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Fairwinds: Managed Kubernetes-as-a-Service
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Fairwinds is the trusted software and services partner for running and optimizing mission-critical applications on Kubernetes.
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Here’s what to expect, which sessions we’ve circled on our schedules, and how to maximize your KubeCon + CloudNativeCon adventure this year.
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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 — Must-See Sessions
Here’s what to expect, which sessions we’ve circled on our schedules, and how to maximize your KubeCon + CloudNativeCon adventure this year.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Getting managed services in the 2026 budget means more than a cost story. You need hard proof: KPI improvements, risk reductions, & exact headcount/opportunity comparisons. The earlier you plan and tailor your story, the easier approval becomes.
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#Kubernetes #cloud
Planning 2026 Managed Services Budget: Approval Strategies That Work
As 2025 draws to a close, IT and business leaders face a shrinking window to proactively secure managed services budget approval for 2026.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Mark Zuckerberg is excited to add more AI content to all your social feeds
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Is AI the next era of social media?
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October 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Building your Internal Developer Platform (IDP) on open source and AWS gives your team control, flexibility, and transparency — without vendor lock-in.

Read more: www.fairwinds.com/blog/benefit...

#PlatformEngineering #Kubernetes #AWS #OpenSource #DevOps #DeveloperExperience
The Benefits of Using an Open Source IDP Design On AWS
While vendor demos look polished, open source IDPs, especially those anchored on AWS and Kubernetes, offer long-term flexibility, innovation, and control.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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What do you feel is unfinished business in the Kubernetes world?

Stéphane Goetz points out the reliance on tools like ArgoCD, custom scripts, and UIs for deployment validation, suggesting that an element to streamline these workflows might be missing

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October 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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How long should it take to modernize your developer platform?

Join AWS experts as they share how organizations can rapidly adopt scalable cloud solutions without sacrificing quality or security. Hear real-world success stories and leave with actionable next steps.
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Platform Adoption in Months Instead of Years
Accelerate delivery with AWS & Fairwinds’ Kubernetes IDP Quick Start—a production-ready Internal Developer Platform on Amazon EKS, integrating Backstage, Argo, ACK & more for fast, secure, GitOps-driv...
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October 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Kubernetes has changed infrastructure, but operational maturity means:
– Add-ons (DNS, CNI, logging) shape risk and resilience
– Overhead grows without structured maintenance
– Continuous updates matter for long-term health
Read about lessons learned:
www.fairwinds.com/blog/5-hard-... #managingk8s
Top 5 Hard-Earned Lessons from the Experts on Managing Kubernetes
Drawing from years of real-world experience architecting, building, and maintaining Kubernetes, here are 5 lessons learned to get orgs started using K8s.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Retailers today are rushing to deliver truly seamless omnichannel experiences, where it doesn’t matter if a customer is shopping in-store, online, or from a mobile app.

Learn how Kubernetes enables seamless omnichannel shopping experiences.

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#kubernetes #retail
5 Ways Kubernetes Enables a Seamless Omnichannel Shopping Experience
Seamless omnichannel processing demands integration of business processes, data management, and collaboration, with Kubernetes as the enabling foundation.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Launching an Internal Developer Platform? Avoid the 70% failure rate. Learn why a product mindset and tight feedback loops with devs are essential for real adoption.

Ensure your IDP actually gets launched—and delivers value.
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#PlatformEngineering #DevOps #IDP
How to Ensure Your IDP Gets Launched: A Guide to Platform Success
This actionable playbook, drawn from real platform successes, will help ensure an IDP actually gets launched and adopted in your org.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Thrilled to be part of #DevOpsExperience on September 25! @sudermanjr.bsky.social will be sharing insights on boosting #Kubernetes efficiency on #EKS with #managedservices. And how #DevOps is transforming the way teams deliver software at speed and scale. Register now for free: bit.ly/45Nm1cu
DevOps Experience 2025
Now in its 10th year, DevOps Experience returns on September 25, 2025, to celebrate a decade of transformation, innovation, and community. This year’s theme, “DevOps Goes Native,” highlights DevOps’ e...
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September 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Feeling stuck with Kubernetes pods?
Our updated guide shows you how to create, view, and delete your first pod.
(Plus tips on modern security, configuration, and right-sizing that platform teams trust.)
New to K8s or want a refresher on best practices? Dive in now:
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How to Create, View, and Destroy a Pod in Kubernetes
Learn how to create a pod in Kubernetes using the nginx image, view the YAML that describes the pod, and delete the pod that you’ve created.
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September 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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#Kubernetes v1.34 “Of Wind & Will” is out—no breaking deprecations, just steady enhancements. Most orgs stick to N-1/N-2 for best stability.
Check this guide for upgrade tips and risk management, from the experts at Fairwinds.
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Kubernetes 1.34 Released: What's New and When to Upgrade
Kubernetes 1.34 is now generally available, but most organizations aren't running it yet. No rush here, but it’s great to look ahead.
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September 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Misconceptions about cloud-managed services could be costing your team more than you think, especially if you have a set number of hours available.

Learn why true #managedKaaS is about partnership, not just troubleshooting.
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#CloudManagedServices #kubernetes
Why Misconceptions About Cloud Managed Services Can Cost You
Misunderstanding cloud-managed service models can cost you a lot; that's why it's important to choose models that reduce operational noise and enable devs.
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September 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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“Set and forget” is risky for Kubernetes add-ons. Every unchecked policy engine, dashboard, or CNI increases vulnerability. Make maintenance habitual: map, patch, automate, share the load. Scale securely and keep your clusters healthy!
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#Security #OpenSource #K8sOps
How to Streamline Your Kubernetes Add-On Updates and Stay Secure
Kubernetes add-ons are the backbone of modern clusters, powering everything from ingress and networking to observability, security, and automation.
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August 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Getting ready for your first Kubernetes rollout?
Register for our “5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Managing Kubernetes” webinar (Sept 10) with CTO @sudermanjr.bsky.social to learn 10 hard-earned lessons from managing K8s at scale.
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#Kubernetes #DevOps
Webinar: 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Managing Kubernetes
Running Kubernetes sounds exciting—until you’re in the trenches. In this webinar, we’ll share ten hard-earned lessons from managing Kubernetes.
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August 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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If your business relies on #Kubernetes and #cloudnative systems, you already have scalability on your side, but preventing outages requires more. Here are a few ways leading retailers can ensure their operations are ready for the highs and lows of customer demand.
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Peak Traffic: No Problem for Retailers with the Right Infrastructure
Peak shopping seasons are both a massive opportunity and a major stress test for retailers. Preventing outages is critical to protecting long-term revenue.
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August 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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🗣️ Peter Zaitsev challenges outdated notion: Kubernetes now handles stateful apps. Practices matured, enabling serious workloads

Watch: https://ku.bz/GMQr-2gvT
August 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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🌐Time to rethink your AIOps strategy?
Walk through why GKE is a good option, including:
* Elastic scalability
* Accelerator integration
* End-to-end pipeline integration
* Security & policy automation
* Observability
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How to Build, Optimize, & Manage AI on Google Kubernetes Engine
GKE is a foundation for AI innovation, providing cloud-native flexibility, enterprise-grade security, and seamless access to advanced accelerators.
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August 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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We patch #Kubernetes.
We automate #clusterupgrades.
But we forget about the 10+ #addons silently powering our workloads, often with elevated permissions & no update strategy.
If one gets compromised, it’s game over.
👉 Here's what you need to know (& do) w/ add-ons:
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Love Your Kubernetes Add-Ons: Securing Kubernetes Beyond the Core
Kubernetes has come a long way but maintaining add-ons is one area that still lags behind in maturity, security, and operational best practices.
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August 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Transcript of @sudermanjr.bsky.social & Stevie Caldwell's talk at #KubeCon #Japan:
Kubernetes add-ons are essential for security + features. Regular updates help close vulnerability gaps and keep your clusters resilient.
Check it out & learn a lot from our experts:
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Kubernetes Add-Ons Need Love Too: Increasing Cluster Security
Learn why giving Kubernetes add-ons some love is important, vulnerability trends, operational challenges, & best practices for reliable add-on management.
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July 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Multi-cluster #Kubernetes is the new normal for resilient, scalable infrastructure—but managing clusters across clouds and on-prem is anything but simple. #Enterprise K8s management means mastering security, automation, & observability at scale.
Where is your org?
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Enterprise Kubernetes Management: What Is It & Do You Have It?
Discover what enterprise Kubernetes management means & why it’s essential for security, scalability, & operational excellence in cloud-native environments.
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July 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Retailers relying on legacy IT face costly bottlenecks as customer expectations and data volumes soar.

Cloud-native modernization brings agility, security, and effortless scaling—across online & in-store. Is your retail tech future-ready?
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#CloudNative #RetailTech
From Legacy Tech to Cloud-Native: Modernizing Retail Infrastructure
Cloud-native modernization directly impacts retail by accelerating time-to-market , minimizing service outages, & enabling seamless omnichannel retailing.
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July 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Love the image & the contents of this post, which walks through 3 of our #opensource projects, including Pluto, Nova, & Polaris, as well as Fairwinds Insights. If you want an unbaised review, here it is!
(We are making some tweaks in response, stay tuned!)
More:
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Fairwinds OS: Pluto, Nova, and Polaris
Continuing from the last post on Goldilocks, I wanted to dig into three more Open-Source tools from Fairwinds.
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July 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Our software development team made great updates to Fairwinds Insights, delivering:
* New Customer Dashboard for Managed Services
* UTM Stack support
* Improvements to Global Admission Controller settings.

Learn more about these new capabilities:
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Fairwinds Insights Release Notes UTM Stack Support Customer Dashboard
New functionality for Fairwinds Insights and Managed Kubernetes: a Customer Dashboard, UTM Stack support, and improvements to Global Admission Controller.
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July 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Kubernetes #PolicyasCode is essential for #cluster #governance. Automate security, compliance, and best practices w/ tools like Kyverno, OPA, + Polaris.
This post by @sudermanjr.bsky.social explores how to simplify policy management for your K8s infrastructure:
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Kubernetes Policy as Code: The Foundation of Modern Cluster Governance
Policy enforcement in K8s, first enabled in the 1.8 release with the introduction of admission webhooks, now underpins just about everything in Kubernetes.
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July 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM