Container Storage/Rise of Stateful Apps

Why Dapr is the Productivity Boost Every Cloud-Native Team Needs
A new CNCF survey shows 96% of developers using Dapr report faster development cycles, with many citing 30%+ productivity gains. Adoption of the open-source runtime is accelerating as enterprises expand AI-driven applications, ...

Broadcom Advances VMware Tanzu with AI, Data Intelligence and App Modernization Tools
Broadcom is expanding VMware Tanzu with new AI, data intelligence, and modernization tools to simplify cloud-native application development and operations ...

Are We Still Arguing Over Cloud Native Being Enterprise or SME?
Still arguing whether cloud native is for enterprises or startups? Stop. From AI solo founders to Fortune 500s, the only thing that matters is speed, resilience and solving real problems — cloud ...

Serverless Monitoring Best Practices
Serverless monitoring demands a new approach, combining structured logs, meaningful metrics and distributed traces with advanced cost controls and automation to keep applications fast, resilient and efficient ...

Why Cloud-Native Contact Centers Are Becoming an Industry Standard
The direction of travel is toward autonomous contact centers, where systems self-heal, auto-optimize and predict customer needs before they arise ...

Open Source Isn’t Free: The Sustainability Crisis in Cloud-Native
Companies can — and should — be better stewards of the open source projects they rely on. Financially support them. Contribute back code ...

CNCF Adds Additional Cloud Native Certifications
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 conference today made two platform engineering certificates designed for IT professionals ...

Tips For Stateful Kubernetes Data Backup And Recovery
All systems need a plan for data backup and recovery. It doesn’t matter if your application’s running on the cloud, on-premises or in a refrigerator at the edge of a network—it will ...

Building Stateful Apps on K8s Takes a Village
Running stateful, often business-critical applications in Kubernetes is increasingly common. It’s simple, right? Kubernetes just wants fast, simple access to persistent volumes and databases. With the right storage management, optimization, automation and ...

High Availability for Containerized SQL Server in K8s
Containers have numerous benefits for IT operations. But when it comes to using containerized stateful workloads, such as Microsoft SQL Server, a key obstacle remains: Implementing high availability (HA). Kubernetes is well ...