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.
Kubernetes Turns 6, Comes of Enterprise Age
With Kubernetes having officially celebrated its 6th birthday as an open source project, it’s apparent just how profound an impact the platform is about to have on enterprise IT in terms of ...
IBM Leverages Containers to Advance DevOps on Mainframes
IBM has extended its effort to make the mainframe just another DevOps platform to deploy code with the launch of Wazi for Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces, a browser-based tool that can now ...
Docker Hub Distributing Cryptomining Malware?
A pair of cybersecurity reports published this week suggests the level of cryptomining malware lurking in the Docker Hub repository is potentially greater than most IT teams realize. Aqua Security, a provider ...
CNCF Graduates Harbor Container Registry
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced today that the open source Harbor container registry has officially graduated, joining other projects such as Kubernetes and Prometheus monitoring software. Originally developed by VMware, ...
Kubermatic Open Sources Automation Platform for Kubernetes
Kubermatic, formally known as Loodse, announced it is making available a platform for automating the management of Kubernetes clusters under an open source Apache license. In addition, Kubermatic released an update to ...
Docker Inc., Snyk Ally to Improve Containerized App Security
Docker Inc. is the latest provider of tools for building containerized applications to partner with Snyk following an alliance between the two companies revealed this week. Justin Graham, vice president of products ...
ScyllaDB Adds Kubernetes Operator to NoSQL Database
ScyllaDB, a provider of an open source database based on a columnar architecture, has made available in beta an Operator to makes it easier to deploy the NoSQL platform on a Kubernetes ...
Infinidat Adds CSI Support to Storage Array
Infinidat, a provider of on-premises storage arrays, announced this week its implementation of the Container Storage Interface (CSI) for Kubernetes clusters is now generally available. Erik Kaulberg, vice president at Infinidat, says ...
Open Source Tern Locks Dockerfile to Container Image
The team behind the open source Tern tools for scanning container images has released an update that adds the ability to lock the base image of a Dockerfile to the packages installed ...
Couchbase Updates Operator for Database Running on Kubernetes Clusters
Couchbase today announced it has enhanced the Operator software it makes available for deploying its namesake document database on Kubernetes clusters to now include the ability to automate backup and recovery, replication ...
