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How Apprenda Cloud Platform Cloud-Enables Traditionally Architected Applications

Apprenda is the only enterprise cloud platform that supports both new and existing applications. The platform expedites time-to-market and improves hosting efficiency of new applications, while extending cloud capabilities to traditionally architected applications (with minimal to no effort). This paper highlights three primary architectural mechanisms in the platform which bring your organization unique and valuable capabilities.

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Whiteboard Sessions: The Many Stories of Compliance

Join Senior Product Manager, Daniel Domkowski as he discusses the many compliance stories ensured by the Apprenda platform.
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Whiteboard Sessions: Modern Applications and Your Record Collection

Software Engineer Austin Parker explains how Apprenda's platform provides the best solution for scaling and cloud enabling both existing and cloud-native applications.
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Whiteboard Sessions: Serverless CI/CD and the Apprenda Container Platform

Director of Technology and Global Partner Practices Sasha Jeltuhin explains how to create an on-demand and elastic CI/CD pipeline with reliability and efficiency.
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Whiteboard Sessions: How Apprenda Enables DevOps in the Enterprise

Erik Lustgarten, Sr Solutions Engineer explains how Apprenda approaches DevOps, and the benefits an enterprise can expect to experience.
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Containerizing an Existing Application

Join Michael Michael, Senior Director of Product Management and Erik Lustgarten, Senior Solutions Engineer as they demo how to containerize and modernize an existing application
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An Introduction to Modern Development

History, Patterns and Demonstrations
White Paper

The Value of Enterprise Controls in an Open Source Container Platform

Revolutionizing a shared services model using Apprenda with upstream Kubernetes
Video

Whiteboard Sessions: Application Deployment Deep Dive

Take a deep dive into application deployment with Technical Account Manager Erik Lustgarten. He'll walk you through the platform configuration process and the seamless app deployment experience.
Webinar

Explore the Apprenda Cloud Platform With a Demo

Explore the Apprenda Cloud Platform With a Demo
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Whiteboard Sessions: Application Deployment Policies

Join Apprenda Co-Founder and Global Client CTO, Matthew Ammerman for an overview of application deployment policies and what they mean for IT operators.
Webinar

New DevOps Trends With Microservices

Join guest speaker Donnie Berkholz and Sinclair Schuller as they discuss emerging trends in devops and microservices.
Video

Containerizing Line of Business Applications on Azure Stack

Join Michael Michael, Senior Director of Product Management as he discusses how you can unlock the full PaaS capabilities for Azure Stack
Webinar

Forrester – Why CIOs Must Care About Containers

Guest speaker, Paul Miller, Senior Analyst serving CIOs at Forrester joins speakers from Cisco and Apprenda to discuss how containers and container orchestration can prove to be the key technologies for CIOs to transform their companies into digital businesses.
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Whiteboard Sessions: Application Deployment With and Without Apprenda

Let's talk about deployment! Join Erik Lustgarten, Technical Account Manager to discuss how app deployment looks with and without Apprenda.
Webinar

Kubernetes 201: Microservices, Persistence and Multiple Clusters

The second part of this series will go into more detail on the architectural features of Kubernetes, including their motivation and implementation. Familiarity with basic Kubernetes 101 concepts and architecture is recommended but not needed.
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Whiteboard Sessions: Apprenda Benefits for Developers and IT

Join Janani Ramprasad, Software Engineer at Apprenda as she walks through the benefits the platform provides to both Developers and IT Operators.
Webinar

Managing Windows Server Containers and Docker

Join Michael Michael, Senior Director of Product Management as he takes you through integrating Windows Server containers with Kubernetes.
White Paper

5 Ways a Container Platform Supports Bimodal IT

Discover How to Deliver Gartner's Vision for Bimodal IT With a Container Platform
White Paper

5 Ways IT Can Drive Digital Business Growth With a Container Platform

Learn how enterprise IT can optimize application development through a shared services platform
Webinar

Installing Kubernetes and An Introduction to Minikube – On Demand

This on-demand webinar provides the fundamental steps to getting started with Kubernetes and will demonstrate how you can get your own fully-functional, local installation of Kubernetes in under a minute using minikube.
Webinar

DevOps in the Age of Docker and Kubernetes

Join Gene Kim (author of The Phoenix Project) plus speakers from Google and Apprenda, for a conversation on the state of DevOps in the age of containers and container orchestration.
White Paper

Container Orchestration Comparison Guide

This guide provides a comparison of Kubernetes, Mesos, Swarm and Cloud Foundry
White Paper

Creating a DevOps Model With a Cloud Platform

How Apprenda can accelerate application time-to-market & reduce operational friction
White Paper

Powering Digital Business and Interoperability at McKesson

Learn how Apprenda is helping power digital business and interoperability at McKesson
White Paper

Creating A Digital Ecosystem Blueprint

A Container Platform's Role in Your Digital Ecosystem Strategy
White Paper

Real World Results with Apprenda Cloud Platform

Learn about real-world results from adoption of Apprenda Cloud Platform
Case Study

JPMorgan Chase: Next Generation Enterprise IT

Learn how JPMorgan Chase increased infrastructure utilization by 300% and developer productivity by 700% with Private PaaS.
Webinar

Kubernetes 101: Explore the Fundamentals in an Open Demo

This on-demand community webinar is a perfect opportunity for anyone from a software engineering or systems / DevOps background to learn about Kubernetes fundamentals — including the history, origins and technical architecture of this exciting open source software project that is changing the game for Internet-scale computing in organizations of all sizes.
Webinar

Rapid Development and Delivery of HIPAA Compliant Mobile Apps

Join Apprenda and Appmobi to learn how you can easily and rapidly secure new cloud-native and existing apps to comply with HIPAA.
White Paper

How to Achieve Cloud Interoperability With a Container Platform

How to Achieve Cloud Interoperability With a Container Platform
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NA Research Report: 10 Considerations for Building the Application-Centric Enterprise

North American Edition - Learn How Enterprise IT Can Reduce the Disconnect With Application Development in This Research Report from IDG
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EU Research Report: 10 Considerations for Building the Application-Centric Enterprise

European Edition - Learn How Enterprise IT Can Reduce the Disconnect With Application Development in This Research Report from IDG
White Paper

Automating GRC Policy Compliance With a Container Platform

Learn How a Container Platform Safeguards The Modern Enterprise From IT-Related Risk and Industry Regulations
White Paper

Kubernetes Cheat Sheet

Kick start your journey with Kubernetes using the best practices Apprenda has gathered from a year of on-site trainings and workshops
White Paper

Container Orchestration: Common Enterprise Use Cases

Understand the business drivers for open source container management
White Paper

Apprenda Cloud Platform for Existing Applications

Public and private cloud should not exclude your current app portfolio. Learn more in the whitepaper.
Webinar

Microsoft Webinar: “Practical Hybrid Cloud”

Discover how enterprise IT can create a secure, multi-tenant, policy-driven cloud that spans from your datacenter into Windows Azure.
Guidance

Open Demo of Apprenda’s Enterprise PaaS

Explore Apprenda’s Enterprise PaaS with an informal demo to see the Apprenda platform live.
White Paper

Simplifying Data Center Consolidation With a Container Platform

Learn how Apprenda fuels data center transformation and application migration
Guidance

The LIES That Come With Some Flavors of PaaS

Unfortunately, most vendors, especially those masquerading as OSS, are selling customers a bunch of LIES – Locked-In Enterprise Stacks.
Guidance

Why You Can’t Ignore the Data Tier in Private PaaS

Most enterprise PaaS solutions leave the data tier out of scope. The database needs to be a first-class citizen throughout the lifecycle of the application because that’s the reality for enterprise developers.
Guidance

5 Enterprise Cloud Trends to Look For in 2015

2014 demonstrated that more enterprises are betting on PaaS as the cornerstone of their private/hybrid cloud strategy than on IaaS. Based on the experiences we’ve had at Apprenda, here are some key predictions for 2015.
Guidance

The Data Center Should Be Customer Oriented

Let’s face it: IT has traditionally been looked down upon and minimized as a “cost center.” A better approach is to convert the operational model to IT as a Service (ITaaS).
Guidance

Framework for a Properly Architected PaaS

This post outlines a generic Platform as a Service (PaaS) reference architecture. This is allows everyone to calibrate their thoughts and lexicons in an implementation-independent way.
Video

Apprenda for Windows Azure Pack – Channel 9

Find out how to help maximize existing IT investments, deliver a single experience for Developers and IT Pros, and reduce the friction associated with modern application development.
Video

Microsoft “Cloud Cover” Show: Featuring Apprenda

In this episode of Microsoft Cloud Cover hosts, Nick Harris and Chris Risner, are joined by Sinclair Schuller, CEO of Apprenda.
Video

Apprenda Integration with New Relic

Learn the benefits of integrating New Relic's deep application monitoring with your modern Apprenda applications.
Video

Leverage Bootstrap Policies to Extend Apprenda

Learn the benefits of creating a bootstrap policy in Apprenda to extend the capabilities of your applications.
Video

Apprenda and Windows Azure Pack – Better Together

Join our Director of Product Management, Michael Michael, as he demos Apprenda's integration with Windows Azure Pack.
Guidance

The Disingenuous Nature of VM-Based Pricing

VM-based pricing puts the economics of PaaS at odds with the freedom and flexibility that customers need to execute a broad IT strategy.
Guidance

How Enterprise PaaS Adds Value to Microservices

When building loosely coupled cloud apps, microservices are today’s preferred pattern. Learn why microservices must favor “smart endpoints and dumb pipes.”
Guidance

Apprenda Open-Sources Integrations

Apprenda believes in the power of openness and helping enterprises minimize lock-in across the entire technology stack. This week, Apprenda will be open-sourcing its portfolio of integrations based on Apprenda’s platform extensibility APIs.
Guidance

6 Ways Private PaaS Helps Hybrid Cloud Strategy

Organizations need to move forward on hybrid cloud strategies to stay agile. A private PaaS empowers developers by giving them the freedom and simplicity of a self-service, policy-driven, world-class PaaS that overlays both internal IT and public cloud.
Video

Apprenda and Microsoft – Better Together

Watch this brief webinar introduction to see how Apprenda and Microsoft work better together.
Video

Extending the TFS Build Process

Learn how to extend the TFS build process to publish applications on Apprenda.
Video

Apprenda Integration with Microsoft System Center

See the Apprenda System Center Management pack in action, and learn how Apprenda extends the core capabilities of your System Center investments.
White Paper

Driving Profit and Savings By Turning Apps into SaaS

Learn How a SaaS Hub Revolutionizes Enterprise App Development and Delivery.
Video

Microsoft / Apprenda: Hybrid Cloud Demo

Using real-world customer examples and a comprehensive demo, learn more about the new hybrid cloud offering from Microsoft & Apprenda (TechEd 2014 presentation).
Video

CIOsanfran: Reshaping Enterprise IT

Learn how to reshape enterprise IT for a software-driven world with this CIOsynergy event.
Guidance

Is Private Cloud IaaS Enough for Dev Productivity?

IaaS fails to live up to its expectations in helping application deployments: developers still have to log in, configure server-specific settings, and request additional hardware...
Video

JPMorgan Chase and Java Support

JPMorgan Chase selected Apprenda as their Enterprise PaaS of choice to accomplish their ambitious goals.
Guidance

Driving Digital Profitability

Enterprises can either grow top-line revenues with new digital applications or reduce bottom-line IT costs. Private PaaS helps to achieve both and helps enterprises profit digitally.
Guidance

PaaS Won’t Become a Feature of IaaS: It’s Unnatural

The prediction that IaaS will subsume PaaS is a batty idea and we have history and logic on our side to dismiss it so readily.
Guidance

Apprenda Is Now Available in the Azure Marketplace

With just a few clicks, developers and IT administrators can easily deploy an Azure Certified Apprenda image and begin to rapidly build, deploy, and manage a scalable private PaaS environment in Azure.
Guidance

Private PaaS Helps IT Be More Developer Centric

PaaS helps IT become customer-oriented and developer-centric. Thus IT is helping developers consume more IT in a consistent, outcome-oriented way.
Guidance

“Other PaaS Vendors Just Don’t Get the Enterprise”

A CTO at an enterprise with over $35 Billion USD in revenue told us about the internal PaaS they built themselves over 10 years, saying other enterprise PaaS vendors just “don’t get the enterprise.”
Guidance

What PaaS Really Means

Yes, PaaS should abstract away the infrastructure & provide a clean runtime model. However, the business problems organizations are trying to solve with app development are more fundamental.
Guidance

Lessons in Transforming IT into a Profit Center

IT leaders are finding they need to deliver world-class services and an ecosystem where customers, employees, and partners can build, deploy, and monetize cloud services. SaaS-enablement has provided an answer.
Guidance

Apprenda Launches on Amazon Web Services

We’re taking yet another step toward true customization with Apprenda running in Amazon Web Services. As of today, all organizations now have free access to Apprenda 5.5 on Amazon’s cloud through an Amazon Machine Image.
Guidance

The $1 Billion Problem with Private Cloud

Private cloud IaaS helps to reduce costs and drive efficiency, but is NOT assisting with the innovation that helps generate top line growth.
Guidance

Infographic: Why Private PaaS Matters In Banking

To succeed, banks must develop in-house software as a critical enabler. With Private PaaS, they can do this by decoupling apps from infrastructure & developers from IT.
Video

How PaaS Impacts Us Every Day

You may not realize it, but you’ll likely be impacted by Apprenda’s technology today, as the world is using software to tackle complex problems.
Guidance

Apprenda and Microsoft: Better Together

Apprenda integrates with Azure Services, Visual Studios, System Center, & Visual Studio Online to help organizations achieve end-to-end app management.
Guidance

Q&A with Garry Olah: Apprenda & Microsoft

Apprenda & Microsoft announce an end-to-end hybrid cloud solution for .NET & Java that includes Azure infrastructure out-of-the-box at no additional cost.
Guidance

PaaS Should Move Beyond the ‘Twelve-Factor App’

Within the walls of the average enterprise, architecture variance from the Twelve-Factor App approach is wide. These existing applications shouldn’t be ignored despite their architecture inferiority: they are the applications that power today’s world.
Guidance

PaaS as “Old Middleware in a New Way?”

As Apprenda continues to evolve, we subscribe to the vision of PaaS as an opportunity to provide new middleware, not old middleware in a new way.
Guidance

Infographic: Why Private PaaS Matters In Healthcare

To succeed, healthcare organizations must capitalize on software-based opportunites. With Private PaaS, IT can rise to the challenge.
Guidance

Compliance in the Private Cloud: PaaS & the CISO

The benefits of Private PaaS are usually categorized into cost savings & business agility, yet a third category is emerging fast: compliance.
Guidance

Infographic: What’s in a Private PaaS Demo?

This infographic highlights the top things one should expect from a Private PaaS demo, based on our numerous interactions with organizations.
Guidance

Infographic: Software History and the Future of Apps

This infographic shows how across key eras in computing (mainframe, client/server, web apps, SOA, and now, cloud) PaaS is the new app server.
Guidance

Apprenda’s Capabilities: Multitenancy Options

This post drills into a unique capability of Apprenda: to instrument multi-tenancy into otherwise standard web & SOA apps.
Guidance

McKesson Bet on Apprenda. What Does This Mean?

When McKesson invested in Apprenda Private PaaS, it added more weight to a huge market signal in healthcare: hybrid PaaS is revolutionizing healthcare IT.
Guidance

Private PaaS Deployment: Challenge & Culture

PaaS interacts with so many different areas in IT and all teams must buy-in to the enterprise’s PaaS strategy for a successful deployment.
Guidance

Why JPMorgan Chase So Widely Adopted Apprenda

JPMorgan Chase is using Apprenda to run the largest Private PaaS deployment in the world with a pervasiveness that is delivering tremendous ROI.
Guidance

Customize your PaaS through Bootstrap Policies

One of our favorite new features of Apprenda 5.0 is Application Bootstrap Policies: the ability to add functionality to guest applications.
Guidance

If Gartner Had a Magic Quadrant for Private PaaS

Thinking ahead, we used Magic Quadrant dimensions (the ability to execute and completeness of vision) to look at the early market of Private PaaS.
Guidance

State of PaaS for the Enterprise

PaaS comes in all forms. The result is this categorization of the PaaS landscape today and why it’s valuable to review enterprise PaaS in this manner.
Video

Private PaaS – Breadth vs. Depth

Consider the famous “Breadth vs. Depth” argument when it comes to selecting a PaaS vendor. Make sure you don't high-dive into a kiddie pool!

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