VMware Grows Kubernetes Options With VKE, PKS Service

VMware has long been synonymous with its own server virtualization technology, though the company is now also strongly invested in containers and Kubernetes services.On June 27, VMware announced the beta release of its VMware Kubernetes Engine (VKE) service, providing organizations with a new option for running containers. On June 28, VMware along with Pivotal announced the Pivotal Container Service (PKS) 1.1 release, providing a different set of options and deployment capabilities for enterprises looking to deploy and manage application container environments."VKE is a cloud service providing Kubernetes as a service," Bill Shelton, vice president of product management for VMware’s Cloud Native Apps Business Unit, told eWEEK. "VKE is not just managed PKS." VMware collaborated with partners Pivotal and Google to develop the PKS offering, which was announced in August 2017. PKS is a managed Kubernetes service that makes use of the Kubo open-source project for Kubernetes management. Kubo brings Pivotal's BOSH deployment technology to Kubernetes.