All things Kubernetes: What you’re missing at KubeCon this week

Source:-siliconangle.com This week, throngs of cloud-native computing fans were set to descend on Amsterdam for KubeCon, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s conference for all things Kubernetes. Alas, like so many other conferences, the CNCF decided to postpone KubeCon. But that doesn’t mean I can’t still write about the highlights of the show in this article. It just means that everyone involved had to participate in the briefings from home. I winnowed down 75 or so exhibitors to a dozen highlights,

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Zettaset Adds Kubernetes Support to Encryption Platform

Source:-containerjournal.com Zettaset announced it has added support for Kubernetes to its software for encrypting data at rest. Company CEO Tim Reilly says Zettaset XCrypt Kubernetes Encryption is designed to make it easier for IT organizations that have adopted Kubernetes to centralize the management of encrypted data across multiple Kubernetes clusters. Previously, Zettaset had enabled the data stored on physical storage systems by Docker containers to be encrypted at rest. That approach makes it possible to now automate encryption policy management as part

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How cloud-native app development can help future-proof your business

Source:-tahawultech.com Adopting a cloud-native strategy can provide organisations with a significant competitive advantage for many years to come, says Erica Langhi, EMEA senior solutions architect, Red Hat. The increased focus on digital transformation highlights the business advantages of change. But, due to the complexities and challenges faced in the pursuit of innovation, organisations do not always obtain real long-term value. One of the biggest challenges with digital transformation projects is that systems need to remain functional, secure, and predictable in

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Google Cloud Unveils Kubernetes-based Game Servers beta

Source:-.thefastmode.com Google Cloud has announced the availability of Game Servers beta, a managed service offering of open source game server Agones. Agones is an open source game server hosting and scaling project built on Kubernetes, was cofounded by Google Cloud and Ubisoft to offer a simpler option. Whereas Agones is ideal for managing regional game server clusters, Game Servers supercharges Agones to simplify managing global multi-cluster game server fleets. Developers who are already running Agones in production workloads may now

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Is Kubernetes the Cure to Cantankerous 5G Core?

Source:-sdxcentral.com The full arsenal of technology required to deliver on the promise of 5G hasn’t reached commercial networks – yet. Ultra-reliable, low-latency communications, network slicing, edge services, and converged access hinges on the adoption of cloud-native and containers by telecommunication providers. Nokia argues the only way to achieve these goals is to have a cloud-native core. The Finnish vendor isn’t the only one doubling down on that idea. A report from ABI Research contends that the “momentum of enterprise 5G

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How to Secure Your Kubernetes Deployments

Source:-darkreading.com As more companies shift their software to a microservices-based architecture and orchestrate their containerized applications in Kubernetes, distributed security controls become a must. At a time when almost every company is to some degree a software company, digital transformation and cloud adoption are not just strategic but critical to enterprise success. Whether companies were born into the cloud or are just setting foot into it, it’s important to know that the traditional security practices of firewall-based network segmentation are

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Kubernetes Security: Key Factors to Consider

Source:-containerjournal.com Here are six ways organizations can increase their Kubernetes security Containers and Kubernetes adoption have been phenomenal in the last year. According to the recently published CNCF report, container adoption has jumped to 84%, with Kubernetes being adopted by 78% of respondents to orchestrate those containers. However, there are security concerns regarding containers and Kubernetes. As StackRox’s ‘The State of Container and Kubernetes Security Report 2020″ notes, Kubernetes and container security have become pain points for technical leaders and

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Google Announces Beta Launch of Cloud AI Platform Pipelines

Source:-infoq.com Google Cloud Platform (GCP) recently announced the beta launch of Cloud AI Platform Pipelines, a new product for automating and managing machine learning (ML) workflows, which leverages the open-source technologies TensorFlow Extended (TFX) and Kubeflow Pipelines (KFP). In a recent blog post, product manager Anusha Ramesh and developer advocate Amy Unruh gave an overview of the offering and its features. Cloud AI Platform Pipelines addresses the problem of managing end-to-end ML workflows, which span the lifecycle from ingesting raw

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Top Container Management Platforms For Developers & Businesses

Source:-analyticsindiamag.com Container management platforms are leveraged by developers to launch, test, and secure applications in resource-independent environments. Containers include components of applications, libraries, or collections of source code that can be used or deployed on demand. The container management platforms support users designate resources to optimise performance and balance system workloads. Companies utilise container management platforms to streamline container performance and to evade the complexities of system architectures. Given there are tens of container platforms presently available, in this article, we list

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Google launches a-built ‘Game Servers’ beta for high-scalability cloud gaming backend

Source:-siliconangle.com Google today announced the availability of “Game Servers” in beta test mode, a managed service offering using a service called Agones, which is an open-source game server hosting and scaling project built on Kubernetes. Using Agones, game developers and publishers can provide critically needed servers for games to maintain great multiplayer experiences. Game developers now increasingly rely on dedicated severs in order to deliver lag-free and high-fidelity gameplay for connecting players, but scaling in these environments can be difficult. In

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Threading the Needle on Kubernetes Complexity with AI-Powered Observability

Source:-devops.com If you run down the laundry list of major industries–transportation, retail, healthcare, automotive, financial services–you’ll see that the major players in each have essentially become software companies. What they do and how they serve their customers rests entirely on their software working perfectly. Underpinning this is a massive digital transformation that has shifted organizations away from the old, static ways of enterprise IT monoliths. Instead, today’s businesses are working in more dynamic IT environments–agile, multi-cloud and, especially for new

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NetApp cans Kubernetes and Cloud Volumes services on HCI. But what is waiting in the wings?

Source:-blocksandfiles.com NetApp is shuttering NKS on HCI and Cloud Volumes on HCI, with effect from April 20. In their place, the storage giant is readying “some very cool things in the works for NetApp and Kubernetes where there is more value than NKS (NetApp Kubernetes Services) was and is,” a source close to the company told us. NetApp said yesterday via a customer communique it would simplify and unify Kubernetes services across ONTAP and other product lines. “Both partners and

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Compare GitOps vs. DevOps for modern app deployments

Source:-searchitoperations.techtarget.com Despite some overlap, GitOps and DevOps differ in several important ways, especially as organizations embrace containers and application componentization. As software development tools and practices continue to evolve, it’s essential that dev teams collaborate with IT operations admins, as these admins deploy what developers design and build. DevOps and GitOps are two approaches that blur the lines between IT ops and development tasks — and while they share some common principles, they also have key differences. DevOps was conceived

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How Team Interactions Help Kubernetes Adoption with Manuel Pais at QCon London

Source:-infoq.com Manuel Pais talked at QCon London [slides] about how team interactions are vital to reduce cognitive load to have a successful adoption of Kubernetes. Pais recommends having a team dedicated to building a digital platform on top of Kubernetes for development teams to use it. And, organizations can get started by assessing the team’s cognitive load, defining a digital platform, and setting clear team interactions. Kubernetes helps development teams to work with the complexity of distributed systems, and it

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Kubernetes Security Leader Alcide Simplifies PCI and GDPR K8s Compliance for DevOps and Security Teams

Source:-aithority.com Alcide the Kubernetes security leader empowering DevSecOps teams with end-to-end continuous security guardrails for Kubernetes deployments, announced that the Alcide Kubernetes Security Platform now supports compliance scans for PCI and GDPR, enabling DevOps to deliver regulatory compliance checks rapidly and seamlessly alongside Alcide’s leading Kubernetes security capabilities. Gartner predicts that distributed cloud solutions will be a strategic technology trend in 2020. As such, companies will need tools that are purpose built to solve security and compliance challenges such as

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Platform9 Adds More Tiers to Kubernetes Service

Source:-containerjournal.com With more IT teams now being required to work from home to help combat the COVID-19 outbreak, the ability to manage Kubernetes clusters remotely via a SaaS platform has become a lot more relevant, adds Maskasky. To achieve that capability, an IT organization simply needs to install Platform9 agent software in its Kubernetes cluster. In general, Maskasky says it’s clear more organizations are trying to operationalize Kubernetes at scale. The biggest challenge IT teams face is the shortage of

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A step-by-step tutorial for Kubernetes implementation

Source:-searchitoperations.techtarget.com This Kubernetes implementation example demonstrates how to create a single-node cluster on Windows 10 to get a containerized application up and running. Kubernetes enables developers and system administrators to quickly deploy applications and scale them to their requirements, without downtime. A Kubernetes system is highly configurable, and almost everything revolves around four important concepts: nodes, pods, deployments and services. Ready to dive into a Kubernetes implementation? Here are the key steps and Kubernetes commands to get started. Learn the

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Containers and Kubernetes: 3 transformational success stories

Source:-sg.channelasia.tech Powerful combo of workload portability and orchestration has become an invaluable business asset in multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments Companies across industries are pushing to move data and workloads to the cloud, whether as part of digital transformations or to avoid building costly new infrastructure to handle growing demand. For many organisations, key to this move are containers and Kubernetes — especially when multiple cloud services are involved. Containers are standalone software packages that bundle together all of an

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Hitachi Vantara Skims Containership’s Kubernetes Assets

Source:-sdxcentral.com Hitachi Vantara scooped up the debris of Containership’s disastrous Kubernetes cruise, announcing that it has acquired the assets of the failed startup for an undisclosed amount. The deal comes six months after Containership permanently docked its operations. Bobby Soni, COO for Hitachi Vantara’s Digital Infrastructure Business Unit, explained in a blog post that the acquisition includes Containership’s “Kubernetes IP” that is based on its Kubernetes Engine. That platform is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)-certified Kubernetes distribution that supports

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D2iQ hurries into the CI/CD space, presents Dispatch

Source:-devclass.com D2iQ has broadened its portfolio by adding newly released cloud native CI/CD platform Dispatch to its Kubernetes distribution Konvoy. The new tool, from the company formerly known as Mesosphere, aims at providing a “clear separation of responsibilities between developers and operators,” while “embracing cloud native CI/CD GitOps processes”. In Dispatch the latter simply means that configurations for pipelines and application deployment are all stored in a Git repository. To make sure that neither devs nor ops are scared away

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