Patterns in Context

    We began exploring the concept of basing good architecture upon cloud native patterns with “A Timeless Way of Building a Cloud Native System?”. Key takeaways were that every pattern fits into a larger...

    Some Admission Webhook Basics

    Admission Webhooks are a new feature in Kubernetes since 1.9 that allows you to intercept manifests prior to them being deployed. This gives you a lot of control to do things like inject sidecars, att...

    Distributed Tracing Is Powerful...But Also Effectively D.O.A.?

    OH: “the thing about distributed tracing is that apart from the people who work on it, no one gives a damn. At every company where we’ve rolled out tracing, only a very small number of developers actu...

    The Cloud Native Maturity Matrix in the Real World: Case Studies

    When a new client comes to Container Solutions, the very first thing we do is take them through the CS Cloud Migration Maturity Matrix. The Maturity Matrix is a custom tool to analyse and describe org...

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    Delivering Kubernetes Native Applications with Helm

    Last week, at the GOTO Conference Amsterdam, I gave a talk on how Kubernetes is in the process of crossing The Chasm. As in, the notable (and perilous) gap that exists in the Technology Adoption Lifec...

    A Timeless Way of Building a Cloud Native System?

    This article was written jointly by Anne Currie and our CTO Pini Reznik.

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    Six Steps to Successful Cloud Native Migration (Part 2)

    Every time we guide another enterprise client onto the cloud, Container Solutions gains new experience and insights. We used this knowledge to refine the successful migration process into six steps. P...

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    Embracing Kubernetes Doesn't Have to Mean OPERATING Kubernetes

    Microsoft’s initial version of Azure Container Service, its a Containers as a Service (CaaS), offered a choice of orchestration engines in the form of Mesosphere DC/OS, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes. B...

    Six Steps to Successful Cloud Native Migration (Part 1)

    Over the past three years Container Solutions has built experience by successfully guiding a range of enterprises into the cloud. Through experimentation and observation, we have distilled the practic...