Articles
Edge computing explained, from first principles to the operational detail.
How to distribute site-specific secrets and configurations
In the Avassa system, an application specification defines the container structure and associated application-specific configuration and secrets. You want to aim for keeping one…
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Avassa is cool!
Despite our Swedish heritage, we have always thought that we are a pretty cool company. And certainly that the software our incredible engineering team…
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Why breaking free from data silos is the key to success in Industry 4.0
The recent snowballing growth of decentralized data collection from IoT applications has profound implications on performance and scalability in industrial settings. Data needs to…
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CI/CD tools and Avassa: how to build a successful integration
All our customers have already invested in CI/CD for their cloud applications and we aim to be a very good citizen in those environments.…
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The extremely short story of how I converted a k8s application to Avassa
Converting an application from Kubernetes to Avassa might sound like it has the potential of being a time-consuming maneuver. So when one of our…
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Edge and cloud orchestration — same same but different (part 2 of 2)
As described in the previous article in this series, the functional requirements and characteristics for edge orchestration and central cloud orchestration are different. This…
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How we ended up not using Kubernetes in our edge platform
The emergence of cloud computing was predicated on the presence of flexible application platforms in centralized locations providing massive amounts of computing and storage.…
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Edge and cloud orchestration — same same but different (part 1 of 2)
We all are engineers, and as engineers, we are solution focused: “Give me a problem, and I have a solution for it”. But in…
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“I just want to run my containers”
Developing modern cloud applications requires that the developer can handle both traditional programming, as well system operations. This is also true for applications deployed…
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Edge Shifting – what is it and why should you think about it a little differently?
As development and operations teams start using the tools provided by the cloud-native ecosystem, they have good reasons to celebrate the improvements in efficiency…
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Towards an application-centric PaaS for Retail Stores
Re-calibrating the digital experience in the physical realm Retail enterprises are working towards a comprehensive set of omnichannel capabilities with a keen eye on…
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Place and placement in distributed edge clouds
The original cloud operational model made life significantly easier for developers and operations teams. It gave them access to on-demand compute, made their applications…
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