Cloud-Native Apps

Exploring Kubernetes 1.11

vladimirvivien posted June 27, 2018

It’s that time again when the Kubernetes community, like clockwork, comes together for another quarterly release. This version, 1.11, is the midyear release that continues Kubernetes’ march toward stability. As with previous releases, VMware continues to participate and contribute open-source resources to Kubernetes upstream. This post highlights some important features and development in version 1.11. Read more...

Introducing VMware Kubernetes Engine™ (VKE)

billshelton posted June 26, 2018

By Bill Shelton and Krishna Ganugapati, VMware Today, we are excited to announce the public beta of VMware Kubernetes Engine, a Kubernetes-as-a-Service offering that is the latest addition to our VMware Cloud Services portfolio. If you are not familiar with VMware Cloud Services, it is a portfolio of SaaS-based offerings designed to help with operations Read more...

PKS + VKE : Consistent Kubernetes Experience for Developers, More Operations Flexibility and Control

paulfazzone posted June 26, 2018

By Paul Fazzone, VP/GM VMware Cloud Native Apps Business Unit Today, VMware announced VMware Kubernetes Engine or VKE, a new offering as part of VMware Cloud Services. VKE is a fully managed SaaS-based service running on AWS, that enables enterprise developers to provision Kubernetes clusters on-demand, without the need to stand up or operate Kubernetes or Read more...

REX-Ray Persists! Your Questions Answered

ckitson posted June 22, 2018

REX-Ray is a container storage orchestration engine enabling persistence for cloud native workloads. We have received a few questions from members of the community and they are captured, with answers, below. General Questions Is REX-Ray still being maintained? A: Yes, by VMware. To what extent is VMware maintaining REX-Ray? A: VMware has committed multiple Read more...

Harbor Delivers a Trusted Cloud Native Registry

pdaigle posted June 14, 2018

By Patrick Daigle, Senior Technical Marketing Architect, Cloud-Native Apps There’s no doubt that cloud native services and practices boost developer productivity, and that’s a key reason why enterprises are turning to Kubernetes in droves. But as organizations put containerized applications into production, they quickly discover another fundamental truth: they need a secure way to store, Read more...

PKS SociaLab Is Coming to Canada: Register Now to Learn How to Operationalize PKS on vSphere

Susan Wu posted June 11, 2018

By Rukma Sen, Product Marketing Manager, Cloud Native Applications Workshops on VMware Pivotal Container Service (PKS) have kicked off across the United States and now they are coming to Canada. PKS SociaLab will be in Toronto and Montreal this month for workshops of high-impact training with VMware experts. This is your opportunity to ask questions Read more...

Kick Off Your Cloud Native Summer with DockerCon in San Francisco

Susan Wu posted June 8, 2018

By Amanda Katona, Director of Marketing, Cloud Native Community Engagement The cloud native team is heading to San Francisco next week, this time for DockerCon 2018. Since our team spends most of our time working with cloud native applications and open source software, we are very excited about the talks by practitioners, hands-on labs, and Read more...

Enterprise-Ready Containers with vSphere Integrated Containers 1.4

Susan Wu posted May 15, 2018

By Patrick Daigle, Sr. Technical Marketing Architect, Cloud-Native Apps We are pleased to announce the general availability of the newest release of vSphere Integrated Containers. Version 1.4 adds support for vSphere 6.7 and vSphere Remote Office Branch Office Advanced Edition, enhances stability, extends the scheduling capabilities, and introduces a number of UI improvements. What’s New Improved Read more...

Enable the Easy Button to Bridge the Worlds of Containers and VMs — Watch Pat Gelsinger’s Keynote at Dell Technologies World on VMware Pivotal Container Service

Susan Wu posted May 10, 2018

Ning Ge, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Cloud-Native Apps, VMware At last week’s Dell Technologies World, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger delivered a keynote speech on stage where he talked about Pivotal Container Service (PKS), the Kubernetes solution brought to you by VMware with Pivotal, in collaboration with Google. Pat started his talk by stating that one Read more...

Red Hat Summit returns to the City by the Bay

Susan Wu posted May 7, 2018

By Susan Wu, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Cloud-Native Apps On the heels of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe, we’re following up on the cloud-native momentum and heading to the City by the Bay for Red Hat Summit, May 8-10, 2018. We have two theater sessions devoted to the synergies between Kubernetes, cloud-native solutions and cloud management Read more...