Managing Security Available as a Container

Threat Stack Makes Agent for Managing Security Available as a Container

Threat Stack has embraced containers as a mechanism for distributing the agent software it relies on to monitoring IT environment for security threats. Chris Ford, vice president of product for Threat Stack, ...
| | agents, containers, security
cloud-native CNCF Adopts Database Project

CNCF Adopts Database Project

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is now hosting an open source distributed transactional key-value database optimized for stateful applications running in a container. Based on concepts put forward by Google in ...
| | cncf, containers, database, open source
PerfectScale Rafay Systems Kubecost Granulate Platform9 Kubernetes Cost Controls

Platform9 Adds Kubernetes Cost Controls

Platform9 is moving to give organizations that rely on its managed service to deploy Kubernetes more control over costs. The Platform9 Managed Kubernetes service now allows organizations to define what percentage of ...
Sylva StackRox to Advance Container Security

In-Q-Tel Invests in StackRox to Advance Container Security

StackRox, a provider of container security services, today announced an investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), an independent, not-for-profit strategic investor that identifies and accelerates development of technologies employed by ...
Serverless and Containers Decision

Serverless and Containers: Not an Either/Or Decision

Containers and serverless computing are revolutionizing how cloud apps are built, and both are quickly moving into developers’ toolboxes. This has led to the hotly debated question: Which is better to use ...
Robin.io IBM Extends Kubernetes Reach

IBM Extends Kubernetes Reach

IBM plans to make an instance of the open source Cloud Foundry platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environment available on Kubernetes generally available on the IBM Cloud at the end of this quarter. In addition, ...
Container Security Development Runtime

Container Security: From Development to Runtime

Containers have become a critical part of cloud environments because they are inherently equipped to run arbitrary code with minimal overhead. This makes them a valuable asset to organizations trying to deliver ...
Containers Driving Mission-Critical Apps

IDC Survey Finds Containers Driving Mission-Critical Apps

A survey of 301 IT leaders conducted by International Data Corp. (IDC) finds that, increasingly, they are comfortable using containers within mission-critical applications. According to the survey, 76 percent are now broadly ...
| | containers, Docker Inc., IDC, survey
containers K8s Kubernetes-as-a-Service

Kubernetes-as-a-Service: One Step Closer, but Not the End Game

Understanding what Kubernetes-as-a-service can—and can’t—do Four years ago, Docker democratized the ability for developers to reliably run their applications anywhere. What worked on their computer worked in test/dev and production. Portable and ...
| | containers, KaaS, kubernetes
AWS Lambda FaaS Serverless Computing vs. Containers

Serverless Computing vs. Containers: Which to Choose for Cost and Benefits?

Serverless computing has seen a significant adoption over the last couple of years, with all the major public cloud providers enabling serverless architectures. AWS Lambda, Azure Functions and Google Cloud Functions provide ...