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Announcing CodeZero General Availability

At CodeZero, we believe that modern DevOps practices are key to unlocking the full value of Cloud Native Computing. “Halyard” is a new approach to Developing, Deploying and Managing containerized applications that run in any Kubernetes environment. With v 1.1.0 of Halyard, CodeZero delivers the following features to developers.

8 Cloud Cost Optimization Tactics for Kubernetes

If you’ve ever gotten sticker shock after receiving a surprisingly large cloud bill, this might have been your reaction… I think we’ve all been there. While the cloud makes flexible scaling possible, it has also introduced many new services one can use, resulting in increased cloud costs. In this article, I’ll go over the eight ways you can reduce your Kubernetes cloud costs. I use Amazon Web Services (AWS) as an example, but the lessons can also apply to other cloud providers.

Monitoring your k6 load test: how to install Grafana and Prometheus on a Kubernetes cluster

How do you monitor your application during k6 load testing? In this video, Nicole van der Hoeven learns how to install Grafana and Prometheus in her Kubernetes cluster (hosted in DigitalOcean), then runs a load test against her application with k6.

Speedscale Announces New Software Release: Traffic Viewer for API Visibility in Kubernetes Clusters

We are excited to announce a new global release of our software with unique API visibility features to help organizations discover problems with their cloud services well before they impact customers in production.

Getting Started with Docker: A Tutorial

Docker containers have taken the software industry by storm. Ever since its launch in 2013, Docker’s usage and popularity have grown at a rapid pace. Docker has saved organizations from the challenges of managing dependency and version conflicts across multiple environments by providing a portable, secure, and (most importantly) reliable container technology for shipping applications.

Integrating Speedscale with Jenkins

Minimizing and automating the path from development and production is necessary in order to stay competitive and keep customers happy. As engineering teams strive to solve this by quickly and efficiently rolling out new features, updates, and bug fixes, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) has come to be regarded as an industry best practice. One of the most popular CI/CD solutions is Jenkins, an open-source job execution system.