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Google Adds Istio and Knative Support to GKE Cloud Service
As part of an effort to make it easier for IT organizations to embrace multiple computing frameworks in the cloud, Google this week at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2018 conference ...
Oracle Extends Curated Kubernetes Platform
Oracle this week announced it is extending the scope of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure managed services it provides on top of its managed Kubernetes service to include monitoring, notifications, event, streaming and ...
Nutanix Preps Kubernetes Distribution
Nutanix this week announced at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2018 conference it plans to deliver a curated instance of Kubernetes next year as part of its effort to extend its ...
What is Service Mesh and Why Do We Need It?
In a microservices ecosystem, usually cross-cutting concerns such as service discovery, service-to-service and origin-to-service security, observability and resiliency are deployed via shared asset such as an API gateway or ESB. As a ...
CNCF Takes Control of Open Source etcd Data Store Project
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), which oversees the development of Kubernetes, announced today that the open source etcd distributed key value store has now been accepted as a complementary incubation project ...
The Ultimate Guide to Container Security
How do you keep containers secure? That’s a big question, especially given how many distinct components you have to secure in a containerized environment. But it’s a question that has clear answers ...
VMware Embraces Istio Service Mesh
At the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2018 conference, VMware today announced a beta release of a service mesh for Kubernetes based on the open source Istio project. Pere Monclus, CTO for ...
Indeed Report Finds Kubernetes Job Market Hot
A new report from online job-search site Indeed finds IT professionals with the skills required to manage Kubernetes container orchestration software is now the single-most searched topic on the company’s site. Andrew ...
Kubernetes Security Flaw Raises IT Operations Concerns
A recently identified security flaw in Kubernetes container orchestration software is adding fuel to a simmering debate over how the Kubernetes update process should be managed. The security flaw involves a privilege ...
How to Use Minikube to Create Kubernetes Clusters and Deploy Applications
In my previous post, I introduced the Kubernetes platform and discussed some key concepts. Now we are going to create new Kubernetes cluster using Minikube, a lightweight Kubernetes implementation that creates a ...

