CHALLENGE /

To bring massive cost savings, a multi-national conglomerate must consolidate hundreds of applications into a new container system. The business advantages -- cost and overhead factors – are vulnerable to poorly configured management. Significant downtime can put the business at risk. Security applications protecting critical business assets will not perform as needed.

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It is one thing to read about the Kubernetes advantages, but quite another to realize them. Vast complexities of consolidating discrete applications – and managing them well via the Kubernetes console – bring extreme pressure on business resources, both to get it right and to do it without business disruption.

SOLUTION /

STAND 8 worked with the client to develop a realistic plan and successfully stood up a new managed solution in less than 3 months. A key new element was adding a customized monitoring solution that surfaces issues before becoming problems to several business lines with global operations.

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CONCLUSION /

Kubernetes may be one of the more recognized of Enterprise IT transformation tools, but it still requires customization-- and intelligent decisions to factor specific use-cases. While the framework offers better-than-average stability, when it breaks, it “breaks big” – many hundreds of applications may stop working or may perform very poorly, or worse may provide inaccurate information.

STAND 8 helps to provide more significant business opportunities even in a dynamic and expanding container management framework. As a result, more and more use cases include the professional assistance of STAND 8 when modernizing the Enterprise throughout its technology stack.