Case Study: BlackRock achieves scalable production orchestration with Kubernetes

Rolling Out Kubernetes in Production in 100 Days

BlackRock, a New York-based financial services firm, needed a way to adopt Kubernetes without disrupting its existing, well-orchestrated production environment. The challenge was to integrate a modern container orchestration platform into a complex operational setup while preserving control, visibility, and the processes already in place.

Kubernetes was rolled out in production at BlackRock in just 100 days, with the core infrastructure hooked into the company’s existing orchestration framework. This gave BlackRock scalable, cloud-like management of large production clusters using its current operational tools, while avoiding the need to hire more staff. BlackRock also noted that Kubernetes fit its long-term technology strategy, making complex infrastructure significantly easier to manage.

BlackRock

Michael Francis

Managing Director