Cloud-Native Platforms
Mirantis Commits to Providing Ongoing Support for Dockershim
Mirantis announced today it will update the Mirantis Container Runtime to include built-in support for the dockershim mechanism that will enable legacy Docker containers to run, even after version 1.23 of Kubernetes ...
A Maturity Model for Cloud-Native Databases
Companies have been leveraging Kubernetes and other technologies to move workloads to the clouds. But several nagging challenges have remained: what to do with the data layer, what technologies should you use, ...
Identifying and Trimming Hidden Container Costs
The majority of Kubernetes workloads are underutilizing CPU and memory, according to a report from DataDog, “11 Facts About Real-World Container Use.” While it’s important to allocate room for fluctuation, an unnecessary ...
Loft Labs Makes K8s Virtualization Software Open Source
Loft Labs today announced that its virtualization software for Kubernetes clusters is now available as an open source project. Available on GitHub, the vcluster software created by Loft Labs makes it possible ...
Reining in Kubernetes Costs in the Cloud
IT organizations have been overprovisioning infrastructure since the dawn of IT, but a survey published today by StormForge, a provider of performance testing tools, suggests the addition of Kubernetes clusters to IT ...
Containers and Kubernetes in the DevOps Value Stream
While there is no standard definition of DevOps, I think most people agree that a major goal of DevOps is to improve value by reducing lead times and removing bottlenecks in software ...
Rethinking Observability for Kubernetes
Observability is a staple of high-performing software and DevOps teams. Research shows that a comprehensive observability solution, along with a number of other technical practices, positively contributes to continuous delivery and service ...
Kubernetes 1.21 Addresses Raft of Enterprise Issues
The technical oversight committee (TOC) for Kubernetes today is releasing a 1.21 update that addresses a wide range of operational and security issues that should ultimately make the platform easier to manage ...
Containers and Kubernetes For Continuous Testing
Software services architected as microservices, packaged in containers, and orchestrated with Kubernetes changes the game for continuous testing because of the excellent alignment with the five tenets of continuous testing. The DevOps ...
MinIO Adds Kubernetes Operator for Object Storage Platform
MinIO, a provider of an object-based storage platform, announced today it has added an open source Operator tool that makes it easier for IT administrators to deploy its platform on Kubernetes clusters ...
