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.
IBM Boosts Container Performance on z/OS Mainframes
IBM has enhanced z/OS Container Extensions (zCX) to make them both easier and faster as part of an effort to make it simpler to modernize z/OS-based mainframe environments. The extension to z/OS ...
The Time for Unikernels is Now
In this episode of The View With Vizard, NanoVM CEO Ian Eyberg explains why the time to employ unikernels to make IT more secure has arrived. The video is below, followed by ...
Kong Updates Service Mesh to Replace Load Balancers
Kong today announced the general availability of version 1.4 of Kong Mesh that the company says could eliminate the need for traditional load balancers in decentralized IT environments running microservices-based applications. Marco ...
TrapX Security Brings Deception Platform to Container Environments
TrapX Security this week announced that its deception platform for misdirecting attacks against IT environments can now be deployed in container environments. Steve Preston, TrapX CEO, says version 7.2 of TrapX DeceptionGrid ...
Kubernetes 1.22 Arrives to Giveth and Taketh Away
The technical oversight committee (TOC) for Kubernetes announced today general availability of a 1.22 update that is likely to be remembered as much for what it gives as for what it takes ...
TriggerMesh Previews Integration Language Based on HCL
TriggerMesh has made available a preview of a TriggerMesh Integration Language (TIL) that makes it simpler to create and maintain integrations in Kubernetes environments by eliminating the need to rely on YAML ...
Oracle Unveils Unified Container Deployment and Management Platform
Oracle today unveiled a container deployment and management platform for both Kubernetes-based cloud-native applications and legacy Java applications designed for the WebLogic Server platform that have been containerized. David Cabelus, senior principal ...
Windocks Extends Reach of Cloud-Native Data Repository
Windocks has extended a cloud-native data repository, which is based on an instance of the Docker container format, to add support for Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL and NoSQL database platforms in addition to ...
Rafay Extends Reach of Kubernetes Management Platform
Rafay Systems this week extends its Kubernetes Management Cloud (KMC) to provide more control over entire Kubernetes environments spanning a fleet of clusters. In addition, the latest version of the Kubernetes management ...
Red Hat, Nutanix Ally to Spur OpenShift Adoption
Red Hat revealed today it is allying with Nutanix to help drive adoption of the Red Hat OpenShift platform based on Kubernetes on top of the virtual machine and operating system software ...
