Nutanix Cloud Platform Features Accelerate Kubernetes Platform Adoption

Nutanix announced the addition of new features in its Cloud Platform to accelerate the adoption of Kubernetes running both at scale and cost-effectively. The broad support for leading Kubernetes container platforms — built-in infrastructure as code capabilities and enhanced data services for modern applications — allow DevOps teams to accelerate application delivery with the performance, governance, and flexibility of the Nutanix Cloud Platform while allowing customers to maintain control of their IT operating costs.

Nutanix announced the addition of new features in its Cloud Platform to accelerate the adoption of Kubernetes running both at scale and cost-effectively. The broad support for leading Kubernetes container platforms — built-in infrastructure as code capabilities and enhanced data services for modern applications — allow DevOps teams to accelerate application delivery with the performance, governance, and flexibility of the Nutanix Cloud Platform while allowing customers to maintain control of their IT operating costs.

Thomas Cornely, Product Management SVP at Nutanix, put it this way:

“Kubernetes deployments are inherently dynamic and challenging to manage at scale. Running Kubernetes container platforms cost-effectively at large scale requires developer-ready infrastructure that seamlessly adapts to changing requirements. Our expertise in simplifying infrastructure management while optimizing resourcesー, both on-premises and in the public cloudーis now being applied to help enterprises adopt Kubernetes more quickly. The Nutanix Cloud Platform now supports a broad choice of Kubernetes container platforms, provides integrated data services for modern applications, and enables developers to provision Infrastructure as Code.”

According to Gartner, by 2027, 25 percent of all enterprise applications will run in containers, an increase from fewer than 10 percent in 2021. The Nutanix Cloud Platform enables enterprises to run Kubernetes in a software-defined infrastructure environment that can scale linearly. Whether running Kubernetes on-premises or in the public cloud, Nutanix has developed a cost-effective solution that can help lower the total cost of ownership by up to 53 percent compared to other native cloud deployment solutions.

New enhancements to the Nutanix Cloud Platform

With broad support for leading Kubernetes container platforms, built-in infrastructure as code capabilities, and enhanced data services, Nutanix is a strong contender for enterprises looking to deploy Kubernetes at scale. New enhancements to the Nutanix Cloud Platform include:

Broad Kubernetes Ecosystem: With a built-in AHV hypervisor, Nutanix supports most leading Kubernetes container platforms with the addition of Amazon EKS-A. This builds on a large ecosystem including Red Hat OpenShift, SUSE Rancher, Google Anthos, and Microsoft Azure Arc for edge deployments, along with the native Nutanix Kubernetes, Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE).

Built-In Infrastructure as Code Operating Model: Nutanix also announced an updated API family along with its SDKs in Java, JS, Go, and Python, currently under development. This will enable automation at scale and consistent operations, whether located in the data center, public cloud, or edge. When combined with Red Hat Ansible Certified Content or the Nutanix Terraform provider, a DevOps methodology can be brought to infrastructure through automation leveraging Infrastructure as Code.

Strengthened Data Services for Modern Applications: Nutanix Cloud Platform’s web-scale architecture enables customers to start small and scale to multi-PB-sized deployments as application needs grow. The platform unifies the delivery of integrated data services with file, object, and database services on the same platform for Kubernetes-based applications.

But Wait, There’s More

Nutanix also launched Nutanix Database Service Operator for Kubernetes, enabling developers to quickly and easily provision and attach databases to their application stacks directly from development environments. The open-source operator is available via artifacthub.io and by direct download at GitHub.

Nutanix Objects has added support for a reference implementation of Container Object Storage Interface (COSI) for ease of orchestration and self-service provisioning.

There is also support for observability using Prometheus.

Finally, Objects is now validated with modern analytics applications, including Presto, Dremio, Vertica, and Confluent Kafka, to enable large-scale data pipelines often used in real-time streaming applications.

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