There’s simply no doubt anymore: the cloud is the future of IT. That future, from both the admin and developer side, is distributed, lightweight, and quick to respond. That also means that the future belongs to containers and Kubernetes, which enable all this super-cool technology. The third part of this special “Inside the Guide” podcast breaks all that down with Platform9 Co-Founder and CEO Sirish Raghuram.Raghuram talks with ActualTech Media Partner James Green about the changing nature of business, and what’s necessary to keep up. That applies to more tradition-bound industries like telco and retail, which are just starting to dive fully into the distributed cloud. Management is the key to making sure this future is delivered smoothly. But what does that look like? And how is it done? Listen in for answers to these pressing questions.Key Highlights:03:30 —Platform9’s core mission07:10 — The current state of applications and the enterprise13:35 — Can Kubernetes transform the industry in a way similar to virtualization?17:41 — What issues do bespoke Kubernetes implementations face?23:08 — What is a “distributed cloud,” and what does it look like?24:24 — How Kubernetes in the distributed cloud is impacting the telco and retail industries33:05 — The challenges of managing Kubernetes at enterprise scale36:24 — The advantages of Platform9’s SaaS-based Kubernetes offering, including having your own dedicated management plane37:00 — What does it mean to have a “dial tone” for Kubernetes?38:36 — A 10-year forecast for cloud and KubernetesResource Links:Free trial of Platform9Get more informationGuest: Sirish RaghuramSirish Raghuram is the co-founder and CEO of Platform9. Prior to founding Platform9, Sirish was an early engineer at VMware who went on to technical and management roles. His work at VMware led to several products, features, and patents.About Platform9Platform9 delivers the leading open source cloud frameworks—Kubernetes, Fission Serverless, and OpenStack—as a SaaS-managed service. Simply plug in your different environments to the Platform9 technology, and automatically bring your diverse infrastructure under centralized management. About ActualTech MediaJames Green, host of Inside the Guide, is Partner and VP for Content at ActualTech Media where he is responsible for developing unique content offerings that help enterprise IT vendors accomplish their most critical content marketing objectives.The folks at ActualTech Media are the technology experts behind Gorilla Guides - short, consumable books that help you navigate the increasingly complex technology landscape. All episodes of Inside the Guide are audio companions to a book from our popular Gorilla Guide book series.Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so that you never miss an episode. Don’t forget to check out our website www.gorilla.guide for the full library of free books!

The retail industry is by its nature distributed. Most companies have multiple stores—often thousands of stores. Those stores can be spread across a small geographic location or many states. This creates huge challenges for IT.Kubernetes, however, has an answer. Kubernetes, the orchestration platform for containers, is made for distributed environments like retail. With containers and Kubernetes, the entire network of stores can be setup in a zero-touch manner—the old “plug n’ play” model really works!Sound to good to be true? Listen to this episode of the “Inside the Guide” podcast, and you’ll see that it’s a reality, today. Platform9 CTO Peter Fray explains why in this illuminating discussion with James Green, the host and an ActualTech Media Partner.They chat about why the old way of rolling out and supporting IT at retail locations just doesn’t cut it anymore, and go in depth on the reasons Kubernetes shines in this role.  Key Highlights:03:13 —How are retailers improving the shopping experience with the cloud?05:40 — The cool things retailers are doing with new technology07:17 — The ways in which traditional retail infrastructure is hurting business10:08 — The increasing importance of centralized management for retailers15:55 — Why Kubernetes is a great solution for distributed retail operations21:24 — How Kubernetes impacts lifecycle management24:30 — Speed bumps on the journey to Kubernetes 29:57 — The secret to making Kubernetes easy (Yes, there is a way!)Resource Links:Free trial of Platform9Get more informationGuest: Peter FrayPeter Fray is CTO at Platform9. With a unique blend of technical experience—from IaaS, networking, Kubernetes, databases, and more—Peter helps large enterprises successfully adopt cloud, containers, and modern technologies to accelerate application delivery and improve data center utilization.About Platform9Platform9 delivers the leading open source cloud frameworks—Kubernetes, Fission Serverless, and OpenStack—as a SaaS-managed service. Simply plug in your different environments to the Platform9 technology, and automatically bring your diverse infrastructure under centralized management. About ActualTech MediaJames Green, host of Inside the Guide, is Partner and VP for Content at ActualTech Media where he is responsible for developing unique content offerings that help enterprise IT vendors accomplish their most critical content marketing objectives.The folks at ActualTech Media are the technology experts behind Gorilla Guides - short, consumable books that help you navigate the increasingly complex technology landscape. All episodes of Inside the Guide are audio companions to a book from our popular Gorilla Guide book series.Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so that you never miss an episode. Don’t forget to check out our website www.gorilla.guide for the full library of free books!

5G promises to change the industry every bit as much—if not more—than 4G did. But with that change comes a host of new challenges.Perhaps the biggest change of all is IT infrastructure. It’s now distributed everywhere, instead of being confined to a static data center. The fundamental technology making that happen is containers. Without containers, there’s no 5G.That revolution has also led to the rise of Kubernetes, which orchestrates this vast collection of containers. If all this sounds mind-bogglingly complex, you’ve got the right idea. That’s why many companies are looking for a managed service—a partner that tackles that complexity, leaving your IT team free to do what it does best.In this episode, Platform9 speaks with ActualTech Media about the staggering potential of 5G, along with similarly daunting challenges. Key Highlights:02:37 — Introduction to Platform9, and what it offers07:57 — The new capabilities 5G can deliver09:48 — Top 5G use cases, including telco17:50 — Typical components of a modern 5G infrastructure21:35 — How Kubernetes enables this new type of distributed architecture27:35 — Challenges that come with implementing containers and Kubernetes31:35 — The advantages inherent in Platform9’s managed Kubernetes solution, for both developers and operations34:56 — Specific benefits for Platform9’s solutions when it comes to 5G infrastructure Resource Links:Free trial of Platform9Get more information Guest: Roopak ParikhRoopak Parikh, co-founder/CTO. Before co-founding Platform9, Roopak was a technical lead at VMware, where he helped architect and ship major vSphere products: Update Manager and vCloud Director. Before VMware, Roopak was an early engineer at an early stage Mobile computing startup. About Platform9Platform9 delivers the leading open source cloud frameworks—Kubernetes, Fission Serverless, and OpenStack—as a SaaS-managed service. Simply plug in your different environments to the Platform9 technology, and automatically bring your diverse infrastructure under centralized management.  About ActualTech MediaJames Green, host of Inside the Guide, is Partner and VP for Content at ActualTech Media where he is responsible for developing unique content offerings that help enterprise IT vendors accomplish their most critical content marketing objectives.The folks at ActualTech Media are the technology experts behind Gorilla Guides - short, consumable books that help you navigate the increasingly complex technology landscape. All episodes of Inside the Guide are audio companions to a book from our popular Gorilla Guide book series. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so that you never miss an episode. Don’t forget to check out our website www.gorilla.guide for the full library of free books!

It’s a jungle out in the world of enterprise technology. That’s why the technology experts at ActualTech Media launched Gorilla Guides - short, consumable books that help you navigate the increasingly complex technology landscape. Now we’re diving even deeper with our podcast series, Inside the Guide.Join James Green, podcast host and Partner at ActualTech Media as he talks to the people behind the cutting-edge technology solutions that will take your IT organization into the future. Whether you’re a seasoned IT pro or just beginning your career, Inside the Guide will help you make sense of today’s most complex technology concepts.Episodes of Inside the Guide are audio companions to a book from our popular Gorilla Guide book series. Check out our website www.gorilla.guide for the full library of free books!Are you ready to go Inside the Guide?