Article for SiliconANGLE by Jason Bloomberg
This is the first of a two-part series.
This week, throngs of cloud-native computing fans were set to descend on Amsterdam for KubeCon, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s conference for all things Kubernetes.
Alas, like so many other conferences, the CNCF decided to postpone KubeCon. But that doesn’t mean I can’t still write about the highlights of the show in this article.
It just means that everyone involved had to participate in the briefings from home.
I winnowed down 75 or so exhibitors to a dozen highlights, and spoke with their leadership to gain insight into the innovations they’re bringing to market. What I didn’t hear: any pullback as a result of the coronavirus or impending economic downturn. All of these companies are pedal to the metal.
Here’s my take on the first half of the list:
Aiven: fully managed data cloud
Aiven addresses the challenge of implementing complex data pipelines by leveraging open-source technologies in multi-cloud environments.
Take your pick of open-source data infrastructure, including Kafka, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Grafana and others. Then choose whatever mix of the three main public clouds you prefer.
Aiven will then provide you with a fully managed “data cloud” that ensures resilience, compliance and security – without having to set up, configure and integrate each of the packages individually.
