Metify & Taikun Partner On ‘Advanced Total Stack’ Kubernetes

Kubernetes needs management, no kidding right? Datacenter automation company Metify is now working with automation technology specialist Taikun to give us what the firms both promise will be “advanced” Kubernetes management solutions.

As we know, Kubernetes habitually needs a worthy dose of management control to oversee its infrastructure provisioning requirements, to ensure that software updates are observed, and that security patching can be carried out on a religiously scheduled basis. 

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Because Kubernetes works by using a series of nodes (a working computing entity that may take the form of either a virtual or a physical machine) upon which it runs pods (a Kubernetes abstraction that represents a group of one or more application containers such as Docker along with a selection of shared resources for those containers) in environments where each pod can comprise of more containers all communicating with each other via a patchwork of services, one truth pervades… there is a lot to manage.

Given the management requirement that so obviously exists then, how will these two datacenter platform players help the cause and can the claims here be validated?

Total Stack Automation

This collaboration integrates two software products into a single platform now known as CloudWorks. Although bereft of any K8S-stylization in name (perhaps leaving the door open to wider cloud-native applicability if the software engineering blueprints are open enough here) CloudWorks is designed to allow cloud developers to automate their entire Kubernetes stack from bare metal server provisioning through application deployment.

“Our collaboration with Taikun is a game-changer for enterprise IT teams. By combining Metify’s bare-metal capabilities with Taikun’s Kubernetes expertise, we have delivered a powerful new infrastructure solution with several industry-first features,” said Michael Wagner, CEO of Metify.

Wagner’s comments are warmly echoed in the traditional “we’re excited to partner” style by Adam Skotnicky, CEO of Taikun. Skotnicky suggests his firm’s hardware automation solution provides a foundation for the two companies to build on and deliver our advanced Kubernetes management capabilities.

From BIOS to Business Apps

While we might be left hungry in terms of more exact details relating to the promised industry-first features on offer as a result of this partnership, the two companies do state that they will bring powerful automation from BIOS configuration to cloud-native application deployment – hence the full K8S stack comment earlier we imagine.

This partnership may mark a step forward in removing end users from the deep complexities of hardware and software setup and configuration. The announcement of the CloudWorks service aims to address the growing demand for comprehensive and simplified solutions to provision and manage Kubernetes deployments. 

This news may beg the question: What is total Kubernetes stack management, in exact terms? Let’s make sure we keep asking that question as we go immediately forward.