Software–defined data center (SDDC) is the next evolution of data center infrastructure. In the SDDC model, APIs govern access to and usage of infrastructure elements such as compute, network, storage. The goal is to provide business applications with a high degree of agility & at a low cost. When combined with DevOps, infrastructure automation tools and lean cloud management, the SDDC can become a powerful business differentiator.
Topics covered in this series include:
- An Introduction to and why SDI
- Why Digital platforms need an SDDC
- Deep dive on the major tech elements needed to build an SDDC – Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Management
- Culture and Implementation
- The role of SDN
- Serverless
- Rounding it all together
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# 1 Why Software Defined Infrastructure
# 2 Digital and Capabilities Needed From a SDDC
The Three Core Competencies of Digital – Cloud, Big Data & Intelligent Middleware
# 3 Apache Mesos
Apache Mesos: Cluster Manager for the Software Defined Data Center ..(3/7)
# 4 Linux Containers and Docker
Why Linux Containers and Docker are the Runtime for the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC)..(4/7)
# 5 Kubernetes
Kubernetes – Container Orchestration for the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC)..(5/7)
# 6 The PaaS approach
# 7 The 2018 Landscape
# 8 IaaS + CMP + CaaS = Hybrid Clouds that “just work”
Why Lack Of Agile and Efficient Cloud Management Is Hindering Cloud Based Modernization
# 9 Serverless on Kubernetes
How Fission on Kubernetes Takes FaaS & Serverless From DevOps to NoOps
# 10 Cloud Management Best Practices
Conclusion
With the growing need for Fortune 500 organizations to modernize their applications in response to Digitization, the SDDC will become an important infrastructure element to achieve an agile foundation. An agile foundation needed to enable their cloud journeys and stay competitive in today’s digital economy.