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Docker Inc. Adds File Synchronization by Acquiring Mutagen
Docker, Inc. has acquired Mutagen to integrate open source file synchronization and networking software within Docker Desktop ...

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 ...

New Relic Acquires Pixie Labs for Kubernetes Visibility
New Relic has announced its intent to acquire Pixie Labs, a startup that has developed an observability platform that runs natively on Kubernetes. Pixie Labs CEO Zain Asgar, who is also adjunct ...

Veeam Acquires Kasten to Protect Kubernetes Data
Veeam Software announced today it has acquired Kasten for $150 million in cash as part of an effort to add a data protection platform for Kubernetes to its broader portfolio. Kasten CEO ...

Mirantis Acquires Open Source Lens IDE Project
Mirantis today revealed it has acquired Lens, an open source integrated development environment (IDE) designed specifically to build applications on top of Kubernetes clusters. Lens was owned by the team that built ...

SUSE Acquires Rancher Labs as Part of Consolidation Wave
SUSE today announced its intention to acquire Rancher Labs, a provider of a framework for automating the management of Kubernetes clusters. Rancher Labs CEO Sheng Liang says the combination of the two ...

Mirantis Acquires Kubernetes Assets from Kontena
Mirantis today announced it has acquired the assets of Kontena, a provider of a distribution of Kubernetes based on Finland. David Van Everen, senior vice president of marketing for Mirantis, says Mirantis ...

IBM Hybrid Cloud Plan for Red Hat Hinges on Kubernetes
IBM and Red Hat made it clear that the foundation of their combined hybrid cloud computing strategy will be Kubernetes once the $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat closes in the second ...

Red Hat’s Acquisition of CoreOS: 4 Reasons Why
Red Hat’s CoreOS acquisition is the current talk of the container world. Why did an open source giant (Red Hat) buy the vendor of an increasingly obscure open source operating system (Container ...

Red Hat Acquires CoreOS to Drive Kubernetes Adoption
Red Hat moved to expand the intellectual capital it can bring to bear regarding containers and the Kubernetes platform by acquiring CoreOS for $250 million. The two companies expect to close the ...