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October 24, 2022

VMblog's #KubeCon 2022 Video Interview with Chris Chapman of MacStadium (Cloud Solutions on Apple Hardware)

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As part of our KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2022 coverage, VMblog visited with Chris Chapman, CTO of MacStadium.

MacStadium is a private cloud and software-as-a-service leader delivering scalable and secure enterprise cloud solutions exclusively for macOS. The company's suite of advanced software-enabled infrastructure, combined with its innovative technology, delivers the security, performance, reliability and flexibility its customers require for successful app development on Apple devices. Powered by MacStadium, Orka (Orchestration with Kubernetes on Apple) is the only virtualization layer available for Mac build infrastructure based on Docker and Kubernetes technology.

In this video, Chris Chapman provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they fit within the ecosystem being discussed at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2022. Learn more about the types of problems that they solve for users, and any specific use cases.

Listen in as Chapman provides a run down of the company's technology offerings, what it does, and what makes it unique and differentiated. Chapman also talks about new announcements being made at KubeCon. And then, find out what big themes and trends MacStadium expects for 2023.

Stick around until the end and watch a demo to learn more.

Learn more about MacStadium by visiting: https://www.macstadium.com

Go straight to Orka: https://www.macstadium.com/orka

TIMESTAMP:

0:00​ - Intro
0:29 - Introducing Chris Chapman, CTO of MacStadium
0:45 - Background overview of MacStadium
1:36 - How does MacStadium fit within the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon ecosystem?
2:17 - What specific problems does MacStadium solve?
3:41 - Getting a deeper dive into MacStadium's technology.
5:01 - What makes the solution unique.
5:51 - New announcements being made
7:01 - Discussion of big themes and trends in 2023
8:04 - Demo of MacStadium
12:26 - Wrap up

Last modified on October 24, 2022
Brian Ducharme

Brian is an event reporter for VMBlog.com and an expert in virtualization/cloud techonlogies.  In his 15+ years of experience in the virtualization/cloud field he has interviewed hundreds of companies, users and executives.  Brian has been an active member of the NEVMUG (NEVTUG) since 2006 and attends both vmworld and Citrix Synergy every year.  Brian works full time as a Senior Software Engineer for Liquidware Labs.

Brian also spent 5 years as the managing editor of Virtual Strategy Magazine, an online magazine focused on the virtualization industry and has been with vmblog since 2011. He has a background in Computer Graphics, Marketing, Programming, Web Design, Mobile App Development, Linux Administration and is an active member of the NHJS group.