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November 2020

Tanzu Talk: managing remote working, strategy & people

In this episode, Coté is joined by Rick Clark and Sophie Seiwald to discuss management challenges of remote working. You know the drill: everyone has been working from home since the spring, taking away all the advantages and habits of working face-to-face. What’s new in this conversation is some advice for doing strategy communication, something that’s especially important when you’re relying on autonomous developer teams. We also discuss keeping people’s spirits up and making casual conversations with the boss more like running into each other in the hallway instead of an ominous “we need to talk” meeting.

Kubernetes Is Not Just Kubernetes-Ramp Up with These Eight Open Source Projects

When was the last time you got a Kubernetes cluster up and running and said, “Welp, now we’re done”? Probably never. The cluster is only one part of the puzzle. In this demo, you will see eight open source technologies that provide different aspects of operating Kubernetes. Get a technical demo of Kubernetes automation with Cluster API, use Kubeapps and Harbor to provide easy access to new applications, utilize Antrea and Contour to improve network performance, visualize the cluster with Octant, measure conformance with Sonobuoy, and save the day with Velero.

VMware Tanzu SQL, Now GA for Kubernetes: A Consistent Postgres Experience Everywhere

Data services—such as caches, messaging queues, and relational databases—are the backbone of applications. And when it comes to relational databases, Postgres is a pretty popular option. Its killer feature is its versatility. Natively and through plugins, Postgres supports a wide variety of data types, formats, and programming languages, which makes it useful for all kinds of applications, including text, geospatial, graph, and more.

IDC Technology Spotlight: Enterprise Cloud-Native Apps and Infrastructure Need Modern Observability

In a new research paper, Mary Johnston Turner, IDC research vice president for cloud management, explains why cloud-native applications and infrastructure require modern observability. IDC's research shows that 97 percent of global enterprises use connected cloud strategies that depend on a diverse mix of on-premises, off-premises, hosted, edge, and public cloud infrastructure.