Cloud-Native Architecture

Can You be Cloud Native Without Being in the Cloud?
One would probably assume that being cloud native means running everything in the cloud. But this isn’t always the case. Enterprise software is typically more complex than that and is often hosted ...

Securing Cloud-Native Data at Rest
Data is central to all cloud-native applications, and keeping that data safe and secure is a challenge all application owners struggle with. When discussing securing the data you use with your cloud-native ...

Cosmonic Open Source Project Integrates Nomad and Cilium
Cosmonic has launched an open source Netreap project to integrate Nomad, an alternative for orchestrating containers from Hashicorp, with the Cilium networking overlay for cloud-native applications created by Isovalent. Dan Norris, head ...

Kubernetes Geek Talk: Understanding Pod Status
In the Kubernetes architecture, a pod is the smallest and simplest unit that can be created and deployed. A pod consists of one or more containers that are tightly coupled and share ...

Red Hat Adds Interconnect and Cybersecurity Services for Kubernetes
Red Hat today added a Red Hat Service Interconnect to its portfolio that is based on an open source Skupper.io project that enables Layer 7 networking between application components running on different ...

Four Challenges Facing all Cloud-Native Architects
Cloud-native architectures have revolutionized the way businesses operate their applications and services in the cloud. This shift provides immense benefits, such as increased agility, scalability and cost savings. However, moving to a ...

Why the Best Cloud-Native Approach is Cloud-Agnostic
Among the many advantages of the cloud-native approach are speed, cost optimization, scalability and reduced time-to-market. It’s no wonder, then, that Gartner estimates that more than 85% of organizations will embrace a ...

Serverless Computing is Great, Except When it’s Not
Serverless computing is an innovative way of operating your application in the cloud. Essentially, it allows you to run an application without the need to allocate computer instances to the program. This ...

SUSE Looks to Extend Reach of Rancher Platform
SUSE has updated its Rancher management platform for Kubernetes to make it simpler to extend the user interface to manage other elements of a cloud-native application environment. Peter Smails, general manager of ...

Managing Technical Debt in a Cloud-Native Application
Technical debt is the cost of doing additional work caused by choosing an easy, limited or sub-optimal solution now rather than using a better approach that would take longer or cost more ...