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This week on the show, Pete Wright sits down with a panel of experts from Trilio, Red Hat, Accenture, and Dynatrace ahead of their upcoming presentation at Red Hat Summit 2024 in Denver. Kevin Jackson (Trilio), Jan Myklebust (Red Hat), Usmin Mir (Accenture), and Steve Weinert (Dynatrace) discuss their collaboration on achieving IT service continuity through ecosystem-powered AIOps and event-driven automation.
The panel explores the origins of their partnership, which began with a project called Navan, a hybrid multi-cloud environment designed to drive co-creation and innovation for joint customer opportunities. As the collaboration evolved, the team tackled challenges such as digital sovereignty and operational resiliency, bringing together the expertise of each partner to create comprehensive solutions.
The conversation delves into the importance of open source ideology in fostering effective collaboration among ecosystem players and the challenges of working with large hyperscalers. The panelists also share their expectations for Red Hat Summit 2024, emphasizing the significance of raising awareness about the potential of ecosystem collaborations and the reality of cloud downtime.
Tune in to discover the journey of this unique partnership and gain insights into the future of IT service continuity in an increasingly complex cloud landscape.
Links & Notes
Migrating Cloud Native Applications to Support Cloud Sovereignty - Usman Mir & Jan MyklebustRed Hat Summit 2024

Kubernetes may be considered "legacy" by some in the fast-moving world of tech, but the recent KubeCon 2024 conference proved there's still plenty of innovation happening in the cloud native ecosystem.
Host Pete Wright sat down with Trilio's own Rodolfo Casás to get the inside scoop on the major announcements and themes from the 10,000+ attendee event. Casás reports that while AI dominated the keynotes and much of the buzz, key developments around Kubernetes and cloud native technology abounded.
Highlights included:
Virtualization on Kubernetes gaining steam as companies look for alternatives with the VMware/Broadcom acquisitionThe rising popularity of WebAssembly (WASM) for its speed, security and portability advantages vs containersOperators for deploying databases on Kubernetes - there's progress but also much room for improvementAn emphasis on responsible innovation, sustainability and reduced resource consumptionOngoing security challenges, with immutable backups emerging as an essential ransomware defenseNew CNCF certifications and training initiatives to address the Kubernetes skills gapFor those lamenting Kubernetes entering legacy status, Casás believes the market is still early and the platform has staying power, even with AI advancements. "Many companies are still building on Kubernetes... containers and Kubernetes are a must for their digital transformation."
Intrigued? Check out the full interview for Casás' take on the KubeCon 2024 highlights and a look ahead at upcoming KubeCons already on the books through 2026. One thing's for sure - the innovation shows no signs of slowing down.
Links & Notes
Linux Foundation EventsRed Hat original series — Rodolfo recommends Command Line Heroes, but these are all great shows!The CloudcastKubernetes Podcast from Google

Virtual machines have long provided IT teams with important flexibility and isolation for running workloads. But as container adoption accelerates, how can organizations integrate their VM environments into modern infrastructure? On this episode of Trilio Insights, host Pete Wright explores KubeVirt with industry expert Kevin Jackson. 
KubeVirt brings virtual machines into the Kubernetes ecosystem, unifying VM and container management. With the VMware-Broadcom drama causing ripples across the industry, there’s renewed interest in open alternatives to proprietary virtualization. As a Cloud Native Computing Foundation incubating project,KubeVirt shows promise in bridging legacy and cloud-native infrastructure.
Tune in as Pete and Kevin break down the KubeVirt project. Learn how it extends Kubernetes for managing VMs, walk through use cases, and discuss adoption challenges. You’ll come away with a 360-degree view on KubeVirt and how it might fit into your container strategy. The future of virtualization is coming into focus this week on Trilio Insights.
Links & Notes
KubeVirt.ioRed Hat OpenShift VirtualizationOpenShift Backup and Recovery • TrilioYouTube • TrilioPlatform9 Managed KubeVirtSpectro Cloud • KubeVirtHarvester • Open-source hyperconverged infrastructure

The future is multi-cluster. 
Today, we're diving into the complex world of Multi-Cluster OpenShift, a linchpin in the realm of modern application deployments. As businesses scale and the demand for resilient, cost-effective, and efficient operations crescendos, managing multiple Kubernetes clusters isn't just a challenge—it's an art.
Rodolfo Casás is a senior solutions architect at Trilio and joins Pete Wright for a conversation unraveling the intricacies of Multi-Cluster OpenShift, exploring the tools that conduct these distributed environments, and sharing tales of transformation from the organizations hitting all the right notes. 

In the premiere episode of Trilio Insights, host Pete Wright sits down with Kevin Jackson, Director of Product Management at Trilio, to discuss the relationship between two titans of cloud infrastructure technology - OpenStack and Kubernetes. Though often pitted against each other as competitors, Jackson argues these technologies actually have a complementary partnership. 
OpenStack came first historically as an open source platform for managing data center resources like compute, networking, and storage. It operates as infrastructure-as-a-service, appealing most to IT engineers who want to easily control physical infrastructure. Kubernetes enables more granular management of resources at the application level. With its scalability and consistency, it caters more to developers who just want their code to run without worrying about infrastructure details.
Running OpenStack and Kubernetes together gives organizations the best of both worlds - the flexibility to manage both traditional and cloud native applications. Kubernetes brings an abstraction layer while OpenStack continues managing the physical nuts and bolts. Many organizations are still figuring out the optimal mix of the two technologies to meet their needs. The most mature infrastructure shops are finding success leveraging OpenStack and Kubernetes in tandem.
With unique insight from Trilio's vantage point providing backup, recovery and disaster recovery solutions for both OpenStack and Kubernetes,  Kevin sheds light on how these two technologies can work together despite their differing approaches. Their relationship is more complementary than competitive when used strategically.

We live in an era where data is the new currency. Its protection is the unsung guardian of our era, and the stakes have never been higher. We sit at the intersection of necessity and innovation, lifting the seemingly impenetrable veil of cloud-native technologies and data protection where every byte could be both an asset and a liability. This is the crucible where data custodians, from the engineers in the trenches to the CTOs in the boardrooms, come to forge the future of their organizations. 

Welcome to Trilio Insights on TruStory FM. We’re glad to have you with us on a journey through the labyrinth of multi-cloud strategies, where the risks are real, but the rewards are revolutionary. 

Trilio Insights delves into the dynamic world of data protection and cloud-native technologies. In addition to Trilio experts, we will bring together practitioners, innovators, and visionaries to explore the evolving landscape of data protection, backup, and recovery. From unraveling the complexities of multi-cloud environments to navigating the challenges of data governance, each episode of Trilio Insights serves to share expertise and experience for Product Engineering, It Ops, Dev Ops, Architects, CTOs, and decision-makers who are ready to learn from others in the rapidly transforming native-cloud realm. Our goal is to provide a valuable resource for those who are navigating the intricacies of data protection in the multi-cloud world.
Stay tuned as we decode the secrets of resilience and adaptability in a world where data not only powers our present but also dictates our future. New episodes are coming in January 2024.