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Today, federal agencies rely extensively on Cloud-based SaaS applications for everything from payment processing and document management, to data security and employee workflow automation. These tools help departments to function very efficiently, but because they are being used for essential government functions, it’s vital that they are safe and secure. For example, personnel at The Pentagon or The Department of Homeland Security can’t just choose any software vendor in the marketplace.

We could probably sum up the direction the financial services industry is headed in just two words: digital transformation. It’s the buzzy, all-encompassing focus and end goal of financial services organizations near and far, and it’s the big reason why many organizations are thinking about process automation with a greater sense of urgency.

In the world of modern Kubernetes, things have come a long way from the days of a single cluster handling one app. Now, it's common to see setups that span multiple clusters across different clouds. Initially, managing those clusters was a complicated operation with many moving parts. Using tools such as SUSE Rancher, RedHat OpenShift or AWS EKS, made managing multiple clusters somewhat easier.