Solo.io,
the
cloud-native
application
networking
company,
has
announced
the
appointment
of
Singularity
DevOps
as
a
foundational
channel
partner
in
Australia.
This
partnership
is
designed
to
aid
companies
in
rapid
development
and
implementation
of
microservices,
while
modernising
existing
applications
and
adoption
of
zero
trust
security,
the
company
states.
The
new
appointment
will
enable
Solo.io
to
rapidly
expand
its
Australian
market
footprint
and
help
to
accelerate
its
overall
business
growth
to
meet
the
growing
demand
for
helping
enterprises
adopt
cloud
native
technologies
in
support
of
their
ongoing
service
delivery
and
digital
transformation.
Based
in
Sydney,
Singularity
DevOps
is
a
technology
professional
services
business
focusing
on
the
development
of
API,
microservices,
and
DevOps
capabilities.
By
adopting
Solo.io,
the
company
will
now
accelerate
its
market
opportunity
to
support
customer
transformation
programs
as
they
modernise
and
adopt
microservices.
Solo.io’s
Gloo
Platform
integrates
API
Gateway,
Kubernetes
Ingress,
Service
Mesh,
and
Cloud-Native
networking
technologies
into
a
unified,
multi-cloud
application
networking
platform.
Nick
Blyth,
Managing
Director,
Singularity
DevOps,
says,
“We
traditionally
work
with
high-calibre
software
vendors
that
provide
the
technology
backbone
to
support
customer
success.
In
Solo.io
we
found
a
vendor
whose
solutions
enable
us
to
rapidly
assist
Australian
businesses
with
value
and
outcomes
from
their
investment
in
leading
open-source,
cloud-native
application
networking
technologies.
“Indeed,
as
the
needs
of
our
customers
change
and
as
complex
software
footprints
evolve
in
highly
regulated
industries
such
as
financial
services,
were
seeing
a
sizeable
gap
in
the
technology
software
suite
which
our
customers
are
using
in
what
are
quite
often
siloed
departments
within
large
enterprises.
“They
may
have
a
comprehensive
API
gateway
which
allows
protection
around
their
perimeter
but
this
robust
security
may
not
exist
within
their
internal
environment.
This
also
led
us
to
review
service
mesh
technologies
from
Solo.io
to
better
support
customer
requirements
for
resilience,
Zero
Trust
security,
observability,
and
seamless
customer
services.”
As
microservices
become
a
modern
enterprise
must,
service
mesh
controls
service-to-service
communication
over
a
network
and
has
become
a
viable
solution
to
address
the
problem
of
managing
application
reliability,
security,
and
observability,
the
company
states.
A
key
benefit
for
Australian
enterprises
is
that
the
Istio
service
mesh
–
which
Solo.io
is
built
on
–
was
recently
accepted
by
the
Cloud
Native
Computing
Foundation
as
an
incubating
project.
As
a
result,
it
can
support
businesses
in
their
next
wave
of
technology
innovation
with
a
solution
certified
to
industry
best
practice
as
organisations
deploy
and
operate
API
gateways
and
service
meshes
in
their
own
environments.
Blyth
continues,
“Working
with
a
vendor
such
as
Solo.io
whose
development
teams
are
laser
focused
in
developing
standards-based
solutions
to
support
the
evolving
technology
landscape
in
the
industry’s
move
to
containerisation
and
microservices
will
be
of
enormous
benefit
to
our
customers.”
Solo.io’s
research
shows
that
85%
of
companies
are
now
modernising
their
applications
into
a
nimble
set
of
microservices.
However,
there
are
teams
that
are
yet
to
figure
out
how
to
optimise
and
manage
a
growing
sprawl
of
services
in
their
environments.
Craig
Flatt,
General
Manager
Sales
Asia
Pacific
and
Japan,
Solo.io,
comments,
“As
a
result,
highly
regulated
and
digital
native
companies
want
to
work
with
a
solid,
highly
skilled
safe
pair
of
hands
partner
such
as
Singularity
DevOps
in
combination
with
world
leading
technology
to
build
their
generation
of
software
platforms
for
the
enterprise.
“At
the
same
time,
we
also
want
to
work
with
a
small
number
of
trusted
partners
to
support
our
growth.
From
the
outset,
we
are
impressed
with
the
skills
and
experience
which
Singularity
DevOps
will
be
able
to
deliver
to
our
joint
customers
as
they
shift
towards
the
delivery
of
modern
customer
experience.
We
look
forward
to
supporting
our
customers
and
building
a
mutually
beneficial
business
with
Singularity
in
the
years
ahead.”
In
addition
to
providing
sales
training,
certification
programs
and
marketing
resources,
Solo.io
will
provide
Singularity
DevOps
with
access
to
educational
paths
in
technical
training.
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