NGINX Brings Advanced Load Balancing for Kubernetes to IBM Cloud Private

SINGAPORE – April 12, 2018 – NGINX, Inc., the company based on the popular open source project and offering a suite of technologies designed to develop and deliver modern applications, today announced support of its commercial application delivery and load balancing solution, NGINX Plus for the IBM Cloud Private platform. NGINX Plus, the enterprise version of the NGINX open source software already integrated into IBM Cloud Private, allows companies to deliver their applications with a commercially supported Ingress controller along with advanced functionality needed for scaling production Kubernetes environments.

The IBM Cloud Private platform enables organisations to create a flexible, controlled cloud-native environment on systems in internal or external data centers. Underpinned by open-source Kubernetes container technology, IBM Cloud Private has architecture and capabilities consistent with public clouds, simplifying development and management of applications across multiple cloud environments.

Already a leading containerised solution, NGINX Plus provides native deployment and configuration for IBM Cloud Private along with a full complement of capabilities for enterprise deployments including advanced load balancing algorithms, content-based routing, TLS/SSL termination, URI rewriting, session persistence, authentication, and detailed monitoring of key performance and load balancing metrics. NGINX Plus also includes access to NGINX’s award winning support services allowing customers to confidently move their Kubernetes environment from development to production with a fully supported Ingress controller.

“Enterprises are tasked to accelerate the pace of application development using modern, cloud-native tools such as containers and Kubernetes,” said Robin Hernandez, Director of IBM Cloud Private. “IBM Cloud Private, along with NGINX Plus, helps customers to meet this challenge by providing a flexible, open-source based solution, with an option for supported enterprise features to help ensure these applications can meet the standards required for a production environment.”

“We’re excited to partner with IBM to provide an enterprise-grade Ingress controller option for customers who need to scale their production Kubernetes environments,” said Paul Oh, Head of Business Development at NGINX, Inc. “As customers look to adopt a microservices-based application portfolio, we are proud to bring the advanced features and capabilities of NGINX Plus to IBM Cloud Private.”

The NGINX Plus Ingress controller is available for IBM Cloud Private Container Platform today. To learn more visit https://www.nginx.com/partners/IBM

To learn more about IBM Cloud Private, visit https://www.ibm.com/cloud/private.

About NGINX, Inc.

NGINX, Inc. is the company behind the popular open source project trusted by more than 450 million sites. We offer a suite of technologies for developing and delivering modern applications. The NGINX Application platform allows enterprises undergoing digital transformation to modernize legacy, monolithic applications as well as deliver new, microservices-based applications. Companies like Netflix, Starbucks, and McDonalds rely on NGINX to reduce costs, improve resiliency, and speed innovation.

We are headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with our EMEA head office in Cork, Ireland and APAC head office in Singapore. Learn more at https://www.nginx.com/ or join the conversation by following @nginx on Twitter.