Docker nabs $23M Series B as as new developer focus takes shape

It was easy to wonder what would become of Docker after it sold its enterprise business in 2019, but it regrouped last year as a cloud native container company focused on developers, and the new approach appears to be bearing fruit. Today, the company announced a $23 million Series B investment. Tribe Capital led the […] Continue reading Docker nabs $23M Series B as as new developer focus takes shape

Application container market to grow steadily by 2026

The application container market is expected to register a CAGR of 29% over the forecast period 2021 to 2026, according to ResearchAndMarkets. Increasing deployments of application container across industries Organizations in the retail and e-commerce … Continue reading Application container market to grow steadily by 2026

Google Cloud puts its Kubernetes Engine on autopilot

Google Cloud today announced a new operating mode for its Kubernetes Engine (GKE) that turns over the management of much of the day-to-day operations of a container cluster to Google’s own engineers and automated tools. With Autopilot, as the new mode is called, Google manages all of the Day 2 operations of managing these clusters […] Continue reading Google Cloud puts its Kubernetes Engine on autopilot

Container security is a priority, but who’s responsibility is it?

NeuVector released a survey that identifies current trends and challenges enterprises are grappling with as they increasingly turn to microservices architectures. Among respondents, 80% currently manage active container deployments and 87% are planning… Continue reading Container security is a priority, but who’s responsibility is it?

CaaS Services Through AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud

On the 1st of December, 2020, as the world was preparing for the end of a turbulent year dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic among other things, AWS presented the cloud community with an early present. Container support for AWS Lambda functions. Th… Continue reading CaaS Services Through AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud

CaaS Services Through AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud

On the 1st of December, 2020, as the world was preparing for the end of a turbulent year dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic among other things, AWS presented the cloud community with an early present. Container support for AWS Lambda functions. Th… Continue reading CaaS Services Through AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud

Most containers are running as root, which increases runtime security risk

While container usage reveals organizations are shifting left by scanning images during the build phase, DevOps teams are still leaving their environments open to attack, according to Sysdig. The report also looks at trends, finding a 310 percent growt… Continue reading Most containers are running as root, which increases runtime security risk

Slim.ai announces $6.6M seed to build container DevOps platform

We are more than seven years into the notion of modern containerization, and it still requires a complex set of tools and a high level of knowledge on how containers work. The DockerSlim open source project developed several years ago from a desire to remove some of that complexity for developers. Slim.ai, a new startup […] Continue reading Slim.ai announces $6.6M seed to build container DevOps platform

New Relic acquires Kubernetes observability platform Pixie Labs

Two months ago, Kubernetes observability platform Pixie Labs launched into general availability and announced a $9.15 million Series A funding round led by Benchmark, with participation from GV. Today, the company is announcing its acquisition by New Relic, the publicly traded monitoring and observability platform. The Pixie Labs brand and product will remain in place […] Continue reading New Relic acquires Kubernetes observability platform Pixie Labs