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Open-source project helps solve centralized infrastructure problems

Victor Dabrinze — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 21:30:11 +0000

Foundational open-source projects usually result in ground-breaking technologies being made available to the general public, not arbitrarily controlled by one company. Pyrsia is one of those projects, and it’s a decentralized package repository for accessing open-source libraries. “Pyrsia kind of shifts the whole model,” said Stephen Chin (pictured), chair of the Continuous Delivery Foundation and vice […]

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Taking enterprise-grade identity management a step further

Victor Dabrinze — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 21:00:21 +0000

We’ve seen all sorts of enterprise operations packaged into as-a-service, managed solutions: from cybersecurity to infrastructure and databases. Seeing the growing need from organizations for improved fine-grained access authorization management, Aserto Inc. developed its authorization-as-a-service. “Access control hasn’t really moved forward at all in the last 15 years,” said Omri Gazitt (pictured), co-founder and chief executive […]

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KubeCampus co-located event shows need for hands-on Kubernetes training

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 20:30:24 +0000

Use of Kubernetes is close to 100% within the cloud-native community, with 96% of organizations using or evaluating the technology, according to the 2021 Cloud Native Survey. But there are barriers to adoption, with a big one being the lack of trained Kubernetes engineers. Close to 50% of respondents to the Canonical 2022 “Kubernetes and […]

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WebAssembly enables Fermyon to deliver serverless architecture that executes at sub 1 millisecond speeds

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 20:00:52 +0000

WebAssembly, AKA Wasm, first hit theCUBE community radar during KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe last May. Less than six months later, the technology was riding a wave of hype as everyone at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA wanted to know more about the binary instruction format that was designed as a portable compilation target for programming languages. […]

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Grafana Labs enhancements aimed at reducing cloud-native complexity

Mark Albertson — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:29:25 +0000

The cloud-native world has experienced remarkable growth in just a short period of time. Yet it is being forced to address a factor that could limit future success: The current path to entry can be challenging. “For developers to get into cloud-native, there are maybe 10 tools at least which you have to be proficient […]

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Q&A: Solo.io brings open-source community to the enterprise

Diego Asturias — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:13:52 +0000

Open-source projects are no longer only a developer’s conversation; they are now also an executive-level discussion. Companies of all sizes and industries are now considering open-source projects as sometimes even better than proprietary software. Open source proponents say that its not only cost-efficient, but also more portable, flexible and secure. One downside, some executives say, […]

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Environment as a service allows rapid spin-ups for developers

Patrick Nelson — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 21:00:05 +0000

Developers and IT teams are opposing forces. Developers want to move fast, and they’re rewarded for doing that, along with being creative; whereas IT departments are rewarded for predictability and consistency. Environment-as-a-service solves this, according to Matt Carter (pictured, right), chief marketing officer of Release Technologies Inc., which specializes in rapid spin-ups of developer environments. The environments-on-demand […]

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Vitess progresses with recent upgrades aimed at next-gen UI

Patrick Nelson — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:31:26 +0000

Vitess, a graduated CNCF project, automatically detects and repairs MySQL-level failures, according to the lead tech behind the database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL. This has been a prior hindrance to smooth running, despite Vitess’ ability to automatically handle functions like failovers and backups. “What that means for people using Vitess is that […]

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Q&A: Kubernetes managed services: MassMutual’s app modernization journey

Diego Asturias — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 22:34:08 +0000

Companies of all sizes and industries are now leveraging the public cloud and Kubernetes to modernize their apps. Kubernetes lets DevOps teams automate deployments, scale and easily manage all containerized applications. But these companies stumble with many business challenges and technical risks that delay their modernization process. The path is full of obstacles — from scaling, managing […]

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The future of developer-oriented security: Teleport weighs in

Patrick Nelson — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 20:31:49 +0000

VPNs, privileged access and shared credentials don’t work well and must be eliminated in the developer environment. That’s in order to reduce attack surfaces, explains the first identity-native infrastructure company, according to Drew Nielsen (pictured), vice president of product marketing at Teleport (Gravitational Inc.). The company thinks cryptographic validation of identity, in a frictionless form, […]

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Solving cluster sprawl with nested cluster solution

Zainab Ghori — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 20:00:02 +0000

Often times there’s a big separation between a company’s operation team and the development team. It can be hard to understand the differences between the two and address complexities. But making sure that the two teams are at the same level can help close gaps in knowledge. At Spectro Cloud Inc., Kubernetes applications are made […]

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The three pillars of observability: How valid are they?

Teryn O'Brien — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 19:37:02 +0000

Many believe that the “three pillars of observability” — logs, metrics and traces — are generally the important types of data for observing applications or infrastructure. Ian Smith (pictured), field chief technology officer of Chronosphere Inc., however, believes these three pillars get overly emphasized. “What do you do with that? There’s no action there. It’s […]

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Q&A: Cockroach Labs, Authzed stress the importance of distributed SQL databases

Teryn O'Brien — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 17:50:03 +0000

As companies choose the right database to build their services on for cloud-native services, the idea of a distributed database is a hot topic. Cockroach Labs Inc., which offers a distributed SQL database that is highly scalable, reliable and resilient, and one of its customers, Authzed Inc., are convinced that distributed databases on open source are the […]

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Using simple conversations to redefine self-service DevOps

Brian Njuguna — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 16:48:08 +0000

The siloed information accustomed to DevOps usually triggers various challenges, such as environment provisioning, manual deployments and lack of integrated architecture. By revamping the world of DevOps using conversational AI, Kubiya Inc. seeks to take these pain points away by enabling teams to express their intent in natural language, according to Amit Eyal Govrin (pictured, […]

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Red Hat equips the DoD with improved battlefield capabilities from the edge

Victor Dabrinze — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:30:15 +0000

More factors play a profound role in defense and military strategies today, and technology is one of them. Lockheed Martin Corp. and the United States Department of Defense have leaned on Red Hat Inc. and its artificial intelligence chops to keep as many soldiers as possible alive on the battlefield. “Part of our 21st-century security […]

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MinIO treats object storage as a first-class citizen for enhanced Kubernetes performance

Brian Njuguna — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:00:24 +0000

To accelerate the application modernization journey, enterprises are taking the multicloud route and Kubernetes is a key facilitator. Since multicloud enterprises running Kubernetes need object storage, high-performance object storage company MinIO Inc. comes into the picture, as evidenced by it recently hitting a billion docker downloads, according to Garima Kapoor (pictured), co-founder and chief operating […]

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Q&A: Red Hat addresses complex cloud security issues

Teryn O'Brien — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 20:28:17 +0000

When it comes to the accelerated advancement of technology implementation like Kubernetes containers, cloud adoption and app modernization — security conversations are at an all-time high as enterprises address complex security issues that mean changing the way its been done in the past. Red Hat Inc. has been addressing these security issues through a recently […]

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Kubernetes in 2023 mirrors the enterprise quest for simplification

Mark Albertson — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 22:41:13 +0000

What will the Kubernetes agenda be in 2023? The past year saw significant discussion around security, growing use of open-source tools to run enterprise systems, and how an expanding developer ecosystem may reduce Kubernetes complexity. Within these key topics can be found another important dynamic. There is a great deal of innovation in the container space, […]

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Three insights you might have missed from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon

Victor Dabrinze — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 20:16:11 +0000

This year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon gathering was focused on building more robust and inclusive communities around the cutting-edge ideas and projects currently bubbling out of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Notably, there were announcements outlining some of these breakthrough ideas as well — an example of which is WebAssembly (Wasm), a new cloud-native instruction format for […]

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What’s the buzz? Crossplane shows universal promise in scaling open-source builds

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:40:25 +0000

Gathering buzz at KubeCon 2022 was Crossplane, the open-source project by universal cloud platform Upbound Inc. Alongside many mentions in breakout sessions, Crossplane received a shout-out during an energetic keynote from Jonny Langefeld, the well-known engineer from autonomous vehicle company Cruise LLC. “They mentioned Crossplane, they mentioned Upbound, they mentioned the work that we’re doing […]

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DevOps plus legacy on-prem drive Dell’s direction

Patrick Nelson — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:50:10 +0000

Dell Technologies Inc. is adapting to customers shifting to a DevOps operating model, according to an executive from the company who is tasked with managing the cultural transition. Traditionally a technology company selling and supporting computers and servers, among other hardware-focused products, Dell is now faced with increasing cloud-computing adoption — and infrastructure-as-code, where physical […]

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DevOps now supersedes IT, says storage expert

Patrick Nelson — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:27:48 +0000

Engineering, rather than IT, is calling the shots in modern, digitized business practices, according to some industry sources. That’s, in part, because developers are now the business. That shift in corporate emphasis — away from IT and in favor of DevOps — is a major trend manifesting itself throughout industries like banking, according to one […]

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Platform9 takes cluster management at scale to the next level

Brian Njuguna — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 14:56:18 +0000

Based on today’s application tsunami, more pressure is being exerted on the system, necessitating out-of-the box measures. Platform9 Systems Inc.’s version 5.6 makes developers more efficient by separating cluster administration and lessening the risk of accidentally changing a cluster, according to Sirish Raghuram (pictured, right), co-founder and chief growth officer of Platform9, who said that […]

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Red Hat engineers discuss application modernization, scaling and the next-gen software revolution

Brian Njuguna — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 14:11:59 +0000

Since developers have emerged as an ideal asset, because they run the business through code, the need for Kubernetes has become more critical. The explosion of Kubernetes has been propelled by the urge for hybrid cloud. As a result, Red Hat Inc. is making the deployment and management of Kubernetes easier through its KCP project. […]

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Dissecting the excitement around Konveyor: Red Hat engineers weigh in

Victor Dabrinze — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:53:44 +0000

Open source is where it’s at right now, with a lot of the segment’s technologies influencing the general direction of enterprise computing. Kubernetes, Ansible and TensorFlow are well-known names, but Konveyor — and its K8s migration ethos — is now grabbing the spotlight. “It is one of the open-source modernization toolsets that are available right now,” […]

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ING Bank adopts namespace solution to protect its critical infrastructure

Mark Albertson — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 21:24:07 +0000

Banking security has evolved as one of the most challenging in the IT industry because of the number of users and amount of money at stake. These dynamics make it equally difficult for developers to build the necessary service-oriented infrastructure without opening massive holes in security. ING Bank N.V. believes it has found a solution […]

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Security, enterprise support and collaboration emerge as major themes during KubeCon NA

Mark Albertson — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 18:05:22 +0000

After three full days in Detroit, the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA gathering came to a close, marked by open-source project news and expanding enterprise use cases for Kubernetes. Several key themes emerged during the week, with one that stood out in particular. “The big story was security; the software supply chain was the number one […]

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Analysts lay out new technologies to solve enterprise needs at KubeCon NA Day 2

Mark Albertson — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:29:36 +0000

Following two full days at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA, analysts onsite gained a clearer sense of the key themes. One theme involves a realization that open-source technologies have become ingrained in the backbone of enterprise computing, and future work in the open-source community will be geared toward reducing operational friction. “This conference still feels very […]

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StormForge uses machine learning to help orgs automatically scale Kubernetes workloads

Victor Dabrinze — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 20:29:00 +0000

Companies, especially those reliant on cloud operations, often struggle with resource optimization and configuration. One of these examples is the automatic scaling of Kubernetes, a pain point that StormForge, which focuses on automated Kubernetes resource management, is working hard to alleviate for its customers. “We started out running our machine learning workloads and moving them into […]

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Global use of Envoy open-source tool keeps its creator burning the midnight oil

Mark Albertson — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 20:18:06 +0000

Matt Klein’s Twitter feed lists his title as “Plumber,” a commentary on how the software engineer at Lyft Inc. views his current workload as a maintainer for one of the most popular open-source tools on the planet. Klein (pictured) is the creator of Envoy, an open-source edge and service proxy for cloud-native applications. It was […]

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