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Rafay Launches Serverless Inference Offering to Accelerate Enterprise AI Adoption and Boost Revenues for GPU Cloud Providers

Delivering NVIDIA Accelerated Computing for Enterprise AI Workloads with Rafay

Rafay Debuts New Platform Capabilities to Speed Up GPU Infrastructure Consumption and Monetization

Rafay’s PaaS Now Supports GPU Workloads for AI/ML in the Cloud

A Practical Step-by-Step Approach to Building a Platform

Rafay Systems Named as a Cool Vendor in the 2023 Gartner® Cool Vendors™ in Container Management

Addressing The Kubernetes Skills Gap: Haseeb Budhani

The Rise of Platform Teams and Backstage

Developer Experience Gap in Environment Provisioning is Delaying Deployment of Modern Apps

Rafay Systems Helps Platform Engineering Teams Achieve Standardization

Takeaways and emerging trends from KubeCon Europe 2023

Rafay Launches Serverless Inference Offering to Accelerate Enterprise AI Adoption and Boost Revenues for GPU Cloud Providers

New offering empowers NVIDIA Cloud Partners and GPU Cloud Providers to rapidly launch high-margin AI services on Rafay-powered infrastructure—accelerating time-to-market and maximizing ROI Sunnyvale, CA – April 30, 2025 – Today, Rafay Systems , a leader in cloud-native and AI infrastructure orchestration & management, announced general availability of the company’s Serverless Inference offering, a token-metered API for running open-source and privately trained or tuned LLMs. Many NVIDIA Cloud Providers (NCPs) and GPU Clouds are already leveraging the Rafay Platform to deliver a multi-tenant, Platform-as-a-Service experience to their customers, complete with self-service consumption of compute and AI applications.

Rafay and Netris Partner to Speed Consumption and Monetization for GPU Clouds

Partnership Enables Rapid Self-Service Compute Consumption in the AI Era SUNNYVALE, Calif. – March 12, 2025 – Rafay Systems , a pioneer in delivering Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities for self-service compute consumption, and Netris , a leader in networking automation, abstraction, and multi-tenancy for AI and cloud operators, today announced a strategic partnership aimed at transforming GPU cloud infrastructure for enterprises racing to establish AI capabilities and applications.

Rafay Delivers FIPS-Compliant Self-Hosted Controller to Address Public Sector Demand

New FIPs 140-2 Support Meets Critical Public Sector Security Standards, Enabling Acceleration of Cloud-Native Adoption by Federal, State and Local Government Customers SUNNYVALE, Calif. – December 10, 2024 – Rafay Systems , the leading provider of cloud infrastructure automation and consumption workflow management solutions purpose-built for platform engineering teams, today announced the availability of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 compliance for its self-hosted controller.

Rafay Recognized on the 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™

Attributes 468% Revenue Growth to High Demand of the Company’s Solutions for AI and Accelerated Computing Use Cases SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Nov.

Rafay Debuts New Platform Capabilities to Speed Up GPU Infrastructure Consumption and Monetization

New Capabilities Enable Self-service Consumption of Accelerated Computing Infrastructure in Addition to AI and ML Tooling for Cloud Providers and Enterprises SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Nov.

New Study Finds 93% of Enterprise Platform Teams Face Major Challenges With Cloud Cost Management, Kubernetes Complexity and Boosting Developer Productivity

Enterprises Focus on Environment Standardization, Cost Control and Developer Self-service to Tackle Kubernetes Complexity and Challenges in Operationalizing AI SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Aug.

Rafay Systems Unveils Cost Optimization Suite to Proactively Tackle Growing Costs of Public Cloud and Private Data Center Environments

New Solution Offers Continuous Management and Reduction of Costs While Reducing the Manual Toil of Traditional Cost Management for Platform and FinOps Teams SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Aug.

Rafay Announces New Platform-as-a-Service Capabilities for GPU-based Workloads, Empowering Customers to Quickly Leverage the Power of AI

Extends Core PaaS Offering to Address Enterprise GPU Consumption Requirements, Along With MLOps- and LLMOps-focused Capabilities for Data Scientists SUNNYVALE, Calif. – May 15, 2024 – Rafay Systems , the leading Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider for modern infrastructure and accelerated computing, announced today that it has extended the capabilities of its enterprise PaaS for modern infrastructure to support graphics processing unit- (GPU-) based workloads.

Rafay Joins NVIDIA Inception to Help Enterprises Accelerate and Unlock the Full Potential of AI Initiatives

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – November 20, 2023 – Rafay Systems , the leading platform provider of cloud and Kubernetes automation , announced it has joined NVIDIA Inception , a program that nurtures startups revolutionizing industries with technological advancements.

Rafay Launches Infrastructure Templates for Generative AI to Help Enterprise Platform Teams Bring AI Applications to Market Faster

Templates enable platform teams to build automation for cloud environments and Kubernetes, jumpstarting adoption of Large Language Models (LLMs), while supporting traditional AI applications leveraging SLURM, MLFlow and Kubeflow SUNNYVALE, Calif. – November 7, 2023 – Rafay Systems , the leading platform provider for Cloud and Kubernetes Automation, today announced the availability of curated infrastructure templates for Generative AI (GenAI) use cases that many enterprises are exploring today.

Rafay Systems Named as a Cool Vendor in the 2023 Gartner® Cool Vendors™ in Container Management

Rafay Systems Recognized for Taming Kubernetes Operational Complexities Through Automation and Governance of Kubernetes Clusters SUNNYVALE, Calif. – September 11, 2023 – Rafay Systems , the leading platform provider for Kubernetes Management and Operations , today announced it has been named as a Cool Vendor in the “2023 Gartner Cool Vendors in Container Management” report.

Rafay Introduces Automated Fleet Operations to Efficiently Manage Multi-cluster Environments Across Datacenters, Public Cloud and the Edge

Available with Rafay’s Kubernetes Operations Platform, the New Capability Automates Kubernetes Fleet Workflows to Increase Productivity and Reliability of Operations SUNNYVALE, Calif. – July 26, 2023 – Rafay Systems , the leading platform provider for Kubernetes Management and Operations , today announced Automated Fleet Operations, a new capability integrated into its Kubernetes Operations Platform (KOP) that simplifies the way enterprises manage large Kubernetes cluster environments across data centers, public clouds (e.

Rafay Announces Red Hat OpenShift Certification and Availability in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog

Red Hat OpenShift Customers Can Now Consume Rafay’s Kubernetes Add-on, Multi-Tenancy and Access Management Capabilities Across Data Centers and Cloud-Based Clusters SUNNYVALE, Calif. – July 26, 2023 – Rafay Systems today announced the availability of its Kubernetes Operations Platform (KOP) in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog, an open cloud catalog that makes it easy to find and deploy Red Hat-certified software for container-based environments.

Rafay Unveils Backstage Plugins to Power Developer Self-Service Workflows for Kubernetes Clusters, Namespaces and Environments

Powered by Rafay’s Kubernetes Operations Platform, Platform Teams Can Quickly and Easily Create Developer Self-Service Workflows to Accelerate Developer Velocity and Reduce Cognitive Load SUNNYVALE, Calif. and AMSTERDAM – April 18, 2023 – Today at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, Rafay Systems , the leading platform provider for Kubernetes Management and Operations , introduced Rafay’s Backstage Plugins, a set of open-source software plugins for Backstage, Spotify’s open platform for building internal developer platforms (IDP).

New Research Uncovers a Developer Experience Gap for Provisioning Environments, Resulting in Modern Application Deployment Delays

One in Four Organizations Take Three Months or Longer to Deploy an Application or Service Predominantly Due to Challenges with Provisioning Cloud-Native Environments SUNNYVALE, Calif. , – March 21, 2023 – Rafay Systems , the leading platform provider for Kubernetes Management and Operations , today announced independent research that found a developer experience (DevEx) gap between what application developers expect from their organization’s environment provisioning process and the methods currently available to them.

Rafay Introduces Environment Manager to Automate Environment Provisioning and Accelerate Modern Application Deployment from Code to Cloud

Available with Rafay’s Kubernetes Operations Platform, the New Offering Will Provide Developer Self-service Capabilities for Environment Provisioning While Delivering Control and Governance to Platform Teams SUNNYVALE, Calif. , – March 21, 2023 – Rafay Systems , the leading platform provider for Kubernetes Management and Operations , today introduced Environment Manager , a solution that empowers enterprise platform teams to improve the developer experience by delivering self-service capabilities for provisioning full-stack environments.

Rafay Announces Record Business Growth Driven by Industry Demand for its Kubernetes Operations Platform

Reports Doubled ARR and 100% Customer Satisfaction Score from Market Leaders Including Moneygram and Guardant Health SUNNYVALE, Calif. , – March 21, 2023 – Rafay Systems , the leading platform provider for Kubernetes management and operations , today announced record business growth resulting from the increasing demand for their Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform (KOP).

Rafay Systems and NTT DATA Partner to Reduce the Complexity of Kubernetes Management and Operations for EMEA and APAC Regions

Rafay Joins NTT DATA Reseller Program to Expand its International Footprint and Help Enterprises Around the Globe Streamline Kubernetes Management and Operations SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Mar 17, 2023 – Rafay Systems , the leading platform provider for Kubernetes Management and Operations , announced it has entered into a reseller partnership with NTT DATA , a global digital business and IT services leader.

Rafay Named Leader and Outperformer in 2023 GigaOm Radar Report for Managed Kubernetes

Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform Received Highest Possible Rankings for its Architecture, Flexibility, Scalability, Manageability and Ease of Use SUNNYVALE, Calif. , – March 16, 2023 – Rafay Systems , the leading platform provider for Kubernetes management and operations , today announced that it was recognized as a “Leader” and “Outperformer” in GigaOm’s 2023 Radar Report for Managed Kubernetes.

Rafay Joins Amazon EC2 Spot Ready Program to Provide Cost-Saving Solutions for AWS Customers

Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform Launches Support for Amazon EC2 Spot Instances to Help Enterprises Take Advantage of the Massive Operating Scale of AWS at Significant Cost Savings SUNNYVALE, Calif. & LAS VEGAS – November 30, 2022 – Rafay Systems , the leading platform provider for Kubernetes management and operations , announced today that it joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Service Ready Program for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Spot Instances.

Rafay Launches Cost Management Service to Deliver Real-Time Visibility and Allocation of Kubernetes Cloud Costs

Enterprises Can Now Showback and Chargeback Kubernetes Consumption Across All Internal Stakeholders With Rafay’s Kubernetes Operations Platform—the Broadest Kubernetes Management and Operations Solution in the Market SUNNYVALE, Calif. , and LAS VEGAS – November 29, 2022 – Today at AWS re:Invent, Rafay Systems , the leading platform provider for Kubernetes Management and Operations , launched its Cost Management Service, a new offering integrated into its Kubernetes Operations Platform (KOP) to deliver Kubernetes cloud cost optimization across clusters located in public clouds and on-premise data centers.

Rafay Extends Support for Amazon EKS Anywhere with Turnkey Automation and Governance Capabilities

Rafay’s Kubernetes Operations Platform Provides Platform Teams with a Single, Unified Solution for Operating and Managing Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Anywhere Clusters SUNNYVALE, Calif. , – November 8, 2022 – Rafay Systems , a leading platform provider for Kubernetes Management and Operations , today announced the expansion of its work with Amazon Web Services (AWS) with native support for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Anywhere.

Rafay Launches Technical Alliance Program and Kubernetes Addon Catalog to Tame the Complexity of Kubernetes Management and Operations

GitLab Inc. , F5 NGINX, MinIO, New Relic, Sysdig and Other Market Leaders Team Up with Rafay to Ensure Success of Kubernetes Projects SUNNYVALE, Calif.

Rafay Systems Launches New Capabilities to Power Developer Self-Service for the Modern Enterprise

Rafay supercharges developer productivity by allowing application teams to immediately utilize dedicated or shared Kubernetes clusters with the controls enterprises require SUNNYVALE, Calif. , August 2, 2022 — Rafay Systems , the leading platform provider for Kubernetes Management and Operations , today announced new capabilities that empower enterprise platform teams to provide developer self-service for faster application deployments with the necessary guardrails enterprises require.

Rafay Launches Paralus, an Open-Source Tool to Manage Secure Access to Kubernetes from Anywhere

Paralus helps you achieve zero-trust access to Kubernetes clusters with zero friction SUNNYVALE, Calif. , June 28, 2022 — Rafay Systems , the leading platform provider for Kubernetes Operations, today launched a new open-source software project named Paralus ( https://www.

Rafay Systems and AWS Streamline Kubernetes Operations and Accelerate Modern Application Delivery for MoneyGram

MoneyGram will utilize the Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform and Amazon EKS to speed digital transformation initiative SUNNYVALE, Calif. , June 21, 2022 — Rafay Systems, a leading platform provider for Kubernetes Operations, announced today that MoneyGram has selected the Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform (KOP) as its Kubernetes provider and Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its global cloud provider.

Rafay Systems Launches Unified Kubernetes Operations Support for Converged Infrastructure

Rafay consolidates and simplifies the management of a variety of infrastructures to support clouds, virtual machines and operating systems - all from one unified SaaS platform SUNNYVALE, Calif. , June 2, 2022 — Rafay Systems , the leading platform provider for Kubernetes Operations, announced today the ability to seamlessly orchestrate Windows worker nodes with Linux on AMD64 (x64) and ARM architectures from the Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform (KOP).

Rafay Systems Among First to Achieve AWS Container Competency for Enterprise Container Management Status

Status reflects Rafay’s proven ability to simplify the operations of Kubernetes workloads running on Amazon EKS or EC2 instances. SUNNYVALE, Calif.

Rafay Systems Powers AI and Machine Learning Applications at the Edge by Streamlining Operations for GPU-based Container Workloads

Quickly launch and easily manage production-grade Kubernetes clusters for AI and machine learning applications at scale with Rafay SUNNYVALE, Calif. , March 17, 2022 -- Rafay Systems, the leading platform provider for Kubernetes Operations , announced the expansion of the industry’s only turnkey solution for operating Kubernetes clusters with GPU support at scale by adding powerful new metrics and dashboards for deeper visibility into GPU health and performance.

Rafay Systems Doubles Revenue and More Than Doubles Kubernetes Clusters Under Management

As the risk, complexity and cost of managing DIY Kubernetes continues to grow, enterprises are turning to Rafay to streamline Kubernetes operations SUNNYVALE, Calif. , – February 24, 2022 — Rafay Systems, the leading platform provider for Kubernetes Operations, today announced it has doubled its total annual recurring revenue since the company’s Series B funding in August, 2021, as a result of the increasing demand for its Kubernetes Operations Platform (KOP) .

Rafay Systems Announces Streamlined Operations for Virtual Machine-Based Applications on Kubernetes

Deploy and manage virtual machines and containerized apps on Kubernetes in a single, integrated solution with the Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform SUNNYVALE, Calif. , – January 26, 2022 — Rafay Systems, the leading platform provider for Kubernetes Operations , today announced support for running both Virtual Machines (VMs) and containers on Kubernetes through its Kubernetes Operations Platform (KOP).

Rafay Systems Achieves SOC 2 Type II Compliance

Rafay meets strict industry-accepted security and privacy requirements for Kubernetes Operations Platform customers SUNNYVALE, Calif. , – November 10, 2021 — Rafay Systems ( https://rafay.

Rafay Systems to Open Source its Zero-Trust Access and GitOps Services

Rafay brings enterprise-grade services to open source software community to help streamline complex, enterprise workflows for securing access to, and automating, Kubernetes deployments KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America – October 12, 2021 — Rafay Systems ( https://rafay. co/ ), the leading platform provider for Kubernetes Operations , today announced its plans to open source its Zero-Trust Access and GitOps services.

Guardant Health Selects Rafay Systems to Streamline Kubernetes Operations

Modern Kubernetes infrastructure powered by Rafay supports precision oncology company’s needs to maintain availability of mission-critical, high-compute analytics applications KubeCon | CloudNativeCon North America 2021, October 11, 2021 – Rafay Systems , the leading platform for Kubernetes Operations , announced today that Guardant Health has selected and deployed Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform in production to manage and maintain always-on availability of the precision oncology company’s high-compute analytics applications. Guardant Health’s high-performance computing (HPC) solution analyzes biological samples from clinics and laboratories for oncology care and research and development.

Rafay Systems Named a Global Leader in Cloud Computing for Kubernetes Operations

Company recognized by Business Intelligence Group as an industry leader and innovator in the Kubernetes space for its top-tier Operations Platform and approach Sunnyvale, CA – October 5, 2021 — Rafay Systems ( https://rafay. co/ ), the leading platform provider for Kubernetes Operations announced today that it has received the 2021 Stratus Award for Cloud Computing in the Kubernetes category.

Rafay Systems Appoints Cathy Grim, Seasoned Customer Success Executive, to its Senior Management Roster

Newest member of Company’s Exec Team to Help Drive Customer Success and Satisfaction SUNNYVALE, Calif. , Sept.

Rafay Systems Raises $25 Million Series B Funding Led by ForgePoint Capital to Deliver Industry’s First Platform for Kubernetes Operations

Rafay helps platform teams move beyond traditional Kubernetes cluster management to streamlined Kubernetes operations for modern applications SUNNYVALE, Calif. , August 31, 2021 – Rafay Systems, the leading platform for Kubernetes Operations , today announced a $25 million Series B funding round led by ForgePoint Capital, with participation from existing investors Ridge Ventures, Costanoa Ventures and Moment Ventures.

Rafay Introduces Industry-First Kubernetes Fleet Management Automation Features Including One-Click Amazon EKS Upgrades, Enterprise-Wide Dashboards and Cluster Configuration Overrides

New Platform Additions Allow Enterprises to Easily Manage Operations for Fleets of 100 or More Clusters Worldwide SUNNYVALE, Calif. July 28, 2021 – Rafay Systems today announced an industry-first set of fleet automation and monitoring enhancements to its flagship Kubernetes Management Cloud (KMC).

Rafay Launches New Features for Management of Mission Critical Kubernetes Deployments Including Zero-Trust Security, Standardization and Automation Capabilities

Cluster Blueprinting, Application Drift Detection, GitOps Pipelines and Industry-first Private Datapath Support for Zero-Trust Kubectl Access Further Enhance Rafay’s Enterprise-Grade Kubernetes Management Cloud SUNNYVALE, Calif. April 27, 2021 - Rafay Systems today announced new enhancements to its flagship Kubernetes Management Cloud (KMC) that set a new standard in enterprise Kubernetes management for mission-critical applications.

Rafay Systems Reports 800% Growth as Enterprises Turn to Cloud-Based Kubernetes Management

100% customer retention rate maintained while more than doubling average number of Kubernetes clusters under management SUNNYVALE, Calif. Mar 17, 2021 - Rafay Systems today announced 2020 fiscal year annual revenue growth of 800% over fiscal year 2019.