Sysdig’s Falco project joins the CNCF
The CNCF wants to bring awareness to runtime security and make it easier for the community to build secure cloud-native applications. In order to achieve this goal, it has accepted Sysdig’s open-source runtime container security project, Falco, into the Cloud Native Sandbox. According to Sysdig, Falco was designed to give DevSecOps visibility into how containers … continue reading
The Cloud Foundry Foundation accepts two new projects for integrating Kubernetes
The Cloud Foundry Foundation’s Project Management Committees (PMCs) have accepted two new Kubernetes projects: Eirini and CF Containerization. Eirini is an incubating effort within the Application Runtime PMC, while CF Containerization with will incubate in the BOSH PMC. BOSH is the foundation’s open-source tool for release engineering, deployment and life cycle management. Eirini was initially … continue reading
Alert Logic extends container security capabilities to multiple environments
Security-as-a-Service provider Alert Logic has announced a major update to its Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) for containers. According to the company, this release adds container log management, as well as extending capabilities to Microsoft Azure, on-premises, and hosted environments. These new capabilities will offer organizations a single interface for managing the security of containers, … continue reading
NGINX introduces improved app delivery, API management, and service mesh capabilities
NGINX has announced several new enhancements to the NGINX Application Platform across three of its solutions: NGINX Plus, NGINX Controller, and NGINX Unit. NGINX Controller 2.0 will include an enhanced Load Balancer Module that features advanced configuration management. This allows for a configuration-first approach with version control, diffing, reverting, and ServiceNow integration, the company explained. … continue reading
Rancher 2.1 introduces improved cluster operations and application management for Kubernetes
Container management provider Rancher Labs has announced the latest version of its open-source Kubernetes management platform. According to the company, Rancher 2.1 introduces next-generation capabilities for automatic cluster operations and application management. It also adds a migration path for organizations moving from the company’s Cattle orchestrator to Rancher Kubernetes. A key new feature of the … continue reading
SwiftStack integrates with Splunk Enterprise SmartStore
SwiftStack, the leader in multi-cloud data management, today announced full support for the new Splunk Enterprise 7.2 with SmartStore, unveiled today at Splunk .conf18. The day-one-ready solution is the result of Splunk and SwiftStack’s joint efforts to give Splunk users a storage infrastructure with twice the storage capacity for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) data at … continue reading
SDN makes troubleshooting network issues painful
The proliferation of social media, mobile devices, and cloud computing is pushing the traditional data center to its limits. Software-defined networking is “the network industry’s response to a problem that spans a couple of decades,” explained Jason Baudreau, project strategist at NetBrain. That problem is troubleshooting issues when they arise. It is essentially an effort … continue reading
Teleport 3.0 provides ITOps with method for managing privileged access to their infrastructure
Gravitational has announced Kubernetes support in version 3.0 of its open-source privileged access management software, Teleport. Gravitational is a provider of compliance solutions for cloud-native applications and infrastructure. Teleport 3.0 provides InfoSec, system architects, and systems engineers with a way to manage privileged access to their infrastructure while meeting compliance requirements, reducing operational overhead, and … continue reading
Kubernetes 1.12 released with Kubelet TLS Bootstrap and Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
The third release of 2018 of Kubernetes is now available. Kubernetes 1.12 focuses on internal improvements and graduating features to stable. Key features of this release include Kubelet TLS Bootstrap and support for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS). According to the team, these new features are focused on security, availability, resiliency and getting production … continue reading
Flexera acquires RightScale to strengthen its IT asset optimization suite
Flexera has announced that it has acquired multi-cloud management and cost optimization company, RightScale. By adding RightScale’s products to its portfolio, Flexera hopes that it is a taking a big step towards solving the problem of cloud services overspending and control. According to a presentation by Gartner’s Matt Corsi at the Vendor & Asset Management … continue reading
Eclipse Foundation and CNCF working to create new Kubernetes IoT Edge Working Group
The Eclipse Foundation has announced that it will be collaborating with the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) to create a new Kubernetes IoT Edge Working Group to address the increasing demand for Kubernetes in IoT cloud and edge environments. IDC predicts that worldwide spending on IoT will reach $1.2 trillion by 2022, with IoT at … continue reading
Cloudian joins the iROD Consortium
Enterprise data storage company Cloudian has joined the iRODS Consortium, a foundation that leads development and support of the integrated Rule-Oriented Data System (iRODS), bringing their combined solution to Cloudian users. “Increasing data management efficiency is central to our customers’ objectives as they strive to manage more complex storage environments without increasing management workload,” said … continue reading
