Features Archives

vCluster Embraces Karpenter for Dynamic Scaling of Virtual Kubernetes Nodes

vCluster Labs today added an ability to automatically scale nodes running on a virtual Kubernetes cluster. Company CEO Lukas Gentele said the Auto Nodes capability added to the vCluster platform are enabled ...

Mike Vizard | September 9, 2025 | aws, Karpenter, kubernetes, vcluster

KubeCon, cloud native, ai, cloud-native,

Shimmy’s Early Look: Can’t-Miss Sessions at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025

CNCF turns 10 as KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 heads to Atlanta this November. With 300+ sessions on Kubernetes, AI, platform engineering, security, and observability, the event showcases the next decade ...

Alan Shimel | September 9, 2025 | AI workloads on Kubernetes, cloud native AI, cloud native events, CloudNativeCon 2025, CNCF community, DevOps conferences 2025, KubeCon 2025, KubeCon keynotes, Kubernetes conference Atlanta, Kubernetes security, multi-cluster orchestration, observability Kubernetes, platform engineering, supply chain security

Fitting Square Kubernetes Into the Round AI-Native Apps

Kubernetes tamed cloud-native workloads, but AI-native apps push its limits. Can it evolve for GPU-first, data-intensive AI — or is it time for new control planes? ...

Kubernetes, observability, tracing, kubernetes observability, Grafana labs, kubernetes, observe, tool, Datadog, data, observability, kubernetes Docker Granulate observability

From Observability to Actionability: Why Metrics Alone Aren’t Enough

Observability has plateaued. The next step is actionable observability—using AI, automation, and SLOs to turn telemetry into reliable outcomes ...

Alan Shimel | September 5, 2025 | actionable observability, AIOps, anomaly detection, auto-remediation, cloud native, continuous verification, devops, ELK stack, golden paths, internal developer platforms, metrics logs traces, observability, OpenTelemetry, platform engineering, SLO-driven operations, SRE, telemetry automation

Apple Buys Styra Brains, OPA Remains Open

In what may be the most Apple-esque move in recent memory—quiet, strategic, and totally on-brand—the tech giant has apparently executed an “acquihire without the acquisition” by scooping up the co-founders and core ...

Alan Shimel | September 3, 2025 | Apple, kubernetes, OPA, Styra

GitOps, Red Hat, Civo Flux ,GitOps. Weaveworks Sysdig AI

The GitOps Plateau – Have We Stopped Innovating?

GitOps adoption is steady but innovation has slowed. AI-native GitOps could be the breakthrough that makes Kubernetes delivery smarter, safer, and scalable ...

Alan Shimel | September 3, 2025 | AI-native GitOps, ArgoCD GitOps, event-driven GitOps, Flux GitOps, GitOps and AI, GitOps automation, GitOps for multi-cloud, GitOps future, GitOps innovation, GitOps plateau, GitOps platform engineering, GitOps reconciliation, Kubernetes delivery, Kubernetes YAML automation, policy-as-code GitOps

Akuity, SUSE, Nutanix, kubernetes, cycle, Mirantis, kubernetes, LoftLabs, vNode, Komodor, configurations, application, clusters, virtual, Red Hat, Kubernetes clusters, Komodor, kubernetes, clusters, kubernetes, IDPs, TLS, certificates, clusters, virtual clusters, Kubernetes, Kubernetes, vCluster CAST AI KBOM DoKC Platform9 Kubernetes

CNCF Elevates Platform for Managing Bare Metal Servers Running Kubernetes

CNCF elevates Metal3.io to incubation, advancing open-source automation for managing Kubernetes clusters on bare-metal infrastructure ...

Mike Vizard | September 3, 2025 | AI workloads bare metal, Baremetal Operator BMO, cloud-native infrastructure automation, Cluster API Provider Metal3 CAPM3, CNCF incubation project, CNCF open source projects, Ericsson Metal3, Ironic framework, Kubernetes automation, Kubernetes bare metal, Kubernetes infrastructure management, Kubernetes on bare metal, Kubernetes operators, Metal3.io, Red Hat Metal3

kubernetes, survey, Dapr, CNCF, Survey Finds Growing Container Security Concerns

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, ...

Nathan Eddy | August 29, 2025 | cloud native runtime, CNCF Dapr survey, Dapr adoption 2025, Dapr Agents, Dapr AI workloads, Dapr developer productivity, Dapr large language model API, Dapr multi-cloud strategy, distributed application runtime, microservices development

Arrival of Kubernetes 1.34 Simplifies Raft of Management Challenges

The Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) for Kubernetes today released an update to the platform that adds and revises application programming interfaces (APIs) to resolve a range of performance, management and cybersecurity challenges ...

Mike Vizard | August 27, 2025 | API, DRA, kubernetes, TOC

CI/CD, GitOps, pipelines, Jenkins, kubernetes, kpack, buildpacks, CI/CD, Codefresh, Komodor, AI, clusters, kubernetes, generative AI Kubernetes Argo container security continuous SQL Server Windocks Tekton Kubeflow Red Hat CI/CD

GitOps Under Fire: Resilience Lessons from GitProtect’s Mid-Year 2025 Incident Report

GitOps may power cloud-native delivery, but rising outages and breaches across GitHub, GitLab, Jira, and Azure DevOps expose just how fragile today’s pipelines really are ...