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

Growth of cloud-native apps and containerization to define 2021

Scality announced its data storage predictions for 2021, focusing on the rapid growth rate of cloud-native apps and containerization. According to IDC, by 2023, over 500 million digital apps and services will be developed and deployed using cloud-nativ… Continue reading Growth of cloud-native apps and containerization to define 2021

The challenges of keeping a strong cloud security posture

It’s simple – you can’t secure what you can’t see or don’t know about. In this interview, Badri Raghunathan, Director of Product Management for Container and Serverless Security at Qualys, talks about cloud security, and their approach for enabling glo… Continue reading The challenges of keeping a strong cloud security posture