Cloud

This year’s Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Europe conference is just around the corner and Cisco will be there. Many may know Cisco as a networking company. And, more recently as provider of the popular UCS and HyperFlex compute platforms. But over the past several years software, services, and security h…

When it comes to multicloud, containers are one of the most compelling technologies to emerge over the past few years. Containers offer new potential by making it possible for applications to start faster and use less memory, provide a consistent development environment, and run anywhere. However, c…

Kubernetes is a production-grade container orchestration solution that automates management of cloud-native applications. Features that make Kubernetes production-grade include automated rollout and rollback, auto-scaling, and self-healing of containerized applications (among other things). It is ea…

Did you know that? I didn’t. I really thought it was just an entire conference dedicated to Linux. Which is fine, but I remember thinking “Wow. A whole lot of really cool open source projects have come along in the wake of Linux. And it’s been sixteen years since they launched this show. Why are the…

As far back as 2016 when Tech Republic used metrics like search queries and StackOverflow activity, Kubernetes claim to fame as the top container cluster management platform has been pretty solid. Follow that up with a survey that the Cloud Native Computing Foundation conducted the summer of 2017, a…

Have you deleted your Facebook account in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica news? I’m not saying you should—really, I’m not—I’m just wondering. Because if you’ve tried, you may have figured out that it’s not that easy. You can’t just zap the app from your phone and call it a day. No—you’ve then go…

Questions about containers? Curious about Kubernetes? We’re not surprised. Though you’ve no doubt heard of them both, you’re probably wondering if they’re actually worth exploring or if they’re hiding behind the hype. Sure, the simplicity and speed offered by containers may have caught the eye of le…

I mean it. And although I have neither the psychology degree nor the clinical experience to back up that diagnosis, I do have this: A newfound understanding of just what it is that Cisco offers through DevNet, where they offer it, and how you can get your hands on it. First off, let’s deal with the…

Breaking up is hard to do, but if it’s concerning PaaS and meeting the growing needs of enterprises and their developers, breaking up—or disaggregation—is exactly what should happen. Consider this: companies have traditionally turned to PaaS for enabling rapid development and deployment of cloud-nat…