Bill Doerrfeld is a tech journalist and analyst. His beat is cloud technologies, specifically the web API economy. He began researching APIs as an Associate Editor at ProgrammableWeb, and since 2015 has been the Editor at Nordic APIs, a high-impact blog on API strategy for providers. He loves discovering new trends, interviewing key contributors, and researching new technology. He also gets out into the world to speak occasionally.
The State of Cloud-Native Security
Cloud native is becoming the defacto development method for new applications and workloads. Yet, the cloud-native trend also brings accelerated deployment timelines, which could leave security gaps in CI/CD. Studies also find ...
Can You be Cloud Native Without Being in the Cloud?
One would probably assume that being cloud native means running everything in the cloud. But this isn’t always the case. Enterprise software is typically more complex than that and is often hosted ...
Why You Need a Kubernetes Bill of Materials (KBOM)
You’ve probably heard of software bills of materials (SBOMs). And you may already be familiar with infrastructure bills of materials (IBOM) as well. Both ideas are garnering much attention lately as a ...
Study Finds Kubernetes Usage Tied to Business Success
In 2023, cloud-native technologies are becoming the norm for modern software development. And new data showed that cloud-native platforms like Kubernetes are transforming how businesses operate for the better. Kubernetes is bringing ...
Kubernetes v1.27 Update Brings Chill Vibes
Kubernetes v1.27, the first K8s release of 2023, has been announced. The v1.27 release includes 60 enhancements, 18 of which are alpha, 29 are beta and 13 are stable at the time ...
What’s the Difference Between Docker and Kubernetes?
The most widely used tools in the modern cloud-native container ecosystem are Docker and Kubernetes. These two open platforms have enabled the container revolution to thrive, thanks to the utility they provide ...
8 CNCF Projects for Cloud-Native Persistent Storage
Enacting persistent storage of data is somewhat counterintuitive when it comes to containerization. The ephemeral container is a short-lived computing environment where code isn’t stored forever. But you still need to store ...
6 CNCF Projects for CI/CD
Nowadays, software development teams need a more agile way of working to quickly bring code to life. And CI/CD has been a big enabler for more rapid development models for cloud-native software ...
2023 Marks the Rise of Cloud-Native Platforms
Modern software continues to evolve toward cloud-native. In other words, new software is being built explicitly for the cloud computing paradigm. In contrast to legacy technology bred for traditional deployment styles, cloud-native ...
OpenAPI: The Key to Cloud-Native Success?
Web APIs are the glue between modern connected software, enabling applications to expose data and functionality to the outside world. They’ve become common within B2B partner models and even public monetization strategies ...
