Cloud-Native Networking
NetApp Acquires StackPointCloud to Stake Kubernetes Claim
NetApp this week signaled a significant expansion of its cloud-native computing ambitions by acquiring StackPointCloud, a provider of a Kubernetes-as-a-service platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Anthony Lye, general manager ...
CNCF Advances Linkerd Service Mesh Project
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) this week released an update to the Linkerd project that makes the open source service mesh platform smaller, faster and more accessible to IT organizations. William ...
CNCF Adopts Database Project
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is now hosting an open source distributed transactional key-value database optimized for stateful applications running in a container. Based on concepts put forward by Google in ...
Ixia Brings Packet-Level Visibility to Workloads on Containers
Ixia, a unit of Keysight Business, has extended the reach of the Ixia CloudLens visibility platform into the realm of containers. Sushil Srinivasan, senior product manager for Ixia, says the company’s software-as-a-service ...
LINBIT Brings Persistent Block Storage to Kubernetes
LINBIT today announced it has made support for Kubernetes clusters generally available on its open source software-defined storage (SDS) software that now integrates with the open source MariaDB relational database. The LINBIT ...
MapR Extends Platform for AI, More Security Tools
MapR Technologies has added a number of new features to the MapR Data Platform, including the addition of direct support for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The new capabilities the platform now offers ...
Sumo Logic Brings Machine Data Analytics to Docker and Kubernetes
Sumo Logic this week announced that its cloud-based platform for analyzing machine data now supports Docker containers as well as Kubernetes and the Amazon EKS cloud service. In addition, Sumo Logic has ...
LINBIT to Bring Open Source Block Storage to Containers
Containerized applications now can access block storage typically accessed by high-performance storage systems supporting enterprise applications based on relational databases thanks to LINBIT. Available now in beta, LINSTOR is block storage software ...
IBM Melds Data Management with Kubernetes
IBM this week made available a data management platform built on microservices deployed on top of Kubernetes. Rob Thomas, general manager for IBM Analytics, says IBM Private Cloud (IPC) for Data now ...
Stackpoint Simplifies Mastering Istio Routing Tables
StackPointCloud wants to make it easier for developers to master the networking complexities associated with deploying microservices when using the Istio service mesh running on top of a Kubernetes cluster. Company CEO ...
