Managers in the Middle, Part 1: Fighting the Waterfall

    This post is part of a three-part series on middle managers and Cloud Native transformation. Here are parts two and three. Being a middle manager is a tough gig.

    Starting a Cloud Native Transformation? Don’t Repeat Your Mistakes

    Sometimes, you just know that things won’t end well. When a company takes on a Cloud Native project, let alone a full transformation, it’s already got a lot of challenges ahead of it.

    Takeaways from the CNCF’s Latest Annual Report

    The Cloud Native community continues to spread rapidly, according to the 2019 annual report released by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) this month. Given the more than 5,000 words contain...

    Cloud Native Education Isn't Just for Engineers

    For anyone that has been engaged in the big trend towards the containerisation of software applications, and the move to elastic, on-demand infrastructure, you'll know how important getting skilled up...

    More Public Kubernetes Courses Coming in 2020

    This year, Container Solutions will continue to offer training in Kubernetes to the general public through its partnership with Amazic, a Dutch company that specialises in DevOps training. Registratio...

    Don't Be A Deadbeat: Cloud Native Transformation Design Fails

    In his 1979 book, The Timeless Way of Building, Christopher Alexander tells a wonderful story of two barns. The first was extremely long, over 240 feet, and instead of having doors at the end (where y...

    7 Cloud Native Trends to Watch in 2020

    As Cloud Native continues to grow in popularity, with more organisations than ever adopting the tech and all that comes with it, let’s take a look at what we are expecting to see in 2020.

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    What We Learned at KotlinConf 2019

    Last month, I joined about 1,600 other participants at KotlinConf 2019, in Copenhagen. The two-day event showed that Kotlin is evolving fast as a programming language and as a community.

    Best of 2019: Our Engineers on Tech

    Some of the best Cloud Native engineers in the world work for Container Solutions (yes, we’re biased, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t true). Besides helping client companies like Shell, Adidas, and Fid...