kubernetes-based technology. Read More

5 minute read

| May 15, 2019

Introducing Polaris: Keeping your Kubernetes Clusters Healthy

I’m excited to introduce Polaris, an open source project that helps keep your Kubernetes clusters healthy. We designed Polaris to automate some of the best practices we’ve... Read More

General

7 minute read

| May 7, 2019

Upgrading to Istio 1.

Istio recently released version 1.1.1 of their popular service mesh with several changes and improvements. Without a doubt you should likely upgrade from earlier versions to... Read More

1 minute read

| April 25, 2019

Environmentally Friendly Ep.1 | What You Should Know About the Future of DevOps ft. Kelsey Hightower

In this episode, Kelsey Hightower joins us to tell his story about how he became one of the most influential voices in Kubernetes. He shares the wealth by giving insight into... Read More

General

7 minute read

| April 17, 2019

Help Improve Your Kubectl Command With Plugins

You can add features to the kubectl Kubernetes command-line tool using plugins. Create kubectl sub-commands to add custom functionality while maintaining a cohesive... Read More