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.
Mirantis Tightens Lens Integration with Managed K8s Services
Mirantis is previewing an update to its open source Lens integrated development environment (IDE) that makes it simpler for developers to access Kubernetes clusters managed by a third-party organization. Miska Kaipiainen, vice ...
Deloitte Managed Service Helps Build Cloud-Native AI Apps
Deloitte this week launched a managed service, based on a microservices architecture, that enables organizations to build cloud-native applications infused with artificial intelligence (AI). Jagadish Bandla, national leader of Deloitte’s SAP S/4HANA ...
VMware Adds Capability to Secure Container Runtimes
VMware this week announced it is making available container runtime security capabilities in a VMware Carbon Black Cloud Container Advanced Bundle. Shemer Schwarz, senior director of product management for VMware, says this ...
CNCF Accepts Knative Middleware for Serverless Frameworks
The technical oversight committee (TOC) for the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) today voted to accept Knative middleware as an incubating project for integrating Kubernetes clusters with serverless computing frameworks. Knative was ...
D2iQ Allies With Kong to Manage APIs on K8s Clusters
D2iQ has allied with Kong Inc. to make it simpler to provision and manage a service connectivity platform running on a Kubernetes cluster. Kong Inc. has been making a case for a ...
Appgate Extends SDP Reach to Kubernetes
Appgate’s software-defined perimeter (SDP) that controls access to IT platforms now includes support for Kubernetes clusters. Jason Garbis, chief product officer at Appgate, says the Appgate SDP extends a framework for creating ...
Survey Surfaces Cloud-Native Stress Points
A survey from Platform9, a managed Kubernetes service provider, finds that even as organizations embrace cloud-native technologies, concerns over security, management, high availability and observability remain. The survey, which polled more than ...
VMware Application Transformer Runs Legacy Apps in Containers
VMware has made generally available a tool that makes it simpler for IT teams to discover, analyze and then encapsulate legacy applications in containers. Ashok Aletty, vice president of engineering for modern ...
CNCF: Rise in Emerging Open Source Tech on K8s
A new report from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) in collaboration with Datadog, New Relic and Slashdata finds a wider range of emerging open source technologies are being deployed on top ...
Sysdig Allies With Snyk to Improve Container Security
Sysdig and Snyk are integrating their respective security technologies to enable organizations to better secure the entire container life cycle. Eric Carter, director of product marketing for Sysdig, says the integration of ...
