Unleash the power of Kubernetes with managed Kubernetes application operations (KAOPS)

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Applications power the digital economy, and Kubernetes is a key tool for app development and management. A new HPE managed service enables you to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications with ease, and with all the advantages of as-a-service delivery.

By Sanjay Sawant, Director, Hybrid MSP Portfolio, HPE Services – Managed Services

Times have changed, and in today’s digital economy, the Application is king. The app has taken over the way we live our lives – and run and transact businesses – especially post-pandemic. What’s fueling this growth is the technical superiority that cloud-native open-source technologies provide for applications, enabling the transition

- from monolithic to microservice/container architecture

- from physical servers and cloud infrastructure, and

- from waterfall development processes to an agile DevOps culture.

The COVID pandemic supercharged cloud transformation initiatives. Because scientists and engineers had a taste of the agility and elasticity benefits, they found more and more use cases for it. What is worth noting is that although cloud adoption has increased, scientists and engineers also figured out that there are some workloads that still make sense on-prem and are really looking for a hybrid solution to get the best of both worlds. Bottom line, hybrid multi-cloud is quickly becoming a new norm.

Kubernetes offers numerous benefits for application development and management. Among them, portability certainly bubbles up to the top five list. Kubernetes abstracts away infrastructure details, making it easier to move applications between different cloud providers or on-premises environments.

Today, there are at least dozens of Kubernetes “flavors” available, also known as Kubernetes distributions, distros or Kubernetes platforms. These Kubernetes distributions are pre-packaged, production-ready versions of Kubernetes that include not only the Kubernetes core components but also additional tools, services, and configurations to simplify the development, management, and maintenance of Kubernetes clusters. These distributions are designed to meet various use cases and operational requirements, and they often cater to specific cloud providers, on-premises data centers, or hybrid cloud environments.

If you’re a DevOps engineer, you must learn multiple Kubernetes flavors as well as corresponding tools, services and configurations. This could be a daunting task. As a result, you are forced to compromise by restricting to one or two cloud providers to reduce complexity. This very quickly results into provider lock-in and uncontrolled costs, diminishing the benefits of Kubernetes.

A managed services approach for Kubernetes application operations

The HPE Managed Application Operations Service for Kubernetes separates cloud management from cloud services. It is a fully managed service that allows businesses to deploy, manage, and scale their containerized applications with ease. With this service, organizations can focus on their core business objectives, without worrying about the complexities of managing a Kubernetes infrastructure and applications.

The HPE Managed Application Operations Service for Kubernetes provides the following benefits:

• Simplified hybrid multi-cloud operations for Kubernetes-based DevOps don’t accrue technical debt; there is no vendor lock-in.
• Enables you to unleash the true power of Kubernetes – interoperability across hybrid cloud – fully managed for you by HPE.
• Avoid the cost of investing in specialized skills and experience to manage complex hybrid cloud Kubernetes environments.
• Simplify security and compliance across multiple cloud platforms.
• Rapid time-to-value when you trust HPE to deliver hybrid cloud via pre-configured architectures, services and optimized operations which reduce risk and improve predictability.
• Workload-linked insights and recommendations help optimize hybrid cloud spending and improve sustainability and strategic planning while building containerized apps.
• Streamlined routine tasks via managed automation reduce human errors and free IT staff for strategic work, allowing you to focus on your core business.
• Continuous proactive monitoring and activities minimize downtime risks and improve performance across clouds.
• Integrated business continuity and disaster recovery planning as a managed service simplifies complexities that normally come with environments across multiple clouds: We provide robust disaster recovery and business continuity solutions to safeguard your data and applications in case of failures or disasters, enhancing resilience and continuity.

Test drive the new HPE Managed Kubernetes Application Operations Service and unleash the power of true Kubernetes for your DevOps pipelines. Contact your HPE Managed Services Sales representative for more information on the program.

For more information about HPE Managed Services, visit www.hpe.com/managementservices

Sanjay Sawant is Director of the Hybrid MSP Portfolio for HPE Services – Managed Services. With over 13 years of experience in managed services, Sanjay is a seasoned service portfolio management professional specializing in managed services strategy and offering management. Sanjay was part of several successful digital transformation journeys at Global 500 companies, streamlining the process of transforming complex, custom managed services to scalable, repeatable standard services.

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