In the app-modernization journey, the role of developers continues to be at the center stage. As a result, solutions companies are working to improve the developer experience by freeing them from administration and infrastructure concerns.

VMware Inc. is addressing these pain points with its Tanzu on Amazon EKS product. Developer productivity is enhanced based on a secure software supply chain and the fact that modern applications are run and operated at scale across any cloud and Kubernetes, according to Ajay Patel (pictured), senior vice president and general manager of the modern apps application platform business at VMware Inc.

“It’s all about developers; it’s all about getting applications in production securely, safely, continuously,” he stated. “Tanzu is all about making that bridge between great applications being built, getting them deployed and running at scale. And, so, the better story of Tanzu and EKS is a great one for us, and we’re excited to announce … innovations in that area.”

Patel spoke with theCUBE industry analyst Lisa Martin and Dave Vellante at AWS re:Invent, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed how VMware Tanzu is making developers’ life easier and the way Amazon EKS fits into the picture. (* Disclosure below.)

Marrying serverless and Kubernetes

For a stateless application, serverless is great. On the other hand, a workflow type of application necessitates Kubernetes based on the sequence presented. Therefore, merging serveless and Kubernetes should be the new norm because it drives the infrastructure concern away, according to Patel.

“So I believe Kubernetes and servers are the new runtime platform,” he explained. “It’s not one or the other. It’s about marrying that around the application patterns.”

Since developers have to deal with various pain points like infrastructure provisioning and getting all the configuration right, VMware Tanzu handles the undifferentiated heavy lifting, according to Patel, who said that this enables them to modernize apps as fast as possible.

“If you think of a typical developer today, how much effort does he have to put in before he can get a single line of code out in production?” he pointed out. “If you can take away all the complexity, typically security compliance is a big headache for them. So for us, there’s a massive opportunity to say, how do I simplify and take away all the heavy lifting to get an idea into production seamlessly, continuously, securely.”

Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of AWS re:Invent:

(* Disclosure: VMware Inc. sponsored this segment of theCUBE. Neither VMware nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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