Microservices SOS! Over-Engineering War Stories

    For me, one of the most fun and useful parts of going to conferences is talking to other attendees. I learn a lot that way about what folk are currently trying and learning.

    ASOS New (DevOps) Look

    As part of the investigation for our new book "The Cloud Native Attitude" I interviewed a lot of expert practitioners to find out what they had tried, struggled with and achieved with Cloud Native. Be...

    It's The Productivity, Stupid

    Since March I have been interviewing enterprises, vendors and pundits about Cloud Native for my ebook, “The Cloud Native Attitude”, which came out last week and is currently available as a free downlo...

    The Cloud Native Attitude Mini-Book

    Introduction to This Blog In April this year, our CEO Jamie Dobson, CTO Pini Reznik and I were sitting around drinking Yorkshire tea and talking about how unclear the phrase “Cloud Native” was. What d...

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    Docker Image-Builder Qualities

    How Retailers Use Cloud Native Technologies to Capitalise on Existing Physical Assets

    Most forward-thinking retailers have an ecommerce side to their business. Offering products for sale online opens up their business to new target markets, extends their reach, increases their revenue ...

    Becoming a Kubernetes Certified Service Provider

    Several of us signed up for the Beta of the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam. Container Solutions participates in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and our CNCF ambassador Mich...

    Kubernetes on AWS... Cool Your Jets

    When AWS joined the CNCF everyone got so excited for hosted Kubernetes, and the clickbait articles were produced en masse. As much as I would love an AWS managed K8s, I am not holding my breath. I hav...

    How To Install DC/OS on Packet or other Bare Metal Environments

    In this blog I will describe how to install DC/OS on Packet, the bare metal cloud, using the advanced DC/OS installer. I like the advanced installer because it gives a better understanding of the DC/O...