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7 minute read

| September 19, 2022

Kubernetes security, cost avoidance an' policy go 'and in 'and

Kubernetes security continues to be one o' the biggest concerns fer organizations adoptin' the technology. Security teams be learnin' kubernetes while devops an' developers... Read More

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4 minute read

| September 14, 2022

New Fairwinds Insights Releases: Azure DevOps Integration & Secret Encryption

If you are managing a team of developers using Kubernetes, no doubt you are running into some scaling issues - not around supporting end-users, but around easily being able... Read More

General

4 minute read

| September 13, 2022

KubeCrash is Back! The KubeCon Detroit Warm-up

I’m so excited to be part of the second KubeCrash happening virtually this year in preparation for KubeCon Detroit. Alongside other great open source contributors -... Read More

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7 minute read

| August 24, 2022

FinOps "Crawl, Walk, Run" Maturity Model Applied to Kubernetes

FinOps has become an increasingly popular goal of many organizations. It helps to unite financial teams and cloud operations teams across organizations to speak the same... Read More

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10 minute read

| August 23, 2022

5 Ways to Make Your Dev Teams (Using Kubernetes) Love You

As an engineering leader, you have a choice: you can make decisions constantly that drive everyone mad, or you can make your developers love you by enabling them to do the... Read More

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4 minute read

| August 17, 2022

Fairwinds Insights Release Notes: 8.10-9.6

Over the past month, the Fairwinds development team have released a number of updates to Insights including our newly designed Vulnerabilities Explorer that helps teams... Read More

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4 minute read

| August 16, 2022

Find Your Kubernetes Cost Blind Spots

Cloud infrastructure has changed so dramatically in the last decade it's almost hard to believe. One of my first jobs in tech had a server room in a closet and we handled... Read More

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5 minute read

| August 3, 2022

3 Ways for Engineering Leaders to Kickstart a FinOps Program

As an engineering leader you need to be BFFs with your CFO. It’s that partnership that gives you a deep understanding of the business - and gives your CFO a view into the... Read More

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5 minute read

| June 21, 2022

Fairwinds Insights Release Notes 8.6-10: Spotlight on Policies and NSA Hardening Guidance

Fairwinds Insights has been enhanced over the last month to include a number of new features and bug fixes. The Kubernetes governance platform ensures users can configure... Read More

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6 minute read

| June 17, 2022

Top 12 Kubernetes Resources: Learn and Stay Up-to-Date

The cloud native community is thriving and Kubernetes has a lot to do with it. As an open source community, members are dedicated to education and support on the topic. Read More

General

4 minute read

| June 2, 2022

What are Kubernetes Guardrails?

If you’ve ever gone bowling with small children, you’ll easily visualize a bowling lane with the bumpers up. The purpose: allow the bowling ball to reach the pins without the... Read More

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5 minute read

| June 1, 2022

Kubernetes: The Blackhole of FinOps

FinOps has become another buzzword in the cloud native ecosystem of late. FinOps, as defined by the FinOps Foundation, is the: Read More

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