Cloud-Native Networking
Mavenir Taps Platform9 to Manage CNFs
Platform9 and Mavenir revealed today that Platform9’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for managing Kubernetes environments is being extended to manage container network functions (CNFs) deployed on Mavenir’s network infrastructure. The goal is to ...
VMware Makes Persistent Data Available Via Kubernetes API
VMware announced today general availability of a vSAN Data Persistence Platform, through which Kubernetes clusters will be able to access data stored in VMware platforms. Developed in collaboration with Cloudian and MinIO, ...
Survey Shows Microservices Prefer Key-Value, NoSQL Databases
A survey conducted by IDC suggests the rise of microservices is driving a significant expansion in the number of databases that IT teams will need to manage in the cloud-native era. The survey, conducted ...
Isovalent Looks to Transform Container Networking With eBPF
The way network packets are processed is about to dramatically change for the better, as more Linux distributions integrate extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) capabilities in 2021. Rather than processing packets in ...
F5 Networks to Acquire Volterra to Push Apps to the Edge
F5 Networks announced it intends to acquire Volterra, which provides a platform for managing hybrid cloud computing environments, for $500 million. During an analyst call, F5 Networks CEO François Locoh-Donou highlighted Volterra’s ...
CNFs to Drive Container App Deployment on 5G Networks in 2021
The widespread availability of next-generation 5G wireless networking services will drive a wider range of containerized applications to edge computing platforms in 2021. Most of those 5G networking services will be accessed ...
IBM Extends Red Hat OpenShift Alliance with Samsung
IBM and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd today announced they will extend their existing alliance into the realms of edge computing, 5G, hybrid cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) that at its foundation ...
How to Maximize Efficiency for Today’s Containerized Applications
Containerization is an increasingly popular way to architect modern applications for its portability across locations and platforms, and microservices-based development is a natural complement. Containerized microservices maximize development efficiencies and lend themselves ...
Istio Service Mesh Update Arrives
The committee that oversees the development of the Istio has released the latest update of the open source service mesh, which simplifies the upgrade process and adds a slew of experimental features ...
Solo.io Adds Support for Istio to Rebranded Gloo Portfolio
Solo.io announced today that it has added Gloo Mesh Enterprise, an enterprise version of the previously named Service Mesh Hub offering, which now includes support for the open source Istio service mesh ...
