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Nutanix launches Kubernetes Platform- As-a-Service for the multi-cloud era
Damien Pasquinelli , CTO , Hardis Group , said : “ We were looking for a single PaaS platform that could host our Reflex and Vision Insights on both the Edge and in our private cloud , to take advantage of both a distributed architecture as well as support software development and machine training on the public cloud . Karbon Platform Services delivers the richness of services we need in a PaaS solution , along with the simplicity and ease of management Nutanix is known for – across clouds .”
Nutanix , a global provider of enterprise cloud computing solutions , has unveiled Karbon Platform Services , a Kubernetes-based multi-cloud Platform- As-a-Service ( PaaS ) with automated system-managed security , to accelerate the development and deployment of microservices-based apps across any cloud .
The offering provides software developers with a turnkey managed services experience , onpremises , in the public cloud and at the Edge , to build and run cloud-native applications while enabling them to decouple applications from the underlying infrastructure .
According to the vendor , the announcement marks a significant milestone for Nutanix as it looks to expand offerings aimed at accelerating enterprises ’ cloud-native journeys .
Kubernetes , along with its ecosystem of cloud-native technologies , continues to rapidly evolve , making it increasingly difficult to implement without extensive technical resources .
“ IT resources are the engines that power digital enterprises . But as a company scales , adopts hybrid cloud and manages an increasing number of applications , supporting engineering needs can be challenging for IT ,” said Rajiv Mirani , CTO , Nutanix . “ With Karbon Platform Services , we aim to simplify application development and orchestration while streamlining the relationship between IT and development teams to support our customers ’ DevOps strategies .”
This new cloud-native PaaS will help software engineers to streamline application development and orchestration without needing to manage the underlying infrastructure . Karbon Platform Services builds on the core Kubernetes lifecycle management capabilities initially introduced with Karbon as an integrated component of the Nutanix HCI software .
Pasquinelli added that : “ Implementing Karbon Platform Services has allowed our Vision Insights development and DevOps teams to go from zero to prototype in less than a quarter of the time it previously took . This software running on Karbon Platform Services is already in production for customers like Schneider Electric , a leading global specialist in energy management and automation .”
Bob Laliberte , Practice Director and Senior Analyst at ESG Research , said the complexities of Kubernetes and multi-cloud infrastructure management can not only overwhelm IT operations teams , but also limit the resources and tooling available to modern application software developers .
“ With Karbon Platform Services , Nutanix abstracts infrastructure complexity and delivers a managed Kubernetes , containers , and a host of essential developer services in an easy , readily-consumable PaaS environment . And given that 70 % of customers we ’ ve recently surveyed prefer the combination of public cloud and private data centre for containerised applications , Karbon Platform Services satisfies that desire for flexibility with its global control plane and simple multi-cloud management capabilities ,” he said . •
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