Mike Vizard is a seasoned IT journalist with over 25 years of experience. He also contributed to IT Business Edge, Channel Insider, Baseline and a variety of other IT titles. Previously, Vizard was the editorial director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise as well as Editor-in-Chief for CRN and InfoWorld.
Zero Networks Tool Visually Maps Connections Within a Kubernetes Cluster
Zero Networks this week at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe conference revealed it can now provide a visual map of the services connected via a Kubernetes cluster that can be continuously updated ...
Edera Adds Rust Library to Run Container Images on Hardened Runtime Faster
Edera this week revealed at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe conference that it has developed a Rust library, dubbed ocirender, that assembles container images based on the Open Container Image (OCI) format ...
CNCF Report: Global Cloud Native Developer Community Nears 20 Million
A report published this week by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) estimates there are now nearly 20 million cloud native application developers, representing 39% of the worldwide developer community. Revealed at ...
KubeVirt Update Adds Support for Additional Backend Hypervisors
KubeVirt v1.8 debuted at KubeCon Europe 2026, introducing a Hypervisor Abstraction Layer for multi-hypervisor support. Discover new features like Intel TDX for confidential computing, PCIe NUMA for AI workloads, and the 'passt' ...
Mike Vizard | | CNCF incubating projects, ContainerPath volume, Hypervisor Abstraction Layer, incremental backup KubeVirt, Intel TDX Attestation, KubeCon Europe 2026, Kubernetes 1.35 support, KubeVirt AI applications, KubeVirt multi-hypervisor support, KubeVirt v1.8, KVM on Kubernetes, passt binding KubeVirt, PCIe NUMA Kubernetes, Ryan Hallisey NVIDIA, software-defined infrastructure 2026, virt-controller scalability, virtual machine isolation, vLLM KubeVirt
CNCF Revamps Certification Program to Simplify Renewals
CNCF announces the CARE initiative at KubeCon Europe 2026, simplifying Kubernetes recertification. Learn how advanced CKA/CKS exams now automatically renew foundational KCNA/KCSA credentials, and why AI is shifting the role of IT ...
Mike Vizard | | AI agent supervision, CARE Program CNCF, Christophe Sauthier, CKA recertification, CKS recertification, cloud native professional development, Cloud Native Training 2026, CNCF CARE initiative 2026, CNCF training roadmap, Golden Kubestronaut, IT career advancement 2026, KCNA renewal, KCSA renewal, KubeCon Amsterdam announcements, Kubernetes certification maintenance, Kubernetes expertise, Kubernetes recertification, Kubestronaut community, Linux Foundation certification, multi-certification IT skills
CNCF Expands Efforts to Run AI Inference Workloads on Kubernetes Clusters
CNCF and Red Hat unveil major AI milestones at KubeCon Europe 2026, including the llm-d framework contribution and stricter Kubernetes AI Requirements (KARs). Learn how v1.35 benchmarks like in-place pod resizing and ...
Mike Vizard | | AI agentic workloads, AICR, CNCF KubeCon Europe 2026, distributed AI inference, edge AI inference, in-place pod resizing, Jonathan Bryce CNCF, KAR v1.35, KRO project, Kube Resource Orchestrator, Kubernetes AI Conformance Program, Kubernetes AI Requirements, Kueue job queueing, llm-d framework, NVIDIA AI Cluster Runtime, PyTorch Foundation, Red Hat AI, Sovereign AI standards, vLLM extension, workload-aware scheduling
Broadcom Extends Reach and Scope of Kubernetes Platform
Broadcom unveils major VKS updates at KubeCon Europe 2026, including F5, Kong, and Tigera integrations, the contribution of Velero to the CNCF, and support for Kubernetes 1.35. Explore how Broadcom is doubling ...
Mike Vizard | | AppArmor profile management, Broadcom cloud-native strategy, Broadcom KubeCon Europe 2026, Container Network Interface, Declarative TuneD profiles, enterprise Kubernetes isolation, F5 Kong Tigera integration, KubeCon Amsterdam 2026, Kubernetes 1.35 VKS, Kubernetes on VMs, nftables kube-proxy, node-level firewall API, Prashanth Shenoy Broadcom, RHEL 9 Kubernetes, Velero backup recovery, Velero CNCF contribution, VKS support bundles, VMware licensing 2026, VMware VKS updates, vSphere Kubernetes Service CNI
Survey: AI Spurring Increased Adoption of Containers
A global survey of 1,600 cloud, IT, and engineering executives published today finds a full 87% expect their organizations’ reliance on containers to deploy applications to increase over the next three years, ...
Red Hat Extends Cloud-Native Reach Across Multiple Telecom Providers
At MWC 2026, Red Hat announced partnerships with major telecommunications companies, including Telefónica and Vodafone, to adopt its platforms for cloud-native application development. This initiative aims to unify IT infrastructure and enhance ...
Mike Vizard | | AI factory, cloud-native software, CNCF survey, cost reduction, digital transformation, distributed applications, edge computing, IT infrastructure, kubernetes, KubeVirt, legacy applications, Mobile World Congress, Openshift, openstack, telecommunications services, Telenor, virtualization, Vodafone
Red Hat Makes Available Supported Version of Podman Desktop Tool for Containers
Red Hat this week made available an enterprise-supported version of the open source Podman tool it created for developing, managing and running containers. James Labocki, senior director of product management for Red ...

