September 9, 2019 bestdevops Google Cloud Leave a comment

Google Cloud gains OSPAR attestation for 75 cloud products

Source: datacenternews.asia Google Cloud has received Singapore’s Outsourced Service Provider Auditor Report (OSPAR) attestation for 75 of its cloud products, including Cloud Deployment Manager, Kubernetes Engine, and Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). The OSPAR framework was established by the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS), which formulated IT security guidelines for outsourced service providers (OSPs) that seek to provide services to Singapore’s financial institutions. The guidelines specify the minimum required IT security controls that OSPs must offer if they wish to do

September 6, 2019 bestdevops Kubernetes Leave a comment

Catching the Second Wave With Kubernetes Open Source Products

Source: containerjournal.com As the Kubernetes ecosystem evolves, analysts are starting to talk about the “second wave” of cloud-native computing. A recent piece in Forbes highlights the increasing emphasis on cloud toolchains: “In the second wave of adoption … most companies find they have a swelling portfolio of cloud tools … and they need a plan to help contend with fragmented cloud environments and accommodate rapid cloud growth.” I’d like to add to that “second wave” sentiment. We’ve been making a case for

July 29, 2019 bestdevops DevOps Leave a comment

DevOps in the cloud: Best practices and pitfalls for cloud deployment and development from Copado

Source:zdnet.com David Brooks, VP of Products at Copado, explains how companies can use DevOps for large-scale cloud deployments and how to avoid common cloud development mistakes. As cloud computing implementations grow in size and scope, successfully managing the deployment of and development process for those services becomes ever more challenging. And when companies attempt to use traditional software development practices such as DevOps with their cloud services, they often run into unique problems. To better understand how companies can use