Not Ready for Microservices? Evolutions and Alternatives

Why did the chicken cross the road? As the old saying goes, to get the other side. Why did the company move to microservices? That answer isn’t nearly as simple. While the buzz around microservices continues to grow, it can be valuable to look at various paths that companies take…

A dash of Salt(Stack): Using Salt for better OpenStack, Kubernetes, and Cloud — Q&A

The post A dash of Salt(Stack): Using Salt for better OpenStack, Kubernetes, and Cloud — Q&A appeared first on Mirantis | The Pure Play OpenStack Company. On January 16, Ales Komarek presented an introduction to Salt. We covered the following topics: The model-driven architectures behind how Salt stores topologies and…

Cloud Native App Developers Delight! Container Storage Just Got a Whole Lot Easier

The new Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform offers a rich user experience with dynamic provisioning of storage volumes, automation, and much more. (Republished from the original blog post by Michael Adam and Sayan Saha at redhatstorage.redhat.com) Earlier today, Red Hat announced general availability of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4…

Introduction to YAML: Creating a Kubernetes deployment

The post Introduction to YAML: Creating a Kubernetes deployment appeared first on Mirantis | The Pure Play OpenStack Company. In previous articles, we’ve been talking about how to use Kubernetes to spin up resources. So far, we&8217;ve been working exclusively on the command line, but there&8217;s an easier and more…

Looking ahead to 2017 for OpenShift

As we flip the calendar ahead to 2017, it’s time to look forward to the big trends that we believe will shape the next 12 months. These aren&8217;t “predictions”, but rather an amplification of trends that the OpenShift team has seen emerging in 2016 and we believe will become more mainstream in 2017.…

The 50 Worst Things On The Internet In 2016

In a year like 2016, this list might almost restore your faith in the internet…almost&8230; WARNING: This post is obviously NSFW. The severed toe one Tumblr user mailed her Tumblr friend to make a necklace. cummy-eyelids.tumblr.com This whole thing. Tumblr This British hero who expressed his opinion by sticking an…

Red Hat Brings Application-Awareness to Kubernetes

Over the last few weeks, we’ve written a lot about why Red Hat OpenShift is strategically aligned to Kubernetes, as well as why we believe that OpenShift is the most Enterprise-Ready Kubernetes offering in the marketplace today. With the investment that Red Hat has made over the past several years,…

Software Engineer (.Net)

The post Software Engineer (.Net) appeared first on Mirantis | The Pure Play OpenStack Company. Agilent Technologies is a leader in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets. The company provides laboratories worldwide with instruments, services, consumables, applications and expertise, enabling customers to gain the insights they seek. Agilent focuses its expertise…

How do I create a new Docker image for my application?

The post How do I create a new Docker image for my application? appeared first on Mirantis | The Pure Play OpenStack Company. In our previous series, we looked at how to deploy Kubernetes and create a cluster. We also looked at how to deploy an application on the cluster…

Docker acquires Infinit: a new data layer for distributed applications

The short version: #Docker acquired a fantastic company called Infinit. Using their technology, we will provide secure distributed storage out of the box, making it much easier to deploy stateful services and legacy enterprise applications on Docker. This will be delivered in a very open and modular design, so operators…