Credit: Red Hat The strength of its open source community has made Kubernetes the standard for running container-based apps across clouds. If your organization develops and releases containerized software at scale—or aspires to—Kubernetes should be your default choice. The payoff could be big: developers empowered to do their best work and applications that scale and flex across clouds as needed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44HrqNm_U30 Kubernetes as a standalone open source project is an effective container management tool, but its full potential as a hybrid cloud platform for enterprises is only realized by integrating an ecosystem of complementary cloud-native tools. Put simply, Kubernetes by itself is not enough to succeed with hybrid cloud. A complete container platform requires integrating Kubernetes with other components for container networking, ingress/load balancing, storage, monitoring, logging, and more. Successfully adopting Kubernetes for hybrid cloud usually follows a series of steps: Evaluate open, standards-based options. In order to maintain the standards-based nature of Kubernetes, it is critical to evaluate truly open source solutions. Some enterprise distributions of Kubernetes will include open source components, but ultimately lock you into proprietary underpinnings. A truly open source distribution like Red Hat® OpenShift® will always maintain open components, from the operating system all the way to the serverless dashboard. Consider team culture. Setting up your team for success is crucial and easily overlooked. Training shouldn’t just cover Kubernetes, but also supporting concepts like agile development and DevOps. A well-prepared Kubernetes lead in your organization can make a big difference in company-wide adoption. Surround Kubernetes with best practices. Kubernetes goes hand-in-hand with DevOps and GitOps methodologies to align software development and IT operations. Operationalizing Kubernetes with these best practices also clears the way to build a continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline, where software delivery is fast and automated. Read more about Red Hat’s perspective on Kubernetes. https://redhat.com/ourapproachtok8s Cloud Computing