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.
Intruder Adds Container Image Scanning to Cloud Security Platform
Intruder expands its cloud security portfolio with intuitive, agentless container image scanning. Simplify vulnerability detection across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure registries without complex DevSecOps tools ...
Mike Vizard | | agentless container security, AWS Elastic Container Registry scanning, Azure Container Registry security, cloud security tools, DevSecOps automation, Google Cloud Artifact Registry, GregAI security analyst, Intruder container scanning, midsize organization cybersecurity, software supply chain security, Vulnerability Management
Survey: Few IT Teams Can Continuously Optimize Kubernetes Clusters
A survey of 321 Kubernetes practitioners at organizations with more than 1,000 employees published today finds that while 89% recognize that automation is crucial, only 17% are able to continuously optimize the ...
Docker Inc. Allies with NanoCo to Deploy General-Purpose AI Agent Safely
Docker Inc. has formed an alliance that makes it simpler to deploy a lightweight NanoClaw artificial intelligence (AI) agent from NanoCo in Docker Sandboxes that ensure any AI agent is only able ...
Why Kubernetes Still Needs VM Infrastructure
The idea that Kubernetes would eventually replace virtual machines entirely has not played out the way many predicted. Managing bare-metal clusters at scale has proven to be a complex and costly undertaking, ...
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

