BlakYaks, a UK-leading Microsoft Azure specialist building, migrating and operating secure cloud-native platforms, today announced that is now a Kubernetes Certified Service Provider (KCSP). By becoming a KCSP, BlakYaks joins an elite group of service providers in the UK recognised for their excellence in helping organisations leverage the full potential of Kubernetes. The KCSP program, managed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF®) in partnership with the Linux Foundation, is a pre-qualified tier of vetted service providers who have deep experience helping enterprises successfully adopt Kubernetes.

Having used Azure AD Pod Identity for the last couple of years, Microsoft have now made the replacement product - Azure AD Workload Identity (AZWI) - generally available. With the GA release of AZWI, Azure AD Pod Identity has been deprecated, and will officially stop receiving security patches in September 2023. If you're using the legacy solution in production, now would be a good time to start planning its replacement.

Security is a top priority for organisations in today's rapidly evolving threat landscape. That's why DevSecOps has gained traction as a critical approach to building secure software products. Unlike traditional DevOps, DevSecOps incorporates security practices right from the development phase, addressing security issues as they happen. In this blog, we delve into the nuances of DevSecOps and explore why organisations should consider adopting this approach.

At BlakYaks we believe in giving back to our community and we wanted to celebrate our second anniversary in a meaningful way, so we decided to volunteer with Heath Hands, a charity organisation that works to preserve and protect the natural environment of Hampstead Heath.

A technical guide on how to bootstrap Flux onto an existing Azure AKS cluster using Terraform. This step-by-step article covers the full installation process, from checking your requirements, set-up deploy keys and using our Flux configuration to bootstrap the cluster with Terraform. We also delve into some examples of using Flux to deploy your resources.

We are offering free-of-charge Azure workshops to celebrate our second business anniversary! Speak to us during the month of March and book a session to optimise your Azure cloud-native platform.

BlakYaks turns two years old!

If you are running large-scale cloud infrastructure platforms you should manage them with code throughout their entire life cycle and make sure that these IaC code libraries are integrated into mature DevSecOps processes and CICD pipelines. Some key business benefits of managing with code are platform stability and risk management improvements, speed to market with new services and cost reduction and optimisation.

Welcome to our blog series "Meet the Herd". In this section, we will give you a closer look at the wonderful people that make BlakYaks so great. By way of fun interviews and spotlights, you will get to see the faces behind the business and find out what drives and inspires them.

DevSecOps should be designed and implement from the start – Why?

BlakYaks is certified as a Great Place to Work® UK, achieving a whopping 99% average of all Great Place to Work® survey statements.

BlakYaks has been announced as a finalist in the 'Best Tech Start-up’ category at the UK Business Tech Awards 2022.

BlakYaks is celebrating its 1st anniversary! Today is a special day for our team as we are celebrating BlakYaks’ first full year in business. We would like to thank the Yaks, our customers, partners, and those who believe in us and support the journey we are on. We look forward to what is in store for our second year in business!  

A technical blog that discusses moving the deployment of Azure Red Hat OpenShift from imperative to declarative code.

We are happy to announce that our key services and solutions are now listed and made available for purchase on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, making our solutions more transparent and accessible for our current and future customers and partners.

Reflection is an important part of growth, it not only challenges us be critical of ourselves and the environment around us but it beautifully transforms experiences into genuine learning (A theme that will persist throughout this article) and so with my personal six month anniversary with BlakYaks fast approaching, it seemed only appropriate to take a step back from all the certifications and office comradery to reflect on what has been my first six month at BlakYaks.