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A server goes down. A database is corrupted. A cyberattack cripples central systems. In such situations, the first question is not whether a backup …
Firewalls, endpoint protection, and email filters are now standard in every IT security strategy. They reduce risks and successfully fend off many …
Backups are created every day. Green status messages confirm successful backups. Backup jobs run automatically in the background, providing a sense …
Many companies can quickly answer the question of whether their data is backed up: “Yes, we perform daily backups.” But this is where a …
It’s 2:17 AM. Your website is still accessible. The server is running. But a business-critical API is no longer responding. Customers …
Whether it’s a SaaS platform, customer portal, or mobile app – modern software hardly functions without APIs today. They connect frontend and …
There’s a phrase no IT team wants to hear: “Your application isn’t working.” It’s even more uncomfortable when this …
The status page shows green. The web server responds. Monitoring reports no anomalies. Yet, support requests are piling up. Customers can’t log …
The application is cleanly developed. The code has been tested, performance optimizations have been implemented, and the infrastructure has …
An outage costs money. But even more costly is the time when no one knows why the outage occurred. These very minutes often determine whether an …
The application is slow. Support receives the first reports from customers. Thus begins the search for the cause. CPU usage? Unremarkable. Memory? …
A server doesn’t fail without warning. An application doesn’t slow down in an instant. And databases rarely suddenly encounter …
The IT landscape has fundamentally changed in recent years. Applications no longer run on a single server but are distributed across containers , …
New features are important, but they no longer solely determine the success of a SaaS application. Companies invest in software because it is …
Many companies associate high availability in Kubernetes with a simple rule of thumb: Deploy three control plane nodes and the issue is resolved. In …
Kubernetes is now considered the standard for running modern applications. The platform offers maximum flexibility, high scalability, and automated …
Which Strategy Really Pays Off for Companies Kubernetes has established itself as the standard for operating modern applications. Companies benefit …
Those Developing Modern Software Need a Partner for Reliable Operations Cloud-native applications, Kubernetes , compliance requirements, and rising …
TL;DR Polycrate multi-cloud portability enables containerized Polycrate modules to operate across platforms. Open APIs and centralized governance …
TL;DR Polycrate beginners often struggle with inconsistent environments, contradictory error messages, and lack of reproducibility of issues. The …
TL;DR Polycrate platform approaches promote portability through open standards, container-based orchestration , and multi-cloud strategies. Compared …
TL;DR A modular, cross-platform architecture enables rapid reuse of infrastructure components. Cloud-native Polycrate platform modules utilize …
Why Kubernetes Projects Become Complex Over Time – and How Companies Can Manage This Complexity In the first part of this article, we explored why …
Cookie banners have become a standard feature on almost every corporate website today. They are so ubiquitous that few question why they are …
The Hidden Costs of Kubernetes: Why Infrastructure is Usually the Smallest Expense Part 2 of our series “Build or Buy Kubernetes” After …
Why the Real Decision Begins Long Before the First Cluster Part 1 of our series “Build or Buy Kubernetes” When discussing the use of …
TL;DR Polycrate is an architectural pattern that ensures reusability, modularity, and scalability of platforms. It divides core competencies into …
TL;DR Polycrate migration succeeds with clear migration paths, targeted refactoring, and controlled integrations. A gradual transition, …
TL;DR Operating Polycrate requires a clear observability strategy across logs, metrics, and traces. Centralized telemetry, standardized formats, and …
TL;DR Zero Trust platform operations mean that every interaction is verified, secrets are managed automatically, and auditability is an integral …
TL;DR Open-source platforms, digital sovereignty, and Europe are inextricably linked. An open architecture with governance transparency, multi-cloud …
TL;DR This analysis demonstrates how European multi-cloud strategies ensure resilience, compliance, and independence. Key patterns include …
TL;DR Digital sovereignty is achieved through governance, interoperability, and clear data ownership, not merely through cloud diversification. …
TL;DR Open standards, interoperability, and multi-cloud are not marketing buzzwords but guiding instruments for architecture and legal frameworks. …
TL;DR Kubernetes open platforms create digital sovereignty, reduce vendor lock-in, and enhance interoperability across multi-cloud environments. Open …
TL;DR End-to-end Kubernetes observability requires centralized telemetry from metrics, logs, and tracing, combined with robust alerts. For 24/7 …
TL;DR This piece demonstrates how Kubernetes disaster recovery is pragmatically implemented: defined RPO/RTO, cross-region replication, consistent …
TL;DR A Kubernetes multi-region architecture reduces downtime through geo-redundancy but increases complexity in replication, consistency, and …
TL;DR Kubernetes high availability means more than just HA of a cluster. It requires geo-redundant clusters, automated failover paths, and robust …
TL;DR Data sovereignty and portability are not side aspects of the cloud but central architectural principles. Open formats, standardized APIs, and …
TL;DR Multi-cloud governance requires consistent policies, automated policy management, and a centralized security architecture across clouds. …
TL;DR Data sovereignty in multi-cloud architecture requires clear demarcations: data sovereignty remains where the data rests; governance is encoded …
Why European Companies Should Still Be Cautious When it became known that the infamous Section 702 of the American Foreign Intelligence Surveillance …
When Hetzner announced a significant price increase for parts of its cloud portfolio in mid-June 2026, public discussion quickly focused on the most …
In digital customer service, load is rarely linearly predictable. On a normal day, ticket volume usually trickles in quietly - the support team …
Anyone leading a digital team knows that the support helpdesk is the operational nerve center of customer service. Emails, chat messages, and API …
Operators of modern container platforms and web applications often find themselves in a false sense of security due to internal cluster metrics. The …
The transition to a modern GitOps architecture fundamentally changes the way IT teams operate. Instead of configuring infrastructure manually, the …
Few concepts have experienced a rise comparable to Multi-Cloud in recent years. Hardly any strategic presentation is complete without architecture …
Data is the most valuable asset of modern companies—and simultaneously their greatest regulatory risk. Whether it’s business-critical …
Operators of business-critical web applications or platform services know: The availability and performance of an application are often determined at …
The debate over digital sovereignty in Europe is often reduced to the wrong level. As soon as the dependency on American technology companies is …
The decision to operate a modern Kubernetes -based platform in your own data center is a milestone towards digital sovereignty for system integrators …
For IT service providers and system houses, agreeing on Service Level Agreements (SLAs) is standard business. Customers demand contractually …
TL;DR Consolidated observability across Kubernetes in a multi-cloud environment is achievable when OpenTelemetry is used as a standard, cloud …
TL;DR Disaster Recovery in Kubernetes requires more than just backups. An RPO/RTO-driven strategy leverages cross-region backup replication, …
TL;DR SRE operational guidelines in Kubernetes require clear SLOs, structured runbooks, and standardized incident management. Automated escalations, …
TL;DR Open standards and regulatory principles are key factors in achieving European cloud infrastructure sovereignty. An architecture that ensures …
TL;DR Multi-cloud sovereignty means making decisions across multiple clouds with open interfaces, standardized formats, and clear exit paths. …
TL;DR Exit strategies in multi-cloud mean true portability instead of sugarcoating: Open APIs, open standards, and clear data portability minimize …
The success of modern cloud-native platforms hinges on the security and availability of their software artifacts. When CI/CD pipelines continuously …
Efficient management of modern Kubernetes platforms is akin to peering into a black box. Hundreds of microservices fly in containers across nodes, …
Software development in the cloud-native era demands seamless processes. Code management, ticket tracking, CI/CD pipelines, artifact registries, and …
In traditional software deployment, the push principle was long considered standard: A CI/CD pipeline builds the code, generates the container …
In the cloud-native landscape, the number of internal tools, web apps, APIs, and external cluster services is rapidly growing. Each of these …
The distributed nature of modern IT infrastructures has definitively dismantled traditional network boundaries. When Kubernetes clusters operate …
In modern cloud-native systems, synchronous communication is a risk factor. When an application communicates directly and blocking via HTTP/REST …
The digital transformation of industrial companies, supply chains, and software platforms generates a relentless stream of data every second. Sensors …
In the dynamic world of Kubernetes , microservices, databases, and APIs are in constant exchange. This seamless data flow forms the heart of modern …
Transparency over the performance of microservices and distributed architectures is no longer optional in the cloud-native era—it’s vital. When …
How an Open-Source Project Became the Operating System of the Cloud In June, Kubernetes celebrates its twelfth anniversary. What began in 2014 as an …
Video streaming and real-time communication are considered the ultimate challenge in IT infrastructure. While traditional SaaS applications or …
Why Governance Must Be a Feature of the Platform, Not Just a Policy Governance is one of those terms that frequently appear in technical discussions …
Why the Most Critical Systems in Your Infrastructure Are Often Not Productive In the traditional understanding of IT security, productive systems …
Why Modern Platforms Cannot Be Secured Retroactively The discussion about IT security is still dominated by a misconception. Security is often seen …
🧠 Editorial The best time to think about digital sovereignty was ten years ago. The second best is after the next Microsoft audit. Bavaria suddenly …
Openness is not a campaign. It is an attitude. Every year in June, Pride Month highlights the visibility of the LGBTQIA+ community. For many …
Why Headlamp is More Than Just a New UI The Kubernetes Dashboard was the first visual entry point to Kubernetes for many teams. It made visible what …
When medium-sized companies, government agencies, or critical infrastructure operators (KRITIS) migrate their applications to Kubernetes , compliance …
The BYON Paradigm (Bring Your Own Nodes): How the Loopback Agent Decouples the Hybrid Cloud For a long time, scaling IT infrastructures was dictated …
In the early stages of container projects, things are usually simple: A small development team builds a handful of microservices, shares a common …
🧠 Editorial Welcome to the Weekly Backlog Week 23/2026. This week had a remarkably clear theme: Control. Control over data. Control over …
In discussions about cloud transformation, the narrative often suggests that the future of IT lies solely in globally connected, public cloud …
In the digital age, accessibility is everything. As a company grows, internationalizes its services, or operates critical infrastructures, IT …
The architecture of modern cloud-native platforms ideally follows the principle of statelessness. Requests are distributed across a global Anycast …
In the operation of modern platforms, high-traffic APIs, or industrial IoT gateways, monitoring response times (latency) is one of the most critical …
In modern Cloud-Native design , the principle of functional division of labor applies. As we saw in the first post of this series (Layer 4 vs. Layer …
In the digital age, one of the most important management principles is: “Do not outsource core competencies.” Companies invest millions …
In the architecture of modern, highly available IT infrastructures, load balancing is at the forefront. As applications scale and are distributed …
In modern DevOps teams and Cloud-Native architectures, manual server configuration via click interfaces is a thing of the past. Virtual machines, …
Among system administrators and platform engineers, there’s a well-known running gag: When an IT system goes down globally, the web app is …
Cloud Native was supposed to solve many problems of traditional enterprise IT. Less rigid systems. Fewer monolithic dependencies. Faster deployments. …
Kubernetes regularly produces features that seem unspectacular at first glance—until you understand the actual infrastructure problem they address. …
Many companies today consider themselves technologically independent once their applications run on Kubernetes . The argument initially sounds …
In many industrial and corporate structures, there is a constant tension between two departments. On one side are the data engineering and analytics …
The hype around generative artificial intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) has become a tangible operational reality in medium-sized …
In many medium-sized companies, the IT landscape resembles a collection of digital islands. There is one application for customer contact, another …
In technical field service, whether in plant maintenance, mechanical engineering, or large-scale craft operations, every minute counts. When a …
When granting potential customers access to a test instance, you open a window into your technology. This is essential for closing sales but presents …
Imagine your company is an exhibitor at the year’s most important trade show. The booth is packed, your sales team is highly motivated, and at …
Imagine presenting a state-of-the-art production planning software to a potential customer. You click on the dashboard, and what the customer sees …
In the traditional IT world, infrastructure was something “handcrafted.” An administrator would install servers, configure databases, and …
Who hasn’t experienced this? In the middle of an important product presentation, unexpected data appears, the system responds extremely slowly, …
In many SaaS companies, the process between sales and IT resembles a diplomatic exchange: Sales needs a demo environment for an important meeting, …
Anyone who sells complex business software knows the problem of “data remnants.” In static demo environments, test entries, altered …
In the world of complex B2B software and ERP systems, the live demo is the crucial moment of truth. It’s where a prospect decides whether they …
In many companies, IT operations are still viewed merely as a cost center - the department that ensures “the servers are running.” …
Have you ever used an application that froze for 10 seconds when you clicked “Export” or “Save”? In the world of modern SaaS, …
For many SaaS providers, compliance checks by a new major client or an official audit (like ISO 27001 ) or SOC2 are daunting projects. Logs are …
Every SaaS operator knows it: the dreaded load peak. Whether it’s Monday morning when all users simultaneously update their project plans, or a …
“It worked on my machine!” This phrase is a classic in software development. However, the real problem usually lies a step further: in …
In many mature SaaS infrastructures, the day of a software release is a day of tension. The engineering team has worked for weeks on new features, …
In the early stages of a SaaS company, pragmatism is the most important currency. You build what works. Often, this is a classic setup of a few …
The Big Tech Lobby in Germany is Larger Than Many Believe The new lobby map from the Center for Digital Rights and Democracy visualizes a problem …
In traditional IT, a glance at CPU load or HTTP status code often suffices: If the server responds and the CPU isn’t at 100%, the system is …
One of the biggest cost drivers in the video business is the gap between provisioned and actually used capacity. Video workloads are extremely …
A live event often ends in a digital mess: massive raw files in the highest quality are left on the servers. However, the client doesn’t want …
In the world of live streaming, ingest is the most critical moment. This is when the video signal is transmitted from the producer (from the studio …
Real-time video communication today relies almost exclusively on WebRTC. However, WebRTC is not a finished product but a set of protocols. How this …
Compared to classic web applications, video is a completely different type of workload. While a web server can often cushion a brief load spike with …
In IT procurement, monitoring is often viewed as a commodity—a standard product that should cost as little as possible. “A ping is a …
Monitoring data often has a short half-life: An alert pops up, the issue is resolved, and the alert disappears. However, for a managed hosting …
In traditional infrastructures, monitoring was a manual process: a new server was rented, an application installed, and then manually added to the …
In traditional IT monitoring, the binary principle prevailed for a long time: a system is either up or down. However, in the modern digital world, …
The internet is not a homogeneous entity but rather a patchwork of thousands of autonomous systems communicating via the Border Gateway Protocol …
In many companies, preparing for an IT security audit is a massive effort: systems are manually checked for weeks, configurations are reconciled, and …
Nothing is more frustrating for an operations team than a 3 AM alarm that turns out to be a “phantom” upon investigation. A brief hiccup …
In the traditional IT world, maintenance windows are a necessary evil. They usually occur at night or on weekends to minimize disruption. However, in …
In a multi-region architecture, managing data is the ‘final boss’. While stateless applications can be easily distributed across …
In a multi-region architecture, we face a paradox: we want to isolate clusters as much as possible to avoid cascading failures, yet we must also …
When planning cross-site infrastructure, architects often face a fundamental decision: Do we stretch a single Kubernetes cluster across two …
When critical infrastructure fails, every second counts. The key metric here is the RTO (Recovery Time Objective). In many disaster recovery …
The vision of a fully connected “Smart Factory” is impressive, but to many production managers, it seems like an unattainable mammoth …
In the theory of Industry 4.0, everything is interconnected, speaks OPC-UA, and delivers clean data streams. The reality in German factory halls is …
The days when machines on the shop floor were protected by an “Air Gap”—the physical separation from the internet—are definitively over. …
In Industry 4.0, the cloud is a powerful ally for data analysis and AI. However, for daily operations on the shop floor, a strict rule applies: …
How Staleness Mitigation Finally Makes Controllers More Deterministic Kubernetes is an open-source platform for orchestrating containerized …
In traditional data processing, “batch processes” dominated for a long time: data was collected throughout the day and processed in large …
In the world of data engineering, there’s a saying: “Storing data is easy, querying it quickly is the art.” When we talk about …
For those building modern data engineering pipelines, S3 (Simple Storage Service) is indispensable. It is the industry standard for accessing …
In software development, the problem has long been solved: Code is versioned in Git, isolated in containers , and deployed identically across …
In the world of data engineering, Apache Airflow is the undisputed champion for workflow orchestration. However, with success come scaling pains: …
– but what if there’s a real fire? When customer systems are on fire, we act like firefighters—quickly, methodically, and solution-oriented. …
🧠 Editorial This issue can also be read as follows: Software is no longer just a tool – it is power infrastructure. While Palantir openly articulates …
Monitoring alerts have become background noise in many IT organizations. When the phone rings at 3 AM, the first reaction is often annoyance rather …
In a shared infrastructure environment like a DBaaS platform, transparency is a balancing act. On one hand, the provider’s operations team …
In the world of databases, there’s a significant difference between a “backup” and “recoverability.” For a DBaaS …
Operating a DBaaS platform presents a mathematical trap: If the operational effort per database increases linearly with the number of customers, the …
When scaling a DBaaS platform, storage quickly becomes the most critical bottleneck. Databases have two opposing demands on storage infrastructure: …
At first glance, the business model “Database as a Service” (DBaaS) seems deceptively simple: take a proven open-source database like …
Kubernetes might initially seem like a purely developer-centric topic—complex, technical, and far removed from everyday work life. However, this is a …
🧠 Editorial This week, tech feels less like progress and more like a dose of reality. The same pattern everywhere: Things that were “good …
What the New EU-US Dialogue Platform Really Means Digital sovereignty has been a focus of political and regulatory initiatives in Europe for years. …
🧠Editorial Europe is negotiating with the USA again over Big Tech regulation. Not public, not officially decisive – but close enough to touch the …
In the traditional IT world, maintenance windows are often a necessary evil. Operating system updates, Kubernetes upgrades , or critical database …
In the world of critical infrastructures (KRITIS), the success of a disaster recovery concept is often measured by hard metrics like the RTO …
In a multi-region architecture for critical infrastructures (KRITIS), data consistency is the greatest technical challenge. While we can easily …
Operating highly available platforms for critical infrastructures (KRITIS) presents an architectural challenge: To achieve maximum fault tolerance, …
TL;DR Zero-Trust architecture provides the necessary security and governance foundation for digital sovereignty in heterogeneous environments. Core …
Why Encryption Alone Is Not Enough Introduction Encryption is considered the pinnacle of modern IT security. Data is protected, access is controlled, …
Why Control is More Important than Server Location Introduction Cloud computing is far more than just an infrastructure topic. For many companies, …
When companies decide to distribute their Kubernetes platform across two data centers, they face a directional decision: Do they build a single, …
In traditional high availability scenarios, DNS (Domain Name System) is the standard tool for failover. If location A fails, the DNS entry is …
In the world of critical infrastructures (KRITIS), “high availability” is not just a buzzword but a legal and societal obligation. Those …
In a modern data engineering platform, storage needs are not only vast but also diverse. We need space for raw sensor data, finished AI models, …
In an industrial concept, millions of data points are generated daily. When these data flow into Apache Kafka, the next critical question arises: …
In modern manufacturing, data is generated not in batches, but as a continuous stream. Sensors on rolling mills, flow meters in chemical reactors, …
In industrial data processing, ETL processes (Extract, Transform, Load) are the nervous system of production. When sensor data from plants worldwide …
In industrial AI development, the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is the new gold. Whether for training complex neural networks for quality control or …
In many data engineering teams, starting a new project follows a frustrating pattern: First, Python versions, R libraries, SQL drivers, and CUDA …
In modern e-commerce, data is the foundation for every growth decision. However, traditional client-side tracking is reaching its limits: ad …
For an online shop in the mid-sized business or D2C sector, downtime is much more than a technical nuisance. Every minute of unavailability means …
In the early stages of an e-commerce agency, the approach is usually pragmatic: each new client shop gets its own hosting package. One shop with …
Have you ever experienced this? A user clicks “Generate PDF Export” or “Create Monthly Report” in your SaaS app, and suddenly …
When building a modern IT infrastructure today, one faces a strategic decision: either buy into the convenience (and dependency) of large US SaaS …
In many technical service teams, there is a dangerous pragmatism when it comes to communication: When things need to move quickly on-site or at the …
In many companies, the process of digital signing is the last “analog island” or a dangerous compliance breach. Maintenance logs are …
In the traditional IT world, things are binary: A server is either running or it’s not. A database either responds or throws an error. In the …
In the industry, a fundamental architectural question arises: Should AI make decisions directly at the machine (Edge) or should the data be sent to a …
In software development, Git is the “Source of Truth.” When something goes wrong, you check the commit history. In the world of …
In a pilot project, many things are forgiven in AI. If an anomaly prediction takes two seconds, it’s not the end of the world. But in …
Why the EVB-IT Reform is a Turning Point for Government IT Public IT procurement in Germany has long been characterized by a structural …
In many data science teams, the workday begins with frustration: A shared notebook won’t run because a library is missing. A model trained on …
In industrial AI, such as predictive maintenance for sensor data analysis software, data streams are the lifeblood. Thousands of sensors provide …
In many machine learning teams, an unwritten rule prevails: first come, first served. Whoever starts the first training job in the morning occupies …
In the world of Artificial Intelligence, there’s a phenomenon we often refer to as the “Wall of Confusion.” On one side is the data …
A Term Without Substance An open letter from 25 European cloud and digital companies reveals what European digital policy has been avoiding for …
TL;DR You can centrally manage hundreds of Raspberry Pis and other edge nodes with Ansible—without an agent on the devices, just via SSH. Polycrate …
The recent warnings from CISA and Amazon about active attacks on Cisco FMC, Microsoft SharePoint, and Zimbra initially appear to be a routine process …
Digital sovereignty is often discussed in abstract terms, but it can be technically delineated quite clearly: the key is what systems are bound to. …
Why the Next Evolutionary Stage of the Platform Has Already Begun The discussion around AI infrastructure is noticeably shifting: away from mere …
Why We Consciously Don’t Have a Booth This Year – and Expect More Than Ever Before CloudFest is one of the few events where the term …
TL;DR In this post, we build a Polycrate workspace that manages on-premise servers and Azure VMs in a shared inventory—including Resource Groups, …
TL;DR Security in cloud architectures is a critical factor for companies utilizing digital technologies. Growing demands for compliance , data …
TL;DR Vendor lock-in is one of the central challenges companies face when using cloud services. Strategies like multi-cloud approaches, the use of …
Why European Companies Need to Rethink Their Infrastructure Strategy Artificial intelligence is currently transforming not only products, processes, …
Why Regulation is an Architectural Issue Few topics are currently causing as much turmoil in IT as new regulatory requirements. GDPR, NIS-2, DORA, …
For years, the cloud debate has been dominated by a simple narrative: those who want to run modern software cannot bypass the major hyperscalers. …
Why License Freedom Alone Does Not Create Control In the European digital debate, Open Source is often seen as synonymous with digital sovereignty. …
Why Two Clouds Do Not Mean Independence In many companies, Multi-Cloud is now considered a shortcut to digital sovereignty. The common assumption is …
Why Dependencies Are Becoming More Dangerous Cloud lock-in is not a new topic. For years, companies have been discussing how challenging it can be to …
Why the Supposed Alternative is Already a Reality In many companies, Microsoft 365 is still considered the standard for digital collaboration. Teams …
TL;DR In the modern web stack, application code (PHP, Python, Node.js) is expensive and slow. Nginx is the exact opposite: lightweight, asynchronous, …
TL;DR In the microservices world, services need a way to communicate. Tools like RabbitMQ (based on Erlang) or Kafka (JVM) often come with significant …
TL;DR For a long time, it was said: “SQL Server needs Windows Server.” Those days are over. Since Microsoft ported SQL Server to Linux, it …
TL;DR Storage in Kubernetes is often a nightmare of complexity (Ceph) or vendor lock-in (AWS EBS). Longhorn takes a third path. As a CNCF project, it …
TL;DR Email delivery is one of the most critical functions of modern applications (password resets, invoices). However, testing is risky: a wrong …
TL;DR The S3 protocol is to data storage what HTTP is to websites: the universal standard. However, “S3” is not synonymous with Amazon. …
In traditional software development, CI/CD (Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment) has long been established as a standard. However, in the …
A Large Language Model (LLM) without access to current enterprise data is like a brilliant professor without a library: it has the world’s …
In the gold rush surrounding Artificial Intelligence, a critical aspect is often overlooked: the security of the underlying data. When companies …
Why Stable Interfaces Are Crucial for the Ecosystem Kubernetes is now much more than a Container orchestrator. A vast ecosystem has developed around …
March has begun – and with it, the final phase for one of the most widely used components in the Kubernetes network stack: Ingress-NGINX is …
Preparing for an ISO 27001 audit in many companies still resembles a manual Sisyphean task. For weeks, screenshots of configurations are taken, Excel …
The Cloud-Native transformation is in full swing, yet the reality in German data centers often looks different: alongside cutting-edge Kubernetes …
The digitalization of manufacturing and the networking of decentralized locations present a fundamental challenge for the German SME sector: …
The complexity of modern microservice architectures has reached a point in 2026 where traditional monitoring hits its limits. While metrics tell us …
The era of “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” has begun. While quantum computers capable of breaking commonly used asymmetric encryption …
By 2026, the threat landscape for medium-sized businesses has fundamentally worsened. Regulatory requirements such as NIS-2 and DORA no longer demand …
In 2026, sustainability in the IT sector is no longer a “nice-to-have” for marketing but a regulatory necessity. With the tightening of …
In 2026, regulatory requirements for the European economy have reached a new level of quality. With the fully effective EU Data Act and the tightened …
The era of purely manual intervention in infrastructure incidents is coming to an end. While GitOps with ArgoCD defines the state-of-the-art for …
In 2026, the threat landscape for European SMEs is more precarious than ever. Identity theft has become the number one attack vector, as traditional …
The cloud-native landscape has consolidated. While Kubernetes stands as the de facto standard for orchestration, the boundaries of runtime efficiency …
From Cost Center to Value Driver By 2026, the mere promise of cloud scalability has given way to a harsh reality: those who do not economically manage …
The hype around proprietary SaaS AI models gives way to a sober cost-benefit analysis by 2026. While companies initially paid token fees to …
In September 2026, the transition period for the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) ends. What began as a regulatory framework has evolved into the toughest …
Is Sovereignty Becoming Unaffordable Now? Hetzner will increase prices for its entire portfolio starting April 1, 2026. In the cloud sector, many …
Anyone managing modern Cloud-Native infrastructures knows the problem: data is everywhere, but insights are rare. A system is only considered …
Anyone working with Polycrate daily inevitably runs into recurring tasks: checking TLS certificates, verifying DNS records, calculating subnets, …
Digital Sovereignty in Live Streaming: How ayedo Strategically Strengthens STREAMLAB ’s Cloud Operations Live streaming has long been critical …
With ‘Recall’, Microsoft integrates a feature into Windows 11 that takes screenshots of all open applications at short intervals, …
From Log Debugging to True Observability: How ayedo Stabilized a SaaS Platform with APM on Kubernetes Many SaaS companies invest early in clean …
Kubernetes at the Edge with GitOps: How ayedo transformed a distributed IoT fleet from SSH deployments to controlled rollouts Edge Computing is not …
Why Digital Sovereignty is Less Radical Than Many Believe Geopolitical tensions, extraterritorial laws, sanction regimes – all these have long been …
Why the Open-Source Technology is More Than Just Container Orchestration When digital sovereignty is discussed today, one name almost always comes …
Why Germany’s Digital Sovereignty Has Become a Security Issue Digital sovereignty is no longer just an industrial policy buzzword. It is a …
Europe’s Economic Power The trade conflict with the USA is reflexively narrated in Europe as a power asymmetry. Washington imposes tariffs, …
The BSI draws a clear line: From the end of 2031, the sole use of classical key agreement methods like RSA and ECC will no longer be recommended. For …
Europe is Working on Its Own Digital Payment Infrastructure The European payment landscape has long been dominated by international providers. A …
In a traditional IT infrastructure, there was a clear causal chain: an administrator changed a line of code, and the system responded. In the world …
The classic “Data Lake” model has failed. Companies have invested millions in infrastructure to collect data in one place, only to find …
Today’s internet security relies almost entirely on the difficulty of factoring large numbers into prime factors (RSA) or computing discrete …
And what this figure means for Europe’s digital capability. The federal administration spent 481.4 million euros on Microsoft licenses in 2025. …
Until recently, infrastructure automation was reactive: when CPU usage exceeded 80%, Kubernetes would start a new pod (autoscaling). This is …
Until now, compliance has been the natural enemy of agility in many companies. While software development scales in milliseconds thanks to …
The hype around Artificial Intelligence has ushered in a new era of IT spending. Those who train or operate LLMs (Large Language Models) today …
In IT security, the “fortress” principle long prevailed: high walls, deep moats (firewalls). But the reality in 2026 shows: Once an …
The Ingress-NGINX Controller maintained by the Kubernetes community (repository kubernetes/ingress-nginx) will officially reach its end of life in …
European Cloud Platforms vs. Hyperscalers Sovereignty, Scalability, Security, and Strategic Reality in the Corporate Context Few IT topics are …
Edge Computing in the Enterprise Context: Opportunities and Limitations Architectural Models, Security Implications, and Operational Reality Edge …
Multi-Cloud Strategies for SMEs and Enterprises Architectural Principles, Governance, Security, and Operational Reality Multi-Cloud is no longer just …
The Saarlouis Economic Development and the IHK Saarland invited to the economic policy kickoff of the year at the RAG representation in Ensdorf. The …
TL;DR Google Analytics, Matomo Cloud and other SaaS tracking tools are problematic from a GDPR perspective: data flows to third parties, cookie …
For decades, almost all computers have followed the Von Neumann architecture: a strict separation of processor (CPU) and memory. Data must constantly …
In traditional business economics, IT infrastructure is often seen as a necessary evil—a cost center to be minimized. However, in the age of digital …
In the past decade, the direction was clear: all data and processes were moving to the central cloud. However, we are reaching physical and economic …
A silent act of rebellion occurs daily in German offices. When the official process for data exchange with an architectural firm via the …
Public administration has a massive image problem among IT talents. Young Cloud Architects and DevOps Engineers often associate the public sector …
Every year, billions of taxpayer dollars are funneled into the digitalization of public administration. Yet, this money often ends up in proprietary …
A Smart City is a vast, distributed data ecosystem. Sensors measure air quality, soil moisture in parks, parking occupancy, or traffic flows. The …
The goal of the Online Access Act is ambitious: all administrative services should be digitally available. However, the implementation often failed …
The logistics industry has ambitious goals: carbon-neutral fleets and green warehouses. While discussions revolve around alternative drives and …
In a globally connected economy, no logistics company is an island. Success depends on how efficiently information flows between shippers, freight …
Digital sovereignty is not a stance or a strategic paper. It is the result of concrete technical decisions. Those who operate software inevitably …
Scaling at the Limit: How Track & Trace Processes Millions of Events in Real-Time During the “Peak Season” – from Black Friday to …
In a highly automated logistics center, time is the most critical currency. When an autonomous guided vehicle (AGV) approaches an intersection or a …
The Year European Regulation Becomes Operational 2026 is not a year of new grand digital policy announcements. It is the year when European digital …
Skill Shortage in Hospital IT: Managed Platforms as a Strategic Lever The skill shortage in hospital IT presents a significant challenge. To address …
In theory, the promise of the cloud is enticing: all data is stored and processed centrally. However, in the highly sensitive environment of a …
TL;DR In modern IT, data doesn’t rest; it flows. Apache Kafka serves as the central nervous system for these real-time data streams. While …
In modern acute medicine, IT is no longer a supporting process – it is part of the treatment. If imaging procedures (PACS), lab results, or digital …
TL;DR Redis is the undisputed king of in-memory databases, but it has an architectural Achilles’ heel: it is single-threaded. Even on an …
TL;DR Kubernetes is permissive by default: it allows developers almost anything, including insecure configurations (e.g., running containers as …
TL;DR Logs are the indispensable “memory” of any application, but their storage often becomes the largest cost item in the cloud. …
The digitization of healthcare promises enormous advancements: from telemedicine support to AI-assisted diagnostics and electronic patient records. …
1. Executive Summary Retail is undergoing the greatest transformation in its history. The separation between brick-and-mortar and e-commerce no …
Nothing is more frustrating for a customer than a “Click & Collect” experience that ends in cancellation. You see online: …
In many retail companies, an ERP system that has evolved over decades forms the backbone of IT. These systems are stable and proven, but were …
TL;DR The load balancer is the front door to your infrastructure. Relying on standard cloud services like the AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) …
TL;DR The Container Registry is the heart of your software supply chain. Trusting cloud services like AWS ECR blindly treats your images merely as …
TL;DR In a multi-cloud world, security is not about location, but identity. Relying on cloud-specific tools like AWS Secrets Manager fragments your …
TL;DR Security often fails due to usability. While tools like HashiCorp Vault are powerful but operationally complex, and AWS Secrets Manager exists …
TL;DR IoT sensors, application metrics, and financial data have one thing in common: they are time-based and generated in massive quantities. …
The vision of “Omnichannel Retail” sounds perfect in theory: order online, pick up in-store (Click & Collect), digital price tags …
It’s the nightmare of every e-commerce manager and retail CTO: Black Friday is approaching, marketing campaigns are in full swing, and just at …
In retail, timing is ruthless. A system failure on a Saturday afternoon, during the peak sales hours, is not just an “IT problem” for a …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.13 introduces debug logging for operator startup and an important NetworkPolicy fix. Startup Debug Logging Previously, …
With version 0.29.14, we have implemented two important bug fixes in the Polycrate Operator that significantly enhance the reliability of backup …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.12 addresses critical operator stability issues and corrects debug logging. Operator Startup Fix The operator was being …
Considering Real Observability Needs Observability determines how well systems can be understood, operated, and evolved. It is not an add-on for …
Storage as a Cloud Feature or as a Controllable Platform Persistent storage is one of the most inconspicuous yet powerful layers of modern platforms. …
Certificates as a Cloud Service or as Part of the Platform Architecture TLS certificates are often considered a necessary security detail. However, …
Data Warehouse as a Cloud Product or as an Open Analytical Platform Analytical data is no longer just an appendage to reporting. It forms the basis …
Secrets as a Cloud Service or as Part of the Kubernetes Platform Secrets are among the most sensitive components of modern applications. Credentials, …
Version Control as a Cloud Component or Platform Core Version control is often reduced to a technical minimum: store code, track changes, done. In …
Monitoring as a Cloud Function or as an Open Observability Layer Monitoring and Observability have long surpassed being mere operational tools. They …
Traffic Control as a Cloud Service or as a Controllable Platform Component Load balancers are the silent foundations of modern infrastructures. They …
Container Registry as a Cloud Service or a Controllable Platform Component Container registries may seem like a technical detail at first glance. …
Secret Management as a Cloud Function or as a Standalone Security Architecture Secrets are not a fringe topic. Credentials, API keys, tokens, and …
Secrets as a Hyperscaler Service or as an Open Developer Security Platform Secrets are among the most inconspicuous yet critical components of modern …
Managed Convenience vs. Technical Control AWS Timestream and InfluxDB solve the same fundamental problem: efficiently storing, querying, and …
Consume or Control Infrastructure AWS MSK and Apache Kafka do not compete on a feature level. They represent two fundamentally different approaches …
Identity as a Service or as Infrastructure Azure Entra ID and Keycloak address the same core issue: managing identities, controlling access, and …
Observability as a Service or as Your Own Infrastructure Azure Monitor and Loki take two fundamentally different approaches to monitoring and logging. …
Buying Dependency or Building Resilience Block storage is one of the invisible yet most critical layers of any cloud and Kubernetes architecture. …
Consuming or Mastering Databases AWS RDS and MariaDB do not represent competing products but rather two fundamentally different models for handling …
Consuming or Controlling Object Storage On paper, AWS S3 and MinIO fulfill the same technical task: providing highly available, scalable object …
Why API Compatibility Is Not a Database Strategy AWS DocumentDB and MongoDB are regularly equated. The reason is quickly stated: Both are supposed to …
Managed Cache or Controlled Data Structure AWS ElastiCache and KeyDB address the same need: extremely fast in-memory data storage for caching, …
TL;DR Kubernetes clusters should not be managed manually or with fragile scripts. While AWS CodePipeline tries to enforce deployments through external …
TL;DR PDF generation is often a technical debt in modern web development. Outdated tools like wkhtmltopdf are no longer maintained, and embedding …
TL;DR In modern distributed systems, it’s no longer enough to just know if a server is up or down. You need to understand why it’s slow. …
How Sovereign is Europe’s Data Really? Amazon Web Services is putting the “AWS European Sovereign Cloud” into operation in …
Polycrate API version 0.11.7 corrects the representation of host objects. Host String Representation The base model ManagedObject uses display_name as …
Polycrate API version 0.11.6 addresses critical validation errors that prevented updates via the operator. UniqueValidator Fixes K8sApp Block …
TL;DR Secrets (API keys, database passwords) do not belong in Git code, but their runtime provisioning is often complex. Integrating AWS Secrets …
TL;DR Data is the new oil, but traditional data warehouses (like AWS Redshift) are often expensive, sluggish refineries. ClickHouse has revolutionized …
TL;DR Kubernetes networking has long been a bottleneck, hindered by outdated Linux technologies (iptables). While AWS provides a solid base …
TL;DR Storage has traditionally been the heaviest “anchor element” in cloud architecture. Using AWS EBS or S3 ties your data physically …
TL;DR Authentik redefines identity management: moving away from proprietary cloud silos towards a unified identity layer. As an open-source solution, …
Until now, monitoring was often a compromise: Those who wanted to know exactly what was happening in their applications had to install …
In the traditional server world, the mantra was: “Better too much RAM than too little.” In Kubernetes , this mindset leads directly to a …
Imagine getting the same computing power for 70% to 90% less cost. The catch? The cloud provider can take the server away from you at any time with …
TL;DR ArgoCD has established itself as the industry standard for Continuous Delivery in Kubernetes . By implementing the GitOps paradigm, it …
FinOps in Kubernetes - 20 Answers 1. Why is the standard cloud bill for Kubernetes costs unusable? Cloud providers issue bills for instances (VMs). …
The classic Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) of Kubernetes is like a thermostat: When the room gets too warm (CPU > 80%), the air conditioning …
“We can’t move that to the cloud, it’s a monolith.” We hear this sentence often. However, modernization in 2026 doesn’t …
For a long time, Kubernetes was considered the operating system for the “big” data center. But in 2026, the most exciting developments …
When companies invest in Platform Engineering, 90% of resources often go into technology: Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and security …
In the traditional IT world, budgeting was simple: you bought a server, depreciated it over five years, and recorded the costs as a fixed expense. In …
Imagine buying a ready-made meal at the supermarket without an ingredient list. For years, this was the standard in software development: we download …
Many IT managers in medium-sized businesses feel secure because they “do backups.” However, in a serious incident—such as a massive cloud …
In the IT world of 2026, sustainability is no longer just a marketing buzzword. With the expansion of EU reporting obligations (CSRD), IT …
When an AI model leaves the training phase, the real challenge begins: productive inference operation. Serving a Large Language Model (LLM) in a …
In a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture, the vector database (Vector DB) is the core component. It provides the Large Language Model …
Anyone operating traditional microservices knows: metrics, logs, and traces are the lifeline. However, conventional monitoring approaches hit their …
The excitement around Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI has brought a fundamental question back to IT departments: How do we scale …
In the past two years, “Internal Developer Platform” has become a buzzword. However, while Gartner praises the IDP as a remedy for …
When discussing the shift to Cloud-Native and Kubernetes , we often focus on architecture, providers, and costs. However, the most critical variable …
We don’t need to explain that FinOps is the answer to uncontrolled cloud spending. The challenge for IT decision-makers in medium-sized …
Kubernetes has long been the standard when it comes to scalable and highly available software platforms. Anyone wanting to operate Kubernetes in the …
The decision by the state government of Schleswig-Holstein to consistently switch its administration to open source software is more than a political …
Digital sovereignty has long been part of every public sector digital strategy. However, the Sovereignty Barometer of public IT by next:public shows …
Current reports of massive data leakage from self-hosted Owncloud, Nextcloud, and ShareFile instances are technically unspectacular – and that is …
Almost every modern company is working on an AI strategy today. Whether it’s Large Language Models (LLMs), image recognition in quality …
“The cloud grows with your needs.” This promise is both a blessing and a curse. For growing businesses, cloud scalability is essential to …
Zero Trust in Production: Why the Firewall Alone Is No Longer Enough For decades, the security strategy in industry was clearly defined: A strong …
The grace period for cybersecurity in the industry is coming to an end. With the new EU directive NIS2 (Network and Information Security Directive), …
Avoiding Production Downtime: How Self-Healing Infrastructures Relieve OT In the world of Operational Technology (OT), equipment availability is the …
In modern software development, “always online” is the standard paradigm. However, in industrial manufacturing (OT), healthcare, or …
A portal for more security – on an insecure foundation? With the launch of the central BSI portal for NIS2 reports, the Federal Office for …
A critical analysis of digital sovereignty in Germany and Switzerland While European governments emphasize the importance of digital sovereignty in …
Germany in Third Place – But Not in Patching Shortly before the end of 2025, what had long been practice became known: Over 11,500 MongoDB instances …
The announcement by Kubernetes SIG Network to retire Ingress-NGINX was not an operational accident. It was the result of years of structural overload …
In the software world, “Continuous Delivery” is standard. However, in the industrial sector, the reality is often different: Updates for …
Making Legacy Machines Cloud-Ready: Retrofitting with Container Gateways In many German factories, the backbone of our industry stands strong: …
In theory, the cloud sounds like the perfect solution for everything. In the practice of industrial manufacturing, however, it often reaches its …
Cloud-Native Without Cloud Lock-in: Why Portability is the New Security When discussing modern IT infrastructure today, it’s impossible to …
In modern manufacturing, the question is no longer if data is collected, but how it can be used efficiently. While machines (OT – Operational …
Editorial Christmas Eve is traditionally the moment when you convince yourself that nothing critical will happen this year. The pagers are silent, …
Editorial Anyone who still claims this week that security, resilience, or digital sovereignty are mere implementation details hasn’t been …
What Operators Face Now – and Which Alternatives Are Truly Viable MinIO has put its Community Edition into maintenance mode. The note in the README …
🧠 Editorial There are weeks when tech not only makes headlines but causes tectonic shifts. Open Source is losing crucial pillars, hyperscalers are …
How Seemingly “Sovereign” Cloud Offerings Disguise Dependencies – and What ZenDiS Clarifies Digital sovereignty has taken a firm place in …
Editorial Europe has been discussing digital sovereignty for over a decade. One might assume that the debate is now conducted at a certain altitude: …
With the new digital strategy, Bavaria wants to technically mesh state and municipalities more closely, reduce IT security risks, and build a uniform …
Germany has transposed the European NIS2 directive into national law with considerable delay. The late implementation alone would already be …
Kubernetes SIG Network and the Security Response Committee have announced the official end for Ingress NGINX. The component, which for years was …
Containers are the backbone of modern cloud infrastructure. They offer developers and ops teams unmatched agility and efficiency, based on the …
The US government has been demanding a comprehensive agreement on access to biometric police data from Europe for several years. The basis is the …
Evasion Attacks on LLMs: A BSI Guide to Defending Against Prompt Injections and Jailbreaks Large Language Models (LLMs) have become established in …
The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs) like Google Gemini or OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has the …
Kubernetes Make or Buy – Considerations for Decision Makers In few other technology sectors is there such passionate debate about self-management …
Kubernetes is the Operating System of the Sovereign Cloud Few technologies have fundamentally transformed modern IT as much as Kubernetes . …
Cloud Brokering for True Sovereignty The discussion about digital sovereignty in Europe is old, but it is more relevant than ever. Especially since …
Docker Swarm is Not Kubernetes for Beginners When discussing container orchestration today, two terms quickly come up: Docker Swarm and Kubernetes. …
DevOps Still Isn’t Working Why ego, responsibility, and reality continue to thwart the dream of ‘shared ownership’. Over a decade …
Docker Here, Docker There – I’m Going Back to the Old Ways You hear it more and more often, half-serious, half-annoyed: “Docker here, …
In many discussions with IT leaders, sysadmins, and architecture decision-makers, a recurring pattern emerges: The question of “Swarm or …
Many people nod knowingly when the conversation turns to “containerization” or “virtual machines” – but honestly: those who …
The European AI Act, the first comprehensive regulation for artificial intelligence worldwide, was originally set to come into full effect by August …
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has sent a clear message: it is launching a funding program to retrieve endangered research data from foreign …
TL;DR Traditional container builds with Docker Daemon, root privileges, and docker.sock in CI systems pose an unnecessary security risk—especially …
With the award ceremony at the Smart Country Convention (SCCON) on October 2, 2025, the open-source movement in public administration celebrated a …
The introduction of AI browsers like OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas and Perplexity Comet marks the beginning of a new era in human-computer …
Starting December 2025, Microsoft will enhance its collaboration platform Teams with a feature that automatically detects the actual work location of …
TL;DR ohMyHelm is a universal Helm chart wrapper that delivers production-ready workloads without requiring teams to maintain their own templates – …
TL;DR Harbor is an open-source container registry (CNCF Graduated Project) that combines registry functionality, security scanning, SBOM generation, …
TL;DR The ayedo Kubernetes Distribution offers two distinct operational variants: Loopback for European public clouds and a k3s-based solution for …
The Trojan Horse of the “Sovereign Cloud” Why Europe’s new sovereignty is often just American-painted The meme is brilliant in its …
Many confuse Open Source with sovereignty. Both are interconnected – but one does not automatically guarantee the other. The well-known XKCD meme, …
TL;DR The Cloud Sovereignty Framework of the EU defines what digital sovereignty aims to achieve – the 15-Factor App principles define how a concrete …
The Germany Stack and the Reality of Modern Cloud-Native Development: Digitization is no longer a buzzword – it is a foundation, a competitive …
TL;DR The modern Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) is based on cloud-native architectures, automated pipelines, and a clear separation of …
TL;DR Extending the classic 12-Factor-App with factors 13–15 (API First, Telemetry, Auth) is not a “nice-to-have” but a prerequisite for …
TL;DR Factors 7–12 of the 15-Factor-App primarily address operations, scaling, and maintainability—exactly where modern container platforms like …
TL;DR Factors 1–6 of the 15-Factor App define the internal lifecycle of an application: from the codebase through dependencies and configuration to …
GitHub will migrate its entire infrastructure to Microsoft Azure within the next 24 months. This information comes from internal documents reported …
What initially seemed like a manageable incident has now officially turned into a complete loss of control: The firewall manufacturer SonicWall has …
TL;DR Heroku’s 12-Factor App set a clear standard for cloud-compatible applications in 2011 – the 15-Factor App extends this foundation with …
New Standards for Compliance and European Cloud Sovereignty Effective immediately, ayedo customers have access to another powerful cloud provider: …
When Google quietly removed the “num=100” parameter from its search engine logic, hardly anyone outside the SEO bubble noticed at first. …
The announcement initially sounded like just another technical partnership in the era of generative AI: OpenAI and AMD have agreed on six gigawatts …
The reason given: The storage structure was too large, the transfer rates too slow. A declaration of bankruptcy. Anyone who decides not to maintain …
On October 5, 2025, it was revealed that an external support provider for the platform Discord was the target of a cyberattack. Personal data of …
TL;DR The GDPR has required since May 25, 2018, that personal data be protected according to the “Privacy by Design” principle – …
Why the DNA Redefines Europe’s Digital Foundation With the Digital Networks Act (DNA), the EU is preparing one of the most profound reforms of …
Title: OpenAI for Germany – Digital Sovereignty with Azure as the Foundation? Markdown-Content: On September 24, 2025, SAP and OpenAI announced a new …
Title: OpenAI and Nvidia: $100 Billion for the AI Arms Race Markdown-Content: The Reuters report is making waves: Nvidia plans to invest up to $100 …
Why Hyperscalers Only Sell Hardware – and MSPs Are the Future Hyperscalers have shaped the digital world like few other models. With the promise of …
When discussing digital sovereignty and modern IT infrastructures today, Kubernetes is unavoidable. In just a few years, this open-source project has …
Sovereignty Through Architecture Cloud-native software development is more than just a set of methods. It describes a paradigm that designs …
A critical look at CVE-2025-55241 On September 18, golem.de reported a security vulnerability in Microsoft Entra ID, discovered by security …
The news is making waves: Several npm packages from CrowdStrike – a company known for security and protection – have been compromised. What might …
Starting Point: Quarterly Figures and Big Promises At the end of July 2025, Meta released its latest quarterly figures – alongside strong revenues …
The security of software supply chains is one of the central topics in IT security today. Companies are under increasing pressure to ensure …
Storage in Kubernetes is by no means trivial. Stateful workloads impose the highest demands on stability, performance, and availability—handling …
Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for operating cloud-native applications. However, with its flexibility comes immense complexity. In …
Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) have been a hot topic in software development for several years. Companies face the challenge of managing complex …
The debate about sovereignty in the cloud in Europe often revolves around the question: Do we need our own hyperscalers to be independent? Many see …
Kubernetes v1.34: Precision, Security, and Maturity Kubernetes continues to grow – with version 1.34, the next major release is here. The cycle …
Operating databases in Kubernetes was long considered risky: Stateful workloads, persistent data, and container orchestration seemed incompatible. …
Kubernetes has become the standard for running containerized applications in recent years. As its adoption grows, so does the need to monitor …
Kubernetes has provided proven mechanisms for years to manage incoming traffic into a cluster. Ingress controllers serve as a defined …
Spoiler Alert: Yes, it is – and it’s not only possible but already a standard in many enterprise environments. Does .NET Fit with Kubernetes? …
The transition from OTRS to Zammad is more than just a technical upgrade for many organizations – it’s a step towards a sovereign, modern, and …
Starting November 1, 2025, Microsoft will eliminate traditional volume licenses. Specifically affected are the major licensing models Enterprise …
Summary in Three Points Controlplane on demand: With k3k, you can run a fully-fledged k3s control plane as a Kubernetes workload – without agent …
In a world where cloud-native architectures, remote development, and complex multi-cluster infrastructures have become the norm, traditional …
The Invisible Foundation of Modern Software Cloud-native software development is built on a foundation that usually remains invisible: artifacts. …
Developer Platforms by ayedo: Tailored, Flexible, and Future-Oriented At its core, Developer Platforms enable teams to guide software securely, …
How companies can make their GPU-Kubernetes environments secure, compliant, and efficient for AI development using tools like Kyverno, Vault, and …
GPUs in Kubernetes: Practical Guide for H100, MIG & Time-Slicing How to securely, efficiently, and cloud-natively provision GPU resources for …
The numbers are impressive – and alarming: Over an unsecured Elasticsearch database, 324 million log entries from the streaming platform MagentaTV …
An AI influencer is not a human who spontaneously decides whether to post a video or a post today. An AI influencer is a digital persona, fully …
Kubernetes has evolved from an experimental playground to the de facto standard for cloud-native applications in recent years. Its flexibility and …
Sometimes a single sentence is enough to reveal the political reality in all its bitterness. In this case, it is: “The tariff deal with the USA …
Palantir in Germany is more than just a software provider. It symbolizes a quiet shift in the state: away from democratic control, towards …
It was a long tug-of-war – now there’s a deal. The EU and the USA have reached a last-minute compromise in the tariff conflict. What initially …
For a long time, digital transformation was considered a technical project: faster, more scalable, more efficient. Those who ventured into the cloud …
Why security vulnerabilities are not just technical risks but should provoke political decisions The newly discovered security vulnerability …
An Oath of Disclosure – in the Truest Sense of the Word We’ve suspected it for a long time, it was downplayed, relativized, dissected in …
One year after the enactment of the Online Access Act 2.0, the results are sobering. The big promises remain, but noticeable progress for citizens …
A software developer, 22 simultaneous jobs, a scandal: The Soham Parekh case reads like a script for a sequel to “Catch Me If You Can.” …
Kubernetes is the de facto standard for container orchestration, but when it comes to handling specialized hardware like GPUs and other accelerators, …
How the AI Service Desk of the Federal Network Agency Guides Companies into the Future The European AI Regulation (AI Act) is a milestone: It creates …
Digital administration in Saarland is at a standstill. Only 29% of administrative services have been digitized under the Online Access Act (OZG) …
Saarland ranks last in the current Bitkom Länderindex 2024 in the “digital administration” category. Only 29% of the digital …
In industries where systems must operate with utmost reliability and stringent performance requirements, such as telecommunications, high-performance, …
Why this alliance is a turning point for Europe’s digital self-determination The headline may seem unremarkable, but its content is not: Two …
by Leon, 8th Grade I spent three weeks at ayedo – and honestly: The internship was much better than I had imagined. I didn’t just watch; I …
How SAP Evades Responsibility – and What It Reveals About the State of the German Tech Industry On June 21, 2025, the Tagesspiegel published an …
A security incident is systemic when it repeats, scales, and becomes normalized. The current data breach with over 16 billion compromised credentials …
Why Managed Kubernetes with Hyperscalers Doesn’t Lead to Digital Sovereignty Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard for …
Everyone is writing software with AI now. Prompt in, code out. A few lines of Typescript here, a Dockerfile there, and somehow everything flies. …
Cyber risks are increasing. Requirements are rising. And to be taken seriously as an IT service provider, you need more than just good technology. At …
With the announcement of macOS 26 (“Tahoe”), Apple quietly but fundamentally reshuffles the cards in the DevOps landscape. For the first …
Vendor lock-in refers to the technically, economically, or legally restricted ability to switch an IT service provider or platform vendor without …
Net neutrality means: All data on the internet is treated equally. Period. It doesn’t matter whether they come from a corporation, a research …
Modern generative AI and large language models (LLMs) present unique traffic management challenges for Kubernetes. Unlike typical ephemeral, stateless …
Introduction to Managing Sidecar Containers in Kubernetes In the world of Kubernetes, Sidecar containers are useful helpers that extend …
AI in the Classroom: Opportunities and Challenges for the Future of Education The debate around the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education …
We are excited to announce the general availability of Gateway API v1.3.0! Released on April 24, 2025, this version brings exciting new features. …
The Forgotten Vulnerability in Your CI/CD Pipelines: The Registry Everyone talks about build pipelines, deployment automation, GitOps, blue/green …
When running applications in production, you don’t need pretty dashboards, but hard data. Performance issues never arise when there’s …
Most IIoT projects don’t fail because of the machines. The sensors work. The controllers provide data. The networks transmit packets. The …
OZG Implementation: Software Alone is Not Enough The Online Access Act (OZG) obliges the federal government, states, and municipalities to make …
In most discussions about the Cloud Act, the focus is solely on data location. Data center in Frankfurt? ISO-certified? Encrypted? Sounds good. From …
Why IT and OT Must Converge In modern industrial environments, increasingly complex data streams are emerging at the interface between production and …
The Gap Between Shopfloor and Enterprise IT In more and more companies, IT and OT (Operational Technology) are converging. Production facilities, …
A Technical Project That Raises Political Questions The announcement initially sounded straightforward: The Bundeswehr will build its private cloud …
Digital Sovereignty Begins with Infrastructure Digitalization in Germany is advancing, but it requires a solid foundation. This foundation is the IT …
How Modern IT Sales Build Trust Instead of Disrupting! In the IT industry, traditional sales were long dominated by persistent calls, generic emails, …
The Cloud Loses Its Innocence The cloud was once the epitome of efficiency, scalability, and digital transformation. However, the reality has caught …
Today, we are excited to announce the release of etcd v3.6.0, the first minor release since etcd v3.5.0. This update brings numerous new features, …
Finally, Secure Access to Private Container Images! In the world of Kubernetes, surprises are not uncommon, and the functionality of imagePullPolicy …
The US Cloud Act allows US authorities to access European servers—a clear conflict with the GDPR. Discover how companies can protect themselves and …
Managing Kubernetes cluster stability becomes increasingly critical as your infrastructure grows. One of the most challenging aspects of operating …
Kubernetes Volume Populators are now generally available (GA)! With the AnyVolumeDataSource feature, users can now specify any suitable custom …
The new supplementalGroupsPolicy feature was introduced as an optional alpha feature in Kubernetes v1.31 and has now moved to beta in v1.33. The …
Image Volumes were introduced as an alpha feature in Kubernetes version v1.31 and have now been promoted to beta status in version v1.33. This is part …
In Kubernetes v1.33, support for user namespaces is enabled by default. This means that Pods, when system requirements are met, have the ability to …
Kubernetes v1.33 introduces exciting innovations that are highly beneficial for both developers and DevOps teams. This version includes 64 …
In a detailed blog series, Nextdoor’s Core Services team provides valuable insights into their strategies for optimizing database and cache …
Beneath the glittering facade of the tech industry, where bean bags, free kombucha, and flexible working hours are touted as perks, lies a deeper, …
In today’s work landscape, the concept of remote work has brought about a remarkable change by offering flexibility while simultaneously …
Kubernetes has established itself as the preferred platform for deploying complex, distributed systems. One of the most powerful yet subtle design …
The sudden dismissal of Jutta Horstmann as the managing director of the Center for Digital Sovereignty (ZenDiS) raises fundamental questions about …
The US funding for the CVE list has been stopped with immediate effect—potentially dramatic consequences for global IT security. Why Europe must now …
Digital sovereignty is not a feature – it is an architectural principle. After transitioning our toolchain to open source, the next step was to …
Digital sovereignty begins with concrete decisions. In this post, we show how we at ayedo have replaced key SaaS tools with powerful open-source …
The dependency on US SaaS providers is increasingly costing German companies control, money, and innovation power. ayedo demonstrates how Open Source …
The Kubernetes Scheduler is a crucial component of the Control Plane that determines which node a Pod will run on. Anyone using Kubernetes relies on a …
Kubernetes vs. Docker – Why You Need Both and Shouldn’t Pit Them Against Each Other The question of whether to use Kubernetes or Docker is …
Introduction In the world of Kubernetes orchestration, the Ingress NGINX Controller plays a central role as it serves as the gateway for traffic to …
In the world of Kubernetes development, there’s exciting news: JobSet has been introduced, an open-source API specifically designed for managing …
A Look at SIG etcd In this article, we take a look at the Kubernetes Special Interest Group (SIG) etcd. We spoke with some of the key players to learn …
Introduction In the world of Kubernetes, there are constant developments aimed at improving the performance and efficiency of applications. One of the …
Kubernetes 1.31 has completed the largest migration in Kubernetes history by removing the in-tree cloud provider. Although the migration of components …
Kubernetes is the de facto standard for container orchestration, but when it comes to handling specialized hardware like GPUs and other accelerators, …
Efficient management of Kubernetes clusters is becoming increasingly important, especially as cluster size grows. One of the biggest challenges with …
With Kubernetes 1.32, the storage manager has officially reached General Availability (GA) status. This marks a significant step towards more …
The Kubernetes Scheduler is the core component that determines which nodes will run new pods. It processes these new pods one at a time. Therefore, …
The latest version of Kubernetes, v1.32, brings exciting innovations and improvements! This version, named “Penelope,” marks the tenth …
Kubernetes v1.32: Optimizing Your Container Infrastructure with ayedo In the dynamic world of container orchestration, Kubernetes plays a central …
NIS2 Directive: Why Now is the Perfect Time for Enhanced Security – Ayedo Shows the Way The introduction of the NIS2 Directive has made waves in the …
Kubernetes SIG Network is excited to announce the general availability of Gateway API v1.2! This version of the API was released on October 3rd, and …
We are the organizers of the Kubernetes Upstream Training in Japan . Our team consists of members who actively contribute to Kubernetes, including …
Maximize Data Sovereignty with Our Internal RAG Solution and the ayedo Cloud Introduction In today’s digital era, efficiently managing large …
Introduction In the context of Deaf Awareness Month, the CNCF Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Working Group (DHHWG) takes center stage. We take a look at the …
Kubernetes 1.31 introduces an exciting new feature that enhances the handling of group memberships in containers within Pods. This change aims to …
In Kubernetes v1.31, we are excited to introduce a significant improvement in CPU management: the distribute-cpus-across-cores option for the …
Successful Partnership: ESCRA and ayedo Revolutionize ZTNA with Kubernetes and Cloud Hosting Strategic partnerships are crucial for combining …
Highly Available SaaS Infrastructure for Over 2 Billion Requests Per Month In today’s digital world, resilience and scalability are …
An effective way to minimize these risks is through Cyber Risk Assessment. In this blog post, you will learn what Cyber Risk Assessment is, why it is …
Compliance Made Easy: ISO27001 as the Key to Regulatory Compliance Meeting legal requirements and data protection regulations is a constant challenge …
Introduction In this post, we will show you how to deploy Baserow using Docker Compose and Traefik and make it accessible via a DNS entry like …
Ten years ago, on June 6, 2014, the first commit of Kubernetes was published on GitHub. This initial commit, comprising 250 files and 47,501 lines of …
Protecting sensitive data is of utmost importance. A Cyber Risk Check is an effective tool to assess and improve your company’s security …
ayedo Cloud: Performance Optimization for Cloud-Native Applications The performance of cloud-native applications is a critical factor for business …
In the world of container orchestration, Kubernetes is the undisputed leader, powering some of the most complex and dynamic applications globally. …
Cybersecurity threats are constantly increasing, and companies face the challenge of protecting their sensitive data. A Cyber Risk Assessment is an …
Following the general release of the Gateway API last October, the Kubernetes SIG Network is excited to announce the release of v1.1 of the Gateway …
The Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface (CRI) is the central link between the kubelet and the Container Runtime . These runtimes must provide a …
Linux offers various namespaces to isolate processes from each other. A typical Kubernetes Pod runs in a network namespace to isolate network identity …
Introduction Have you ever thought about creating your own cloud? Maybe you’ve even tried it! With Kubernetes, it’s certainly possible, …
In our series on building your own cloud with the Kubernetes ecosystem, we continue our journey today. In the previous article , we explained how to …
In this exciting continuation of our series on Kubernetes, we explore how you can run Kubernetes in Kubernetes (K8s in K8s). Technologies like Kamaji …
Kubernetes has established itself as a key technology for managing and operating containerized applications, including those used in the Internet of …
Kubernetes can help a software or digitalization agency generate additional revenue through the highly available operation of software in various …
Kubernetes plays a crucial role in supporting open source AI applications by providing a robust, scalable, and flexible platform for deploying, …
Laravel is one of the most popular PHP frameworks, offering a range of features that make it an excellent choice for developing Software-as-a-Service …
By leveraging Kubernetes , developers and operations teams can overcome the challenges of traditional hosting environments, making their PHP …
Kubernetes - Managed or Manual? Should you manage Kubernetes yourself or entrust the responsibility to Managed Service Providers? With Kubernetes …
In the world of container orchestration, two technologies are at the center of the discussion: Docker Swarm and Kubernetes . Both offer powerful …
Docker and Docker Swarm are closely related technologies in the realm of containerization and orchestration, each covering different aspects of …
Netbird is a modern peer-to-peer (P2P) networking solution that enables the creation of a secure, scalable, and easy-to-manage network. It is an …
PostgreSQL and MongoDB are two of the most popular database management systems (DBMS) that fundamentally differ in their approach and use cases. …
Cilium is an open-source project that provides network security and monitoring for container orchestration systems like Kubernetes . It uses a modern …
Apache Kafka and NATS are high-performance messaging systems used in modern distributed architectures to connect components through message exchange. …
PostgreSQL and MariaDB are both popular open-source relational database management systems (RDBMS) used for storing and managing data. Although both …
GitLab and GitHub are both very popular platforms for version control and collaboration on software development projects based on Git. Although they …
Prometheus and VictoriaMetrics are both powerful time-series databases suitable for monitoring and alerting tasks in complex IT environments. …
Redis and KeyDB are both powerful in-memory database systems known for their speed and efficiency in data processing. Despite their similarities, …
In today’s digital world, managing user identities and access permissions is a central challenge for companies of all sizes. Single-Sign-On …
An effective way to minimize these risks is the Cyber Risk Check. In this blog post, you will learn how to identify and mitigate security …
Why ISO 27001 is Important for Businesses of All Sizes Information security is a central concern for businesses. From small start-ups to large …
ArgoCD and Flux are both tools used for Continuous Deployment (CD) and GitOps workflows in Kubernetes clusters. They automate the deployment of …
Criterion Kubernetes VMware Technology Container orchestration platform Virtualization platform Level of Abstraction Virtualizes applications at the …
TL;DR Criterion AWS EKS Azure AKS Google GKE Pricing Complex, based on instances, services, and data transfer Varies depending on node type and …
The digital transformation not only brings advantages but also new challenges in the field of cybersecurity. To address these challenges and ensure …
ISO 27001: The Gold Standard for Information Security – What Does It Mean for Your Business? Today, more than ever, companies must protect their …
Learning about Kubernetes and the entire ecosystem of technologies surrounding it is not without challenges. In this article, we take a look at the …
Criterion Kubernetes OpenShift Developer Open-source project by Google, managed by the CNCF Container platform developed by Red Hat, based on …
Welcome to ayedo: Your Solution for Cost-Efficient Operation of SaaS Products with Kubernetes As a software company, you know that operating …
Deploying Kubernetes on-premise, in a private, self-managed infrastructure, can present several challenges that need to be addressed. Here are some …
Criterion Kubernetes Docker Functionality and Purpose Container orchestration platform for deploying, scaling, and managing container applications …
Docker is an open-source platform for containerizing applications. It allows developers to package applications and their dependencies into …
Kubernetes is a powerful open-source platform designed to simplify the management of container applications. To understand what Kubernetes is and …
Introduction The Release Special Interest Group (SIG Release) is the heart of Kubernetes when it comes to releasing new features and bug fixes every …
In this article, we demonstrate the fastest and most convenient way to self-host Cal.com with Docker in the Hetzner Cloud. With the help of Polycrate …
Welcome to a topic that is crucial for every Kubernetes user: the Container Network Interface (CNI). In this discussion, we not only explore the …
Network security is often neglected, even though it is of high importance! Both in the private and business sectors, often only one tool is used, and …
In today’s world, where technology plays a central role in our daily lives, the idea of a connected home - a Smart Home - has gained …
The release of Kubernetes 1.29 introduces an exciting new feature: an alpha capability that allows volumes to be modified by changing the …
In a complex IT landscape, monitoring and understanding application performance can become a real challenge. The open-source framework OpenTelemetry …
There is a lot of discussion about whether not using Kubernetes resource limits could actually be beneficial (for example, in articles like For the …
Zero-downtime deployments with Docker Swarm and Portainer Part 2/2 What have we achieved so far? Prerequisites Linking Portainer Stack with GitHub …
Every year, just before the official opening of KubeCon+CloudNativeCon, a very special event takes place that holds a special place in the hearts of …
We are excited to announce the release of Gateway API v1.0 on behalf of the Kubernetes SIG Network! This release marks a significant milestone for the …
Today, we introduce ingress2gateway , a tool that assists you in migrating from Ingress to the Gateway API . The Gateway API is on the verge of its GA …
Efficiency and scalability are often critical factors for the success of a project in the fast-paced world of software development. A technology that …
On September 26, 2023, nearly 50 contributors gathered for the Kubernetes Contributor Summit in Shanghai, as part of the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + …
Ever wonder how software gets deployed onto a system that is deliberately disconnected from the Internet and other networks? These systems are often …
In the digitally connected world, constantly logging into various services is more than just a nuisance—it’s a challenge for data security and user …
In modern software development, container orchestration is no longer an unfamiliar term but an essential tool for DevOps teams. It enables efficient …
Kubernetes v1.25 introduced support for user namespaces only for stateless Pods. With Kubernetes 1.28, this limitation has been lifted following some …
Zero-downtime deployments with Docker Swarm and Portainer Part 1/2 What are Zero-downtime deployments? Rolling Updates vs Zero-downtime deployments …
On August 15, 2023, the Kubernetes project announced the general availability of the community-managed package repositories for Debian and RPM …
Operating your apps in Kubernetes is a breeze with ayedo. However, sometimes the built-in tools aren’t enough to ensure the smooth operation of …
With ayedo, running your apps in Kubernetes is a breeze. With Docker Swarm, we offer a production-ready alternative to Kubernetes for those who are …
Mattermost is used in many companies as a central communication platform. It is comparable to Microsoft Teams or Slack. So, what sets Mattermost apart …
Introduction The Kubernetes community took a significant step with version v1.24 by digitally signing their container image-based artifacts. With the …
Probes are checks that the Kubelet of a node performs on or against a Pod to verify its status. Using probes, you can check, for example, whether the …
In the latest version of Kubernetes, v1.27, there’s an exciting new feature: the ability to adjust CPU and memory resources for running pods …
Kubernetes v1.27, released in April 2023, introduces improvements in Memory QoS (alpha), enabling more efficient memory management on Linux nodes. …
Five Key Features of Portainer 1. Docker Environments 2. Access Control 3. CI/CD Capabilities 4. Monitoring 5. Kubernetes As mentioned in the …
Since the introduction of the auto-refreshing official CVE feed as an alpha feature in version 1.25, we have made significant improvements and …
Why This Post? What is Portainer? Practical Section Deploying Portainer Setting Up Portainer Deploying an Application Conclusion For those who want …
In my previous article, I introduced the topic of Checkpointing in Kubernetes and explained how it can be set up. This time, I want to show you how to …
Have you ever wondered how to set up a cluster of thousands of nodes in seconds, simulate real nodes with low resource requirements, and test your …
In today’s digital world, cyber-attacks are more complex than ever. Companies providing cloud services continuously invest in security measures, …
Kubernetes has established itself as a leading orchestration engine used by many organizations to efficiently manage workloads. Proper pod scheduling …
Kubernetes v1.26 brings significant advancements in network traffic management. Two features, support for internal traffic policy for Services and …
The release of Kubernetes 1.26 introduces a stable implementation of the Job controller, which reliably tracks a large number of highly parallel jobs. …
Kubernetes v1.26 introduces an exciting new feature: the general availability (GA) of Kubelet Credential Provider Plugins . This extensible plugin …
In Kubernetes 1.26, the first alpha version of Validating Admission Policies is available! These new policies utilize the Common Expression Language …
Introduction With the release of Kubernetes 1.26, the Device Manager is now generally available! This feature, originally introduced in Kubernetes …
Introduction In the latest version of Kubernetes 1.26, there is an exciting new feature: the Alpha API for dynamic resource allocation. This feature …
The long-awaited day has arrived: HostProcess containers, the Windows counterpart to Linux privileged containers, are finally generally available in …
Forensic container checkpointing is based on Checkpoint/Restore In Userspace (CRIU) and allows for the creation of stateful copies of a running …
Introduction In the world of cloud-native technologies, OpenTelemetry (OTEL) is often cited as the key to enhancing application monitoring. This …
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) supports DevOps best practices by facilitating the creation of repeatable infrastructure environments using a declarative …
The IT Planning Council adopts the document “German Administrative Cloud Strategy: Framework for Target Architecture 2.0”. Download PDF …
Kubernetes v1.25 introduces a significant new feature: support for user namespaces. This functionality allows for secure workloads in Kubernetes by …
Introduction With the release of Kubernetes 1.25, there are exciting updates for developers and DevOps teams: Two important features, minReadySeconds …
A long-standing wish of the Kubernetes community has been to create a programmatic way to track security issues in Kubernetes (also known as …
Building cloud native software and running it in production is quite a challenge these days. Besides getting the architecture of your software right, …
The release of Kubernetes v1.25 marks a significant milestone for pod security controls: the Pod Security Admission Controller (PSA) has reached …
The PodSecurityPolicy (PSP) was removed with Kubernetes v1.25. This decision was previously announced in the blog post PodSecurityPolicy Deprecation: …
Did you know that Kubernetes v1.24 includes a total of 46 enhancements ? In just four months, the team has integrated an impressive number of new …
Introduction The official documentation is the central resource for any open-source project. For Kubernetes, this is a continuously growing Special …
The Working Group for Structured Logging has introduced new features to the logging infrastructure in Kubernetes 1.24. In this article, you’ll …
The release of Kubernetes 1.24 introduces Storage Capacity Tracking as a generally available feature. This innovation enables developers and DevOps …
The Ingress is one of the most frequently targeted components in Kubernetes. An Ingress typically defines an HTTP reverse proxy exposed to the …
Ensuring the reliability of SIG Node upstream code is a continuous effort that takes a lot of behind-the-scenes effort from many contributors. There …
Introduction The SIG Multicluster is the Special Interest Group focused on applying Kubernetes concepts beyond the confines of a single cluster. …
At Box, we use Kubernetes (K8s) to manage hundreds of microservices that enable us to stream data at petabyte scale. As part of our deployment …
The Security Profiles Operator (SPO) is a pivotal extension for Kubernetes, significantly simplifying the management of seccomp , SELinux , and …
Kubernetes v1.22, released in August 2021, introduces a new alpha feature that enhances how Linux nodes manage memory resources. This advancement …
Introduction The Kubernetes community is facing a significant change: the removal of the Dockershim component is imminent. This part of Kubernetes, …
Introduction In Kubernetes, a Node represents a single machine in your cluster. SIG Node is responsible for these crucial Node components and supports …
Kubernetes v1.22 introduced an exciting new alpha feature for clusters with Windows nodes: HostProcess Containers. HostProcess Containers extend the …
On April 23, 2021, the release team adopted a Kubernetes Enhancement Proposal (KEP) that changes the release cycle from four releases per year to …
The Kubernetes API is constantly evolving, which means that older APIs are regularly reorganized or updated. With the release of Kubernetes 1.22, …
The Kubernetes community has taken a crucial step towards improving transparency and traceability of its activities. With the introduction of the …
Kubernetes 1.21 introduces the first officially supported stable metrics with the completion of the Metrics Stability Framework. These new stable …
The Ingress resource is one of Kubernetes’ many success stories. It has spawned a diverse ecosystem of Ingress controllers that are deployed in …
In Kubernetes v1.21, the CronJob resource has reached General Availability (GA). This not only means that CronJobs are now stable and ready for …
In October 2020, the Kubernetes Dashboard officially celebrated its fifth anniversary. As the main project maintainers, we can hardly believe that so …