Welcome to the weekly post of the RackN blog recap of all things Digital Rebar, RackN, Edge Computing, and DevOps. If you have any ideas for this recap or would like to include content please contact us at info@rackn.com or tweet RackN (@rackngo)
Items of the Week
Industry News
- It’s a decade since DevOps became a “thing” – and people still don’t know what it means : The Register
Maybe we’re just too lazy to put in the work to become DevOps-minded, though, to the industry’s credit, the desire to “get DevOps” is real. Roughly 10 years after DevOps was coined as a thing, enterprises are madly scrambling to embrace it, as survey data uncovers. The problem is that too often we think it’s about hiring a few “DevOps engineers” and setting them free to… DevOp… or whatever.
- IoT is dead – Long live IoT! : SD Times
Many industrial applications have been developed to utilize IoT devices and the data they produce. They generally use cloud hosting, analytics and edge computing technology, often provided and connected via an IoT Platform – a set of tools and run-time systems hosted on the cloud that enable the development and deployment of a “complete IoT solution.”
- Software vendors line up Kubernertes tasting menu for devops : The Register
With the advent of KubCon and CloudNativeCon in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, assorted enterprise vendors have chosen this week to flog their latest devops-oriented wares, before the impending holiday torpor leaves IT folks too distracted, weary or inebriated to care.
Digital Rebar
- Digital Rebar Community Online Meetup – December 5th at 11:00am PST
RackN
- 2017 Gartner IO & DC Wrap-Up from Rob Hirschfeld
Like other Gartner events, the Infrastructure and Operations (IO) show is all about enterprises maintaining systems. There are plenty of hype chasing sessions, but the vibe is distinctly around working systems and practical implementations. Think: sports coats not t-shirts. In that way, it’s less breathless and wild-eyed than something like KubeCon (which is busy celebrating a bumper crop of 1.0 projects). The very essence of this show is to project an aura of calm IT stewardship.
Join this webinar to learn more about the RackN Kubernetes installation integration using community tools like Kubeadm demonstrated at this week’s KubeCon event (Slides) in Austin, TX. Co-Founders Rob Hirschfeld and Greg Althaus of RackN will discuss this fast and simple approach to operating Kubernetes. Of course, we’ll also demonstrate the technology installing Kubernetes following the immutable infrastructure model highlighting the automated provisioning technology built on the open source Digital Rebar project.
Dec 14, 2017 1:30 PM CST
We are actively looking for feedback from customers and technologists before general availability of both RackN and the Terraform plug-in. It takes just a few minutes to get started and we offer direct engineering engagement on our community slack channel. Get started now by providing your email on our registration page so we can provide you all the necessary links.
L8ist Sh9y Podcast
Podcast Guest: Keith Townsend, The CTO Advisor
UPCOMING EVENTS – None until 2018
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