By Alex PollittSep 23, 2019CaaS, Calico, Kubernetes, Scaling
IBM Cloud has made a massive shift to Kubernetes. From an initial plan for a hosted Kubernetes public cloud offering it has snowballed to tens of thousands of production Kubernetes clusters running across more than 60 data centers around the globe, hosting 90% of the...
By Christopher LiljenstolpeJul 13, 2018Bgp, Networking, Scaling
Does Tigera’s Calico Support BGP Unnumbered? Lately, we’ve been talking quite a bit about network policy and security here in the Tigera blog. However, there is another aspect of Tigera’s solution, the underlying network platform that enables very scalable...
By Mike StoweJul 10, 2017Cloud Computing, Microservices, Scaling, Scaling Microservices
Welcome to Part 3 of the Cloud Native, Microservices, Security, & Scale Series. The year is 2008. It’s been 11 years since that fateful Apollo 13 rental by Reed Hastings Jr, and Netflix is quickly growing in popularity for its no-late fee, keep as long as you...
By Mike StoweJul 10, 2017Cloud Computing, Enterprise, Microservices, Scaling, Scaling Microservices
Today I came across an advertisement for the Nutanix special edition book, “Enterprise Cloud for Dummies.” Of course, I couldn’t turn down a free book, so I immediately filled in my information to receive my complimentary copy (and I’m sure an awesome conversation via...
By Mike StoweJul 10, 2017Cloud Computing, Enterprise, Microservices, Scaling, Scaling Microservices
Welcome to Part 2 of the Cloud Native, Microservices, Security, & Scale Series. The year is 1997. Reed Hastings Jr. walks into Blockbuster carrying a copy of Apollo 13 — a movie he rented more than six weeks earlier, and is met with a hefty $40 late fee charge. A...
