Case Study: Nokia achieves scalable, secure Kubernetes operations with Talos Linux from Sidero Labs

Nokia scales to 130,000 cores with Sidero Labs

Nokia, a global telecommunications and IT company, faced significant challenges in scaling its massive private cloud, the Nokia Enterprise and Services Cloud (NESC). As the platform grew to 11,000 servers, its legacy operating systems created operational complexity, security risks, and an inability to handle the scale required for a managed Kubernetes service. To address this, they turned to Sidero Labs for a modern operating system solution.

Sidero Labs provided its product, Talos Linux, a minimal and API-driven operating system built specifically for Kubernetes. This implementation allowed Nokia to achieve full automation, consistency, and enhanced security across its global data centers. The results were substantial, including a 1300% increase in core usage to 130,000 cores, a massive reduction in system binaries, and a total cost of operations that is roughly one-third the cost of equivalent public cloud services.

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