A better Kubernetes from the ground up

We can look back on the recent virtual KubeCon/CloudNativeCon 2020 event as marking the inflection point of Kubernetes becoming a ubiquitous architectural unit of enterprise computing of the future. More than 25,000 attended online, and millions more have downloaded hundreds of unique cloud native project binaries and packaged distributions at every stage of development [] The post KubeCon 2020 h

Israeli cloud security startup Lightspin has launched after closing a $4 million seed round. The financing round was led by Ibex Investors with some participation from angel investors. The SaaS platform specifically protects cloud native, Kubernetes and microservices from known and unknown risks. Founded by former ‘white hat’ hackers, Lightspin’s technology uses graph-based tools and [] The post E

Modernizing a tax-season fixture - Intuit migrates TurboTax to Kubernetes and lives to tell the tale Kurt Marko Wed, 11/25/2020 - 08:29 Summary: Intuit’s experience migrating TurboTax and related services to Kubernetes in time for the 2020 tax season makes for an excellent use study in cloud infrastructure engineering.

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation today granted top-level project status to etcd, an open-source data management system that serves as a key component of Kubernetes and can be found in many other software projects as well. Today’s milestone follows a nearly two-year incubation period. Open-source technologies incubated by the CNCF graduate to top-level status when [] The post Kubernetes’ etcd

Robin.io hits its stride with growing adoption of Robin Cloud Native Storage for Kubernetes as it achieves production deployments, partnerships, product enhancements, and analyst recognitions.(PRWeb November 22, 2020)Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/robin_io_builds_momentum_with_robin_cloud_native_storage_for_kubernetes/prweb17564810.htm

What is dark matter or dark energy? Why don’t we see antimatter? These are questions that help us understand the origin of the universe. CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world’s largest and most respected centers for scientific research. Its purpose is to find out what the universe is made of and [] The post CERN explores the universe with the help of Kubernetes

Back when users of VMware Inc.s virtual machines cried out for their own backup solution, Veeam Software Inc. answered. Now, what about containers (a virtualized method for running distributed applications)? As they go on replacing VMs in a lot of IT shops, do they need their own specialized backup and data management technology? They do, [] The post Kubernetes gets its very own app-aware backup

The Quarkus framework allows developers to build Kubernetes-native Java applications, now on OpenShift.

‘Like any good family, you’re going to have fights,’ says dev relations bloke The team behind the NoSQL database DataStax, which is built on Apache Cassandra, has emitted a distribution designed specifically for Kubernetes and supports stateful workloads – and it’s called K8ssandra.…