Mike Vizard is a veteran IT journalist with more than 25 years of experience covering the technology industry, having previously served as Editor-in-Chief of both CRN and InfoWorld and as editorial director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise, where he oversaw titles including eWEEK, CIO Insight and Baseline. Over his career he has also edited or contributed to a wide range of enterprise technology publications, including IT Business Edge, Channel Insider, ComputerWorld, TMCNet and Digital Review, and he later led editorial for CTOEdge.com. His reporting and analysis span software development, cloud computing, cybersecurity, IT channel strategy and, more recently, artificial intelligence and DevOps practices. A recognized voice in enterprise IT journalism, Vizard is known for tracking emerging technology trends as they move from early adoption into mainstream enterprise use. He now serves as Chief Content Officer for Techstrong Group, where he oversees editorial strategy across the full network — DevOps.com, Security Boulevard, Cloud Native Now, Digital CxO, Techstrong.ai, TechStrong.IT, Techstrong Semi and PlatformEngineering.com — in addition to writing and hosting content for Techstrong TV and the Techstrong Gang podcast.
CNCF Chief: AI Inference Will Drive Increased Cloud Native Software Consumption
AI inference models are set to drive significant cloud-native software consumption, according to CNCF's executive director. With more AI models on Kubernetes, there's a shift towards backend services without graphical interfaces. While ...
Chainguard Dashboard Provides Visibility into Pipeline for Creating Secure Container Images
Chainguard today added a dashboard that provides visibility into which software packages the provider of secure container images is currently prioritizing. Ed Sawma, vice president of product marketing for Chainguard, said the ...
Together AI Adds Container Inference to Managed Service for AI Models
Together AI today added a container interface to a managed cloud service it provides for deploying artificial intelligence (AI) models. Nikitha Suryadevara, product lead for inference at Together AI, said the Dedicated ...
Cluster API Update Makes Managing Kubernetes Environments Simpler
The maintainers of the Cluster Application Programming Interface (API) for Kubernetes clusters have released an update that makes it simpler to automatically trigger in-place updates to create or delete a machine. Version ...
Noma Security Identifies Security Flaw in Docker AI Assistant
Noma Security today revealed it has discovered a critical security flaw in the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant made available by Docker, Inc. Sasi Levi, security research lead for Noma Security, said the ...
Edera Advisory Highlights Remote Code Execution Flaw in Kubernetes
Edera, a provider of a platform for securing container runtime environments, this week published an advisory that notes there is a design flaw that could enable full remote code execution (RCE) in ...
Survey Surfaces Raft of Container Security Challenges
A BellSoft survey reveals gaps in container security practices, showing that human error, limited vulnerability scanning, and infrequent patching continue to expose cloud-native environments to risk ...
CNCF Survey Surfaces Widespread Adoption of Kubernetes Clusters
A global survey of 628 IT professionals finds a full 82% work in organizations that are running Kubernetes clusters in production environments. Conducted by Linux Foundation Research on behalf of the Cloud ...
MetalBear Simplifies Testing of CI Pipelines on Kubernetes Staging Servers
MetalBear this week added an ability to mirror a continuous integration (CI) pipeline to its mirrord platform that gives application developers access to a staging server in a cloud computing environment that ...
IBM Adds Sovereign Core Platform Based on Red Hat OpenShift
IBM announced today it will next month make available a technical preview of a sovereign IT platform based on the Red Hat OpenShift platform that enables IT teams to deploy isolated workloads ...
