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Prior to version 2.3, new versions of Kubernetes came out with point releases of Rancher and required an upgrade to Rancher before they were made available for use. Rancher 2.3 changes that pattern and now makes it possible to update the metadata store for available Kubernetes versions, disconnecting the Rancher server upgrade process from the Kubernetes cluster upgrade process.
OpsRamp was a sponsor of Gartner Symposium in Orlando last week, where CIOs and top executives gathered to share knowledge on the changing role of IT operations, DevOps adoption, and anything to do with cloud migration, monitoring, and management. Gartner analysts and researchers presented on several trends in the world of IT operations, and 10 of them offered key insights into the direction of our industry:
With the release of the WordPress REST API (version 4.7 circa 2016), WordPress developers started deploying the application as a headless CMS. As the WordPress community started to embrace this architecture, more and more developers are starting to use it in production. Now thanks to the growing number of plugins, WordPress as a headless CMS is starting to become the go-to deployment strategy.
IT is pervasive in today’s setting. Businesses, governments, and individuals use IT products constantly for different purposes. In fact, it is forecast that the global spend would reach $5 trillion by the end of 2019. Most of the money streaming into the IT industry comes for corporations and government agencies. Households are also contributing to it, including home-based commercial ventures.
Containers - and Kubernetes - are now a key part of enterprise growth strategy across EMEA. We can see this not only as usage of Rancher grows, but also as the popularity of our local Lighthouse Events increases. In Northern EMEA particularly, the appetite for Kubernetes is accelerating rapidly. How are companies in this region capitalising on Kubernetes?
ServerlessConf NY this past October was an important milestone for those of us tracking how software is built on cloud services. . We’ve seen the serverless talks evolve from “what is serverless” to “I built a weird thing” to “We built a new business” to “We refactored a legacy app and kickstarted our feature velocity.” We’ll come back to those last two soon, , but I want to highlight some points from one in particular by Tim Wagner.
