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KUBERNETES SPECIAL REPORT
Can real-world enterprises digest all this open-source, startup stuff?
Why does the Cloud Native Computing Foundation now host more than 30 projects? Why are cloud-based startups coming out of the woodwork with narrow point solutions? Mostly just so users can have a better time with an application. But it’s all getting a bit weedy. How can enterprises pick out the right technologies from the ...
32 flavors of Kubernetes and why as-a-service tastes the best
There are a bunch of ways to jump into Kubernetes, the open-source platform for orchestrating virtualized containers for software application deployment. An enterprise could run it on its own on-premises data center. It could also consume it from a service provider — maybe one running its entire cloud on the same Kubernetes service its selling. The latter ...
KUBERNETES SPECIAL REPORT
The next Kubernetes could be available now to daring enterprises
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s central project Kubernetes has suddenly grown up into an enterprise-ready technology. An orchestration platform for software containers, a way to run applications unchanged in many computer environments, Kubernetes is seen as validation for CNCF and for cloud-native technology generally. But CNCF hosts more than 30 projects of varying maturity levels. ...
Cloud-native security for a maturing Kubernetes world
Anyone thinking of pairing cloud-native software development with the security solution they bought nine years ago? Then a lesson in tech matchmaking is due. Boxy old security with fixed parameters will likely shackle the agility of cloud-native computing. The swift mobility of cloud-native operations needs an agile security solution to move in step with it. “Cloud ...
Contrail, Red Hat treat multicloud-network headache with Kubernetes
A number of computing customers lately are asking for a smarter network. This might mean programmability, transparency, multiple lanes for prioritized web traffic, etc. The question is, will software developers and administrators need to get smarter in order to use such networks? Don’t they have their hands full already refactoring applications and managing distributed cloud environments? ...
IBM goes hard in open source so enterprises can take it easy
Supercharging its position as an open-source purveyor, IBM Corp.’s recent acquisition of Red Hat Inc. has helped spread enterprise adoption of containers’ virtualized method for running distributed software applications. IBM now stands as an experienced enterprise player with a new open-source toolset. IBM’s investment in open source goes back years. Big Blue went all-in on Kubernetes, the popular open-source container ...
KUBERNETES SPECIAL REPORT
Kubernetes and serverless are getting chummy in open source
Serverless computing is cloud-native, but not all cloud-native technologies are serverless. Some may assume that developers building modern applications must choose serverless or containers, a virtualized method for running distributed applications. But the Cloud Native Computing Foundation — home to Kubernetes, the popular open-source container orchestration platform — wants everyone to know it’s not partial ...
Don’t get cloudwashed: The good, the bad and the ugly in on-prem cloud
Cloud computing on-premises: fantasy or reality? The vast majority of companies want hybrid information technology. But many are already spoiled on public-cloud agility and elasticity. They’re not keen to settle for rusty old on-prem technology. That’s why so many providers (even Amazon Web Services Inc.) are rushing to market with “cloud on-prem” offerings. But what’s ...
Smart SD-WAN gets network traffic priorities straight
With the spread of distributed software applications and multicloud, the computing network is coming under attack. It’s too slow; the infrastructure is outdated; it’s not intelligent. Legacies like Cisco Systems Inc. and lesser-known startups alike are repaving the path data takes from one point to another. Many are betting on software-defined wide area networking to burst the latency ...
The FBI uses enterprise data tech to fight crime. Does it need its own?
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is tapping Silicon Valley for help eradicating crime. Like enterprises, the FBI is realizing how data analytics can speed it to crucial insights. It is taking some cues from enterprise analytics teams and also struggling to fit made-for-business software to its own mission. “What we’re used to doing is using ...