Rafay CEO Haseeb Budhani on Kubernetes Complexity, Costs and Dev Productivity | AnalystANGLE

Today’s AnalystANGLE features a look at the challenges enterprise teams face in managing cloud costs, managing Kubernetes complexity and boosting developer productivity. Shelly Kramer, managing director and principal analyst at theCUBE Research, is joined by Haseeb Budhani, founder and CEO of Rafay Systems.

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They explore findings from Rafay’s recent survey: the trend toward platformization that we’re seeing in the industry and the role platform teams are poised to play in helping eliminate these cost, complexity and productivity challenges.

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Platform engineering teams play an outsized role in driving digital transformation initiatives, and their influence on decisions as it relates to cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes and AI tech is considerable. But there are challenges and complexities here that require strategies and tools that optimize resources, standardize processes and foster innovation.

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Rafay’s newly released research study exploring the critical role of platform teams in modern enterprise tech environments was done in two parts: one part of the research study surveyed 1,050 U.S.-based respondents to explore the current and future trends and challenges associated with Kubernetes and Kubernetes automation. The second part of the research study involved 1,035 U.S.-based respondents sharing thoughts on generative AI and AI trends and challenges.

Rafay’s research identified the top team infrastructure priorities for the coming year, which are:

• Increasing reliability and availability of applications (58%)
• Application and infrastructure observability and monitoring (54%)
• Multicloud and hybrid cloud environment provisioning and management (54%)

It’s safe to say that the challenges faced by platform teams — from tool integration to multicloud management — highlight the need for robust, versatile tooling, according to Kramer. Self-service capabilities emerge as a key solution, offering the potential to significantly boost developer productivity while maintaining organizational control.

By providing streamlined access to Kubernetes resources and AI workspaces, platform teams can reduce operational friction and accelerate innovation cycles. Not surprisingly, the data suggests that organizations investing in and empowering platform teams are better equipped to navigate the rapidly evolving tech landscape.

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