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Why Are We Doing Kubernetes?

October 08, 2019 by Nathaniel Avery in Basics

Kubernetes continues to be one of the hottest topics and skillsets in IT. It’s spoken about as the next thing we’ll all be doing. The hype is reminiscent of virtualization back in the early 2000’s. It’s a technology that holds a lot of promise, comes from a good beginning, and has wide industry support. All of those factors should mean success. But it’s how we define success that ultimately matters. We also need to be clear about which problem(s) we hope a technology solves for us.

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October 08, 2019 /Nathaniel Avery
K8s, kubernetes, cloud, architecture, design
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Managed Kubernetes w/ the CTO Advisor, Keith Townsend

April 17, 2019 by Nathaniel Avery in Appearances

I was honored to sit down with Kieth Townsend during AWS re:Invent to discuss various managed kubernetes offerings as a guest on the CTO Dose.

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April 17, 2019 /Nathaniel Avery
CTO Advisor, Kubernetes, K8s, CTO Dose, Dell Technologies World, Pivotal
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Looking Forward : Amazon re:Invent

November 24, 2018 by Nathaniel Avery in Conferences

AWS is the clear leader in cloud, Microsoft, Google, and even Oracle have recently made attempts to cut into Amazon’s market share. Microsoft has done an admirable job of leveraging enterprise connections coupled with some very nice cloud products to emerge has a worthy challenger. Google recently made some leadership changes at the top which observers of the space find intriguing. Finally, Oracle keeps pushing in terms of price to performance ratios. AWS has to keep the pedal to medal in terms of innovation to keep their lead position.

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November 24, 2018 /Nathaniel Avery
AWS, DevOps, Amazon, re:Invent, K8s, Kubernetes
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