As Editor-in-chief of DevOps.com and Container Journal, Alan Shimel is attuned to the world of technology. Alan has founded and helped several technology ventures, including StillSecure, where he guided the company in bringing innovative and effective networking and security solutions to the marketplace. Shimel is an often-cited personality in the security and technology community and is a sought-after speaker at industry and government conferences and events. In addition to his writing on DevOps.com and Network World, his commentary about the state of technology is followed closely by many industry insiders via his blog and podcast, "Ashimmy, After All These Years" (www.ashimmy.com). Alan has helped build several successful technology companies by combining a strong business background with a deep knowledge of technology. His legal background, long experience in the field, and New York street smarts combine to form a unique personality.

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Runtime Visibility & AI-powered Security in Cloud-Native Environments

Kubernetes and cloud-native platforms have transformed software delivery — but also redefined the attack surface. As threats shift to runtime, visibility and real-time response have become the new security frontline. AI-driven anomaly ...

LLMs & Kubernetes Configuration: Automating Hardening, Drift Detection and Policy Enforcement

Kubernetes misconfigurations remain the top security risk. AI copilots promise automated hardening, drift detection, and policy enforcement to make clusters safer ...

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Service Mesh Evolution: Ambient Mode, Gateways & The Return of Simpler Architectures

Service mesh is evolving beyond sidecars. Ambient mode and Gateway APIs deliver security, observability, and traffic control with less overhead. Teams benefit from leaner, more flexible architectures ...

Alan Shimel | October 1, 2025 | Alan, ambient mode, cloud native security, container networking, devops, gateway API, Istio, Kubernetes networking, microservices, observability, OpenShift Service Mesh, platform engineering, service mesh, sidecar alternatives, SRE, traffic management, waypoints, ztunnel

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Stateful Microservice Migration & the Live-State Challenge in Kubernetes

Alan argues that Kubernetes can’t ignore state any longer. While stateless apps fit the original vision, real-world workloads — from databases to AI pipelines — demand continuity. A new research framework, MS2M ...

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Bridging Observability & Security in Kubernetes: Beyond Just Metrics

Kubernetes has expanded agility but also the attack surface. Alan argues that observability and security can no longer live in silos — metrics, logs, and traces already hold critical security signals, while ...

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GitOps at Fleet Scale: Decentralization vs. Control

Alan unpacks Red Hat’s agent-based GitOps architecture for OpenShift and what it means for scaling GitOps across fleets of Kubernetes clusters. From central control to decentralized agents, discover how balance drives the ...

Alan Shimel | September 26, 2025 | CNCF GitOps standards, decentralized GitOps, federated GitOps model, GitOps scalability, Kubernetes GitOps scaling, OpenShift GitOps preview, Red Hat agent-based GitOps

CNCF and Docker: The Next Phase of Cloud Native Supply Chain Evolution

The CNCF–Docker partnership strengthens cloud native supply chain security with verified namespaces, SBOMs, and signed images. Trust becomes the new baseline ...