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.
Alcide Analysis Suggests Long Kubernetes Road Ahead
Old habits that are especially bad don’t appear to be going away as organizations migrate to more modern IT platforms based on Kubernetes. An analysis of scans conducted by Alcide, a provider ...
Talend Extends Docker Container Support
Talend, as part of a summer release of Talend Data Fabric, is now making it possible to containerize data services and routes directly from within the Talend Studio toolset. Nick Piette, director ...
NetApp Adds Kubernetes Service to HCI Platform
NetApp has launched a service that automates the deployment of Kubernetes within a NetApp hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) platform. NetApp Kubernetes Service on NetApp HCI automates the deployment of Kubernetes and includes an ...
Graphical Tool for Deploying Kubernetes Gets Certified
One of the first graphical tools to ever be created to simplify deploying Kubernetes has been certified as a Kubernetes installer by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Dubbed Breeze, the open ...
Container Survey: IT Operations Teams Finally Get It
A survey of 500 IT leaders published this week by Diamanti, a provider of hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) platform for containerized applications, finds 35% of respondents said IT operations teams are now driving ...
Kubernetes 1.15 Adds to API Kitty
The release team in charge of Kubernetes today announced a 1.15 quarterly update that adds a bevy of application programming interfaces (APIs) to help make the platform even more flexible than it ...
Aqua Security Brings Virtual Patching to Containers
Aqua Security has extended its container security platform to include a virtual patching capability, dubbed Vulnerability Shield, which enables DevSecOps teams to temporarily block access to software components until a patch can ...
Wind River Embraces Containers for Embedded Systems
Wind River this week announced it has added support for Docker container images and Kubernetes container orchestration software for its Wind River Linux operating system that is employed on a variety of ...
Palo Alto Networks Reports Identify Container Security Concerns
A pair of reports published by Palo Alto Networks makes it apparent that the biggest issue in container security is not how secure the containers are, but rather how they are configured ...
Tigera Embraces eBPF to Advance Container Networking
Tigera today announced it is adding support within the open source Calico network software project for the extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) additions to the Linux kernel. eBPF is intended to provide ...
