20 Dec Why Should Hybrid Workforces Use a Data Services Platform for Kubernetes?
Kirby Wadsworth
Kirby has more than two decades of marketing leadership in both publicly traded large enterprises and emerging startups. As a founder and early venture executive with several successful exits, Kirby helped pioneer the cloud storage, continuous data protection, and file virtualization industries.
Hybrid workforces are becoming the new norm across all industries. According to a recent survey, 76% of respondents reported that their company shifted to a hybrid workforce in the past year. It’s no surprise that hybrid organizations are housing their data in multiple clouds to accommodate remote and on-prem employees.
Because of the shift to hybrid workforces, organizations need to consider ways to support and protect their data in multiple clouds whether private, public or hybrid. Data services platforms for Kubernetes are the key to fortifying data and data operations in hybrid workforces. In fact, 80% of Red Hat’s survey respondents reported they run databases in Kubernetes.
In this article, we’re peeling back the layers as to why hybrid workforces benefit from data services platforms built for Kubernetes.
What is a Data Services Platform for Kubernetes?
A data services platform for Kubernetes is a software suite that is fully orchestrated by Kubernetes and can be installed in minutes. It pools local physical media capacity and presents virtual volumes to applications, enabling the instant movement of data to and from any cluster, anywhere. Thus, providing DevOps professionals with instant access to data at any point in time.
So how does this impact hybrid workforces?
Consider this scenario. You’re a developer working remotely for half of the work week. On the day that you’re working from home, you need to access a particular dataset to complete your task. However, the data is located on a server at the office. Oops!
With a data services platform for Kubernetes you would have access to data no matter where the data is stored and no matter where you are. Now, you’re able to access data when and where you need it, in 40 seconds or less.
To explore data services and discover how they enable DevOps organizations to move data between time and space, download our resource, A Quick-Step Guide to Achieving Faster, More Efficient, and Scalable DevOps Processes with Kubernetes Data Services.
Data Services Platforms for Kubernetes Protect Enterprise Data in Hybrid Workforces
A data services platform for Kubernetes, like ionir, offers high-performance storage for databases, as well as common data management and protection workflows across hybrid and multi-cloud deployments. When hybrid workforces are working across far distances and time zones, it’s crucial that enterprise data is agile and flexible.
For example, with the ionir Data Services Platform for Kubernetes, data can be presented at any point in time simply by adjusting the metadata name to include only blocks from that time. Data addressing by name allows the definition of data to move between systems without affecting the application’s ability to access it.
ionir’s data services improve data security by providing an immutable and yet fluid dataset — impenetrable by attackers, resilient in the face of accidents, errors, deletion, and overwrite. Persistent volumes created can be cloned and automatically protected with one-second granularity. Data services such as Location enable the quick relocation of data. DevOps teams can move data from Los Angeles to New York in record time — in 40 seconds or less to be exact.
To learn how to keep your data secure throughout all stages of the pipeline to achieve DevSecOps, view our infographic, Achieving DevSecOps via Increased Data Security.
Hybrid Workforces Need Elastic and Scalable Data Solutions
Hybrid workforces require the elasticity and scalability of Kubernetes to grow organizations in-person and remotely. The right data services platform for Kubernetes will dynamically adapt to workloads of any size. So as your business grows, so does your IT infrastructure.
ionir offers DevOps organizations near infinite capacity and performance via microservices architecture. By being distributed and loosely coupled, modern microservices architecture enables rapid, linear scaling and extensibility and ensures that a team’s changes won’t break the entire application. The flexibility and extensibility of microservices architecture future-proof the data services platform for Kubernetes, enabling organizations to grow quickly.
Final Thoughts
To gain a competitive edge in 2022, it’s time to consider the technology that will benefit your hybrid workforce and enhance scalability, efficiency, and growth. ionir can help. Start your free trial today to explore the capabilities ionir’s Data Services Platform for Kubernetes can bring about in your organization.
