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Kubernetes: The End of the DIY Era?
Is Kubernetes too much of a good thing? In the world of cloud technologies, working in open source generally means you have more and better choices. If your code is built on ...
The State of Container Security
To deploy containers in production today, you need to secure them. A growing list of companies want to help you do that. Here’s an overview of the major commercial offerings that cater ...
Containers vs. Unikernels: An Apples-to-Oranges Comparison
I was asked recently to write a containers-versus-unikernels article, and I said, “Sure, but it won’t be the article you think it is because I share Per Buer’s sentiment that unikernels are ...
Report: Containers Are Weakest Security Link Again
For a second year in a row, a survey of 1,200 IT security decision-makers conducted by the research firm CyberEdge Group finds that, in terms of attack surfaces that organizations feel they ...
Rancher Advances Kubernetes Lifecycle Management
Rancher Labs has made available version 2.2 of the Rancher management platform, as part of the company’s bid to become a major provider of lifecycle management tools for Kubernetes clusters. The latest ...
Latest Update to Kubernetes Arrives
The release team in charge of Kubernetes this week released an update to Kubernetes that formally adds support for Windows Server. That support means that, in terms of being able to support ...
Defeating Kubernetes Challenges Through Monitoring
Microservice-based architecture has long since established itself as the backbone for organizations seeking both safe and fast software. The advent and ubiquity of microservices naturally paved the way for container technology, the ...
The 4 Most Vulnerable Areas of Container Security in 2019
Software containers have become more popular in recent years as many organizations have discovered the benefits of containerization. Unfortunately, as is often the case with rapid advances in technology, container security has ...
A Year of Kubernetes: What’s Beyond the Horizon?
In part one of this two-part series on what has transpired in the cloud-native community—and specifically the Kubernetes ecosystem in the past year—we discussed the emergence of Kubernetes and cloud-native as the ...
Pivotal to Bring Greenplum MPP Database to Kubernetes
Pivotal Software this week announced it has made the Greenplum massively parallel processing (MPP) database available in beta on Kubernetes. Announced at the Greenplum Summit, the forthcoming version 6 of Greenplum will ...