How are companies using OpenShift?
Hi Folks! Hope you are doing amazing. In this blog, I will write about how companies use OpenShift — a Container Platform
OpenShift
What is Red Hat OpenShift?
A cloud-like experience is made possible wherever Red Hat OpenShift is deployed, a top enterprise Kubernetes platform1. Red Hat OpenShift offers you a consistent experience regardless of where you build, deploy, and run applications — whether that’s in the cloud, on-premises, or at the edge. Full-stack automated operations and self-service provisioning for developers in Red Hat OpenShift enable teams to collaborate more effectively and swiftly transfer ideas from development to production.
OKD
- OKD is a distribution of Kubernetes optimized for continuous application development and multi-tenant deployment
- OKD embeds Kubernetes and extends it with security and other integrated concepts
- OKD adds developer and operations-centric tools on top of Kubernetes to enable rapid application development, easy deployment and scaling, and long-term lifecycle maintenance for small and large teams
- OKD is also referred to as Origin in GitHub and the documentation
- OKD is a sibling Kubernetes distribution to Red Hat OpenShift | If you are looking for enterprise-level support, or information on partner certification, Red Hat also offers the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
- OKD Installation
Industry Usecase of OpenShift
Deutsche Bank speeds time to market with OpenShift
Deutsche Bank AG is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. The bank’s network spans 58 countries with a large presence in Europe, the Americas, and Asia
Deutsche Bank has embraced digital transformation as a top bank serving private, business, and fiduciary clients. The bank sought to enhance the user experience for both its banking clients and its backend technology users, such as staff members, third-party vendors, and programmers who use the platform to create and run applications. Deutsche Bank developed an open source Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) using Red Hat® products to make DevOps collaboration simpler, increase efficiency, and reduce end-to-end application development time from 6 to 9 months to 2–3 weeks.
Challenge: Streamline the platform for efficient development
Deutsche Bank wanted to shorten the development cycle to get products to the market faster. But, Its infrastructure made it hard to integrate and slowed down the development. The bank wanted to replace its traditional waterfall model with a DevOps approach.
“Many operating systems were being used across multiple datacenters,” said Emma Perkins, PaaS portfolio manager at Deutsche Bank.
To meet these above needs the bank has to build a Platform as a Service that would streamline development, reduce risk, and scale easily
Solution: Build a new platform with open-source technology
Deutsche Bank chose RedHat to build Fabric, a containerized, microservices-based application development platform. Fabric hosts systems and tools and offers on-demand computing for every application development team at the bank. They shifted every Virtual Machine to Containers
Software & services used by Deutsche Bank
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
- Red Hat Consulting
Benefits using OpenShit
- Cut the development time from 6 to 9 months to 2–3 weeks
- More simple DevOps Collaboration and flexibility to integrate multiple tools
- Optimized costs with microservices, containers, and cloud bursting
The Volkswagen Group builds the automated testing environment
Volkswagen, abbreviated as VW, is a German motor vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
The Electric Development division of the Volkswagen (VW) Group tests and improves the technologies that support intelligent, connected vehicles. The VW Group used Red Hat technology to build a mixed-mode testing environment that combines virtual and practical testing in order to increase testing efficiency, scalability, and consistency. The VW Group improved component integrations with this new environment and architecture developed with Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, added self-service provisioning and cut the price of system tests by 50%.
Challenge: Simplify and automate component testing
The VW Group’s Electric Development department tests and adjusts electronic control units (ECUs), which control a vehicle’s electric systems. However, several factors made this work challenging.
The VW Group needed to change its processes to increase collaboration with the external vendors who contribute to ECU technology. It wanted a standardized architecture and a virtualized, automated environment for its testing.
Solution: Adopt a virtual environment with expert support
The Electric Development division of the Volkswagen (VW) Group tests and improves electric After outlining the vision and experimenting with various technical solutions, the team turned to Red Hat, a reputable supplier. The foundation of the future software integration platform for the VW Group was developed and tested during a 12-week hands-on residency with Red Hat Open Innovation Labs.
Using Red Hat OpenShift, an enterprise Kubernetes container platform, this platform supports large-scale early integration testing of software functions. Red Hat provided technical assistance and training to the VW Group as well.
Software & services used by Volkswagen Group
- Red Hat OpenShift
- Red Hat Virtualization
- Red Hat Runtimes
- Red Hat Quay
- Red Hat AMQ
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Red Hat Open Innovation Labs
- Red Hat Learning Subscription
- Red Hat Technical Account Management
Benefits using OpenShit
- Unite testing and development
- The VW Group reduced costs for system tests by 50%.
- Improved cross-team and partner collaboration with its new platform and agile processes.
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