Cloud-Native Platforms
10 Best Practices Worth Implementing to Adopt Kubernetes
We already know that Kubernetes is the No. 1 orchestration platform for container-based applications, automating the deployment and scaling of these apps and streamlining maintenance operations. However, Kubernetes comes with its own ...
2nd Watch Adds Hybrid Anthos Practice to IT Services Portfolio
2nd Watch, a provider of IT services, has extended the reach of its practice to include Google Anthos, a hybrid cloud computing platform based on Kubernetes. The Hybrid Cloud Solutions with Anthos ...
GitLab Automates App Delivery Via Kubernetes Agent
GitLab, as part of an update to its core continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform, has added support for GitLab Kubernetes Agent (GKA) that makes it possible for Kubernetes clusters to automatically pull ...
Ionir Simplifies Data Migration Between Kubernetes Clusters
On the heels of raising an additional $11 million in funding, Ionir today launched a namesake software-defined storage and data management platform that makes it easier to copy or move stateful applications ...
Grafana Labs Offers On-Premises Edition of Prometheus
Grafana Labs has unveiled a Grafana Metrics Enterprise edition of its implementation of the open source Prometheus monitoring platform that can be deployed on-premises. Previously, Grafana Labs made a Prometheus platform available ...
Pure Storage Buys Portworx to Advance Stateful Kubernetes Apps
Pure Storage announced this week it has acquired Portworx for $370 million in cash as part of an effort to accelerate the adoption of stateful applications on Kubernetes clusters. Under the terms ...
Mirantis Adds Free Tier to Managed Kubernetes Service
Mirantis, at its online Launchpad 2020 conference, announced that its managed Kubernetes service will be available free of charge without any limitations in functionality for up to three Kubernetes clusters totaling 15 ...
VMware Expands Tanzu Kubernetes Universe
VMware today announced a series of updates to its core platforms that includes repackaging the Tanzu instance of Kubernetes that paves the way for a forthcoming edition optimized for DevOps teams. The ...
Open Source Prevails in Monitoring, CNCF Finds
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) today published the results of a survey of end users that finds only one commercial monitoring platform has thus far gained traction among organizations that have ...
Microsoft Sets Kubernetes Strategy for the Enterprise
Microsoft is starting to press its case to let it manage Kubernetes clusters on behalf of enterprise IT organizations as they shift toward building and deploying cloud-native applications based on containers. Lachie ...

