Are you attending KubeCon 2018 in Seattle in December? If so, I invite you to add Platform9 to your MUST SEE list of vendors.
KubeCon 2018 is shaping up to be a fantastic event! And the number
of sponsoring vendors at this year's show is impressive. One of the
companies on VMblog's MUST SEE list this year is Platform9. They deliver a SaaS-managed hybrid cloud solution that turns existing infrastructure into a cloud, instantly. And they help enterprises drive digital transformation by enabling them to manage VMs, Containers and Serverless Functions on ANY infrastructure — on-premises, in public clouds, or at the edge – with a self-service, simple and unified experience.
Read
this exclusive pre-show interview between VMblog and Platform9 to learn what they have
planned for the upcoming KubeCon North America 2018 event and why you need to visit their booth.
Ahead of the show, VMblog spoke with Platform9 co-founder and CEO, Sirish Raghuram.
VMblog: As a KubeCon 2018 sponsor, how can people find you at the show?
Sirish Raghuram: Platform9 is a Gold sponsor, our booth # is G1.
VMblog: Can you give VMblog readers a sneak peek as to
what you will be showing off at your booth? What should attendees
expect to see and hear at your booth?
Raghuram: Beyond stopping by for cool swag, stop by the Platform9 booth for 2 cool demos:
1. See the industry's only SaaS-managed enterprise Kubernetes solution
in action. Learn how you can centrally manage Kubernetes, Serverless
Functions and VMs on any infrastructure - on-premises or in the public
cloud.
Platform9's Kubernetes-as-a-Service gives you
production-grade K8s in less than an hour, anywhere. It reduces IT
operational overhead with zero touch upgrades, management, and
maintenance.
2. See how you get the most out of your K8s cluster and take advantage of
the speed and cost savings of Serverless applications - on any
environment.
Fission is the leading open source, Kubernetes-native, serverless framework.
It allows you to code serverless functions in any language, and have
them run wherever you have a Kubernetes cluster: in the public cloud, in
your own datacenter, or even on your laptop. Fission automatically
manages the infrastructure for you. There's no need for in-depth
knowledge of Kubernetes at scale, no containers to build or registries
to manage.
VMblog: How does your company and product fit within the container or cloud ecosystem?
Raghuram: You already know what Kubernetes (and Serverless
apps running on Kubernetes) can do for your business. Kubernetes is the
de-facto standard for container orchestration today, among developers
and enterprise IT alike. But -- we know Kubernetes is notoriously
difficult to deploy and operate at scale, particularly on-premises.
Platform9 hybrid cloud solution turns your existing infrastructure into a
cloud, instantly. We enable you to easily modernize your apps and your
infrastructure to take advantage of Kubernetes and Serverless with a
touch of a button. This is alongside managing VMs and traditional apps-
all in a single platform, with a single pane of glass.
You can be up and running with enterprise-grade K8s and
Serverless - across public clouds and on-premises datacenters - within
less than an hour, with no management overhead or painful setup.
VMblog: Thinking about your company, give readers a few reasons why your product or service is considered unique.
Raghuram: Platform9 offers the the industry's only
SaaS-managed offering: Simplify management with a financially-backed SLA
with seamless management, monitoring, bug fixes, and patches delivered
consistently, as-a-service.
We're the only solution that lets you leverage your
existing infrastructure- either on public clouds, on-premises or at the
edge. You simply plug-in all your environments to our SaaS-managed
control plane, to benefit from a consistent cloud management experience
across all types of infrastructure and applications.
We provide pure-play open source Kubernetes, delivered as a service.
This ensure open source innovation, economics and interoperability,
without the management overhead.
We provide a unified cloud experience: Simple, centralized
view of assets across public, private, and hybrid clouds - and across
Containers, Serverless, and VMs.
VMblog: Have you sponsored KubeCon before? If so, what do you like most about this event? What brings you back as a sponsor?
Raghuram: We did sponsor the conference in the past. We
find the event to be a great mix of technical attendees and enterprise
companies looking to do great things with Kubernetes, at scale. It's
exhilarating to hear about what the K8s community is up to and all the
great innovation in the space.
VMblog: What are you looking forward to most at this year's event?
Raghuram: Geeking out with the K8s community about all the
innovation in the space, and discussing use cases and best practices
for Kubernetes in the enterprise- how to make it easier to consume and
manage, how to make it more secure, and how to take the pain out of
upgrades, etc.
VMblog: What would you say to prospective attendees who are
thinking about attending KubeCon but aren't sure if it's worth it or
not?
Raghuram: Kubernetes is the most transformational
technology today. It is the #1 enabler for digital transformation these
days, and is becoming the "operating system" for cloud-native
applications. In short: it's the future of software delivery. If you're
at all curious about Kubernetes and accelerating your time to market
with new applications and modernizing existing ones- you need to be at
this conference.
VMblog: What do you hope to come away with from exhibiting at KubeCon? What does event success look like to you?
Raghuram: Having great conversations with like-minded people who are betting on Kubernetes to transform their business!
VMblog: Does your company have any speaking sessions during the show? If so, can you give us the who, what, when and where?
Raghuram: We did speak at KubeCon China this November, about Serverless Performance on a Budget and spoke at KubeCon Copenhagen earlier this year about Function Composition in a Serverless World. We are not speaking at KubeCon Seattle this year, though.
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