Managing Cloud-Native Applications

The cloud-native application topic center helps IT operations and SysOps professionals manage apps that are designed to use loosely coupled cloud compute and storage rather than monolithic resources. Experts explain how to capacity plan and optimize performance for native cloud applications, including redundancy and scalability considerations.

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Managing Cloud-Native Applications News

May 17, 2019 17 May'19
Former Chef Software CTO talks IT automation, open source

Chef Software's founder, Adam Jacob, built widely used IT automation software for the enterprise. Now that he's no longer CTO, he's taking a break and pondering what comes next.
May 10, 2019 10 May'19
OpenShift shops chart a course for advanced IT automation

IT teams tackled containerization, developer self-service platforms and infrastructure provisioning automation in 2018. So, what's next?
April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19
Cloud Foundry PaaS undergoes seismic shifts as IT evolves

Cloud Foundry undergoes drastic changes as infrastructure automation technology develops, to the point where some industry experts see more erosion than evolution.
April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19
Users forge ahead with Cloud Foundry-Kubernetes integration

Complementary roles for Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes are clear to IT pros, and the community plans to knit the two more closely together with the Eirini project.

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Managing Cloud-Native Applications Get Started

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Bookmark this expansive guide to DevOps for Windows

Native Windows DevOps tools and Azure DevOps services enable Microsoft shops to keep pace with Linux setups. Continue Reading
Use the Ballerina language to ease into cloud microservices

With native integration features, Ballerina promises to take care of lower-level technological considerations, while developers focus on building features. Continue Reading
serverless computing

Serverless computing is an event-driven application design and deployment paradigm in which computing resources are provided as scalable cloud services. Continue Reading

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Test your Kubernetes terminology expertise with this quiz

Can you ace this quiz on Kubernetes architecture and component terminology? Assess your knowledge of these terms and whether you need to hit the books -- or online documentation. Continue Reading
Determine the cost of app customization in the cloud

Cloud applications are like icebergs: There's a lot users don't see below the surface. One apparently small change could have a massive ripple effect on operations. Continue Reading
Adjust IT team dynamics for a cloud-native approach

As enterprises set their cloud-native strategy, they'll need to navigate major changes -- both from a technical standpoint and in terms of IT team structure and management style. Continue Reading

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Learn to apply best practices and optimize your operations.

DevOps for networking hits chokepoints, tangled communications

NetOps complements DevOps in enterprises that need to scale application delivery efforts up and out. Networking tools -- and teams -- need to advance to find their place in CI/CD pipelines. Continue Reading
Combine containers and serverless to optimize app environments

Rather than pick a side in the debate around containers vs. serverless computing, DevOps shops would benefit from putting both of these complementary technologies to use. Continue Reading
Cloud and containers rewrite monitoring and management rulebooks

IT performance management is tricky when it stretches as big as the public cloud and scrunches as small as a microservice. IT ops techniques must change to keep up. Continue Reading

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Change your application support process to juggle cloud and legacy IT

Legacy IT and cloud app architectures demand different application maintenance and support activities, but with some abstraction and automation, they coexist. Continue Reading
Adjust IT operations roles and responsibilities for cloud

More organizations migrate to the cloud with each passing day. Learn how embracing soft skills can smooth the transition of dedicated ops staff to cloud industry roles. Continue Reading
Master application scalability in cloud computing alongside devs

Just because cloud scales endlessly doesn't mean every component in an application should, too. Teams throw money away and degrade app performance when ops isn't involved in design and test. Continue Reading

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