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AWS re:Invent 2024: Optimize Your Kubernetes with Fairwinds and NetApp
AWS re:Invent 2024 is next week, right after a late Thanksgiving when we’re kicking off the last few weeks of a busy year. For many organizations, now is the time to review ...

Fairwinds Insights Release Notes 16.1.11 – 16.2.4: CVE Mapping Updates
Over the last few months, we’ve been working on making a number of meaningful updates to Fairwinds Insights. We’ve delivered some great new functionality that our Insights customers will definitely benefit from ...

Managed Kubernetes-as-a-Service: A Force Multiplier for Your Tech Team
Kubernetes revolutionized container orchestration, but managing it is still a complex and time-consuming process. That’s why Managed Kubernetes-as-a-Service offerings have emerged to provide K8s expertise and empower tech teams to focus on ...

Top 5 Talks We’re Excited About at KubeCon 2024
I can’t believe that KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 is nearly here! I’m looking forward to meeting up with my friends and colleagues at this event dedicated to cloud native computing ...

It’s Time To Seriously Talk About Disaster Recovery
It’s always a good time to reflect on something that should send shivers down the spine of any organization: disaster recovery. As climate-related disruptions (most recently, the devastating Hurricanes Helene and Milton) ...

Exploring Goldilocks: ‘Just Right’ Resource Management
Managing resource requests and limits in Kubernetes can be challenging, especially for teams that are new to container orchestration or scaling complex workloads. But without proper configuration, your cluster can become unstable, ...

Top 6 Lessons Learned Managing Kubernetes for SMBs
In the fast-growing landscape of cloud computing, Kubernetes is a powerful container orchestration platform that transformed how organizations deploy and manage applications and services. At Fairwinds, we’ve spent the last eight years ...

Join KubeCrash Fall 2024 for Platform Engineering the Cloud Native Way
I’m excited to be back at KubeCrash this fall! Mark your calendars to join us on Wednesday, October 9th starting at 10 AM ET, as KubeCrash pulls together a day packed with ...

5 Kubernetes Cost Efficiency Strategies for DevOps and FinOps Leaders
Kubernetes is now an essential tool for many organizations as they shift to cloud-native infrastructure, enabling flexibility and scalability in managing applications. With this flexibility comes complexity and also responsibility—particularly when it ...

4 Best Practices for Using Cloud-Native Infrastructure for AI Workloads
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the hottest buzzwords these days, dominating headlines and rocking the stock market. Many companies have already added AI functionality to their software solutions, and many hope ...