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.
CloudBees Marries Jenkins X to Kubernetes
CloudBees has launched a continuous delivery platform designed specifically for deploying applications on top of Kubernetes. CloudBees Core for Kubernetes Continuous Delivery is based on Jenkins X, a modern instance of a ...
Mirantis Launches Managed Service for Kubernetes On-Premises
Mirantis has added a managed Kubernetes service to its portfolio specifically designed for on-premises IT environments with a slight twist. The goal is to provide those managed services with an eye toward ...
CNCF Elevates Envoy Service Proxy Project
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) this week announced the open source Envoy service proxy software originally developed by Lyft has now graduated. Envoy becomes the third CNCF project to achieve this ...
Red Hat Ties Kubernetes Platform Closer to OpenStack
Red Hat this week moved to tie application development and deployment environments based on Kubernetes closer to the latest version of the OpenStack cloud computing framework. The Red Hat OpenStack 14 release ...
VMware Acquires Heptio to Add Kubernetes Expertise
VMware announced it is acquiring Heptio as part of an ongoing effort to extend its reach into clusters based on Kubernetes. Announced at VMworld Europe 2018 conference, the acquisition adds several Kubernetes ...
IBM Hybrid Cloud Plan for Red Hat Hinges on Kubernetes
IBM and Red Hat made it clear that the foundation of their combined hybrid cloud computing strategy will be Kubernetes once the $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat closes in the second ...
Google Extends Spinnaker Continuous Delivery Platform to Kubernetes
The team behind the open source Spinnaker continuous deployment platform have enhanced the level of support being provided for containerized applications deployed on top of Kubernetes clusters. Originally developed by Google and ...
IBM Employs Kubernetes to Tame Multi-Cloud Computing
IBM this week extended the scope of its strategic investment in Kubernetes with the launch of Multicloud Manager, a centralized framework for managing thousands of Kubernetes applications regardless of where they are ...
Aqua Security Partners with Pivotal on Container Security
IT organizations that have embraced Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) now can download container security software from Aqua Security to scan containers running on the platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environment for vulnerabilities. Now generally available ...
The Linux Foundation to Drive Shift to Container Network Functions
The rate at which cloud-native network functions (CNF) are going to employed to drive next-generation networking services is about to accelerate following a decision by the Open Networking Automation Platform (ONAP) and ...
