Although the acceleration of technology has led to life-changing innovations throughout the years, complex technologies can be tricky to fully utilize, causing some organizations to rely on older technologies.

Kubernetes offers efficient container management and scaling, but the technology intimidates many developers looking to implement them during their cloud transformation journeys. IBM Corp. is working to solve the complexity and speed roadblocks.

“What’s exciting about what we’re working on with IBM Fusion is we’re a deployment platform for Red Hat OpenShift,” said Pete Brey (pictured), global product executive at IBM. “We can get OpenShift out there very, very quickly. We surveyed a lot of customers in December, and we asked them, ‘Why did you buy Fusion?’ and they said, ‘Because it accelerates our OpenShift deployment.’”

Brey spoke with theCUBE industry analyst John Furrier and guests analyst Rob Strechay at the recent KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe event, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed how Kubernetes has shifted development, common issues encountered while deploying Kubernetes, how public cloud solutions caused a cultural shift and more. (* Disclosure below.)

Kubernetes: a solution for all

Kubernetes may be challenging, but dealing with the pitfalls associated with fully utilizing the solution has gotten much easier, according to Brey. Issues such as disaster recovery, backing up data and restoration are easier topics to tackle than in previous years.

“What I’ve seen in the industry now, in the Kubernetes industry in particular, is an acceleration of addressing those issues,” Brey said. “Whereas back in the virtualization days, it may have taken us three to five years to solve a problem that’s being solved in six to nine months now.”

Public cloud solutions have also caused a huge cultural shift in organizations. The ability to develop and deploy projects very quickly, however, has also caused some obstacles, including finding the correct security solutions to protect infrastructure.

“How do they get their arms around some of the challenges around budgeting for things like security and compliance? These are all challenges that these organizations are dealing with,” Brey said. “A lot of it is coming back to the CIO, and they’re being asked, ‘Can you help reign this in? We understand you didn’t cause the problem, but we need you to help fix it.’”

Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe event:

(* Disclosure: This is an unsponsored editorial segment. However, theCUBE is a paid media partner for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. Neither Red Hat Inc. nor other sponsors of theCUBE’s event coverage have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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