Kubernetes (sometimes abbreviated to “kube”) is open-sourced, was originally developed by Google, and organizes containers into logical units for transport and use in the cloud. Containers support the construction of self-contained environments capable of transporting data, and the software supporting it. Containers are, ultimately, a way to package software and other application components. It is […]
Data Containers Demystified: A Reliable Data Movement Solution
The Data Management industry has seen a significant rise in the recent interest of data containers. As Cloud Computing has gained popularity, methods for transporting data and its processing instructions, have been investigated, with data containers coming in as a viable a solution. Data containers solve the problem of getting software to run reliably, while […]
The False Technology Choice Dichotomy
Click to learn more about author David Segleau. I recently spent more than a few hours trying to build and configure a DIY solution in the cloud for ad-hoc analytical queries. The exact pieces of software are not that important because all of the build-it-yourself-better-and-cheaper solutions start to look the same after a while. After […]
Portshift Announces Kubei Container Runtime Scanning Software
According to a new press release, “Portshift, a leader in cloud-native workload protection, today introduced Kubei Open Source container scanning software. Kubei is a unique open source Kubernetes runtime images scanning solution, presented to invite developer collaboration for the hardening of runtime environments. Kubei identifies which pods were built from vulnerable images or contain newly […]
What Is Kubernetes?
Kubernetes, or K8s for short, is an open-source system for automating, deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications. Initially internal to Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes is becoming widely adopted across the industry. It addresses two issues. Resources needed to run an API (Application Programming Interface) development may be spread across different hardware, clouds, and teams in different physical […]
Contemporary Data Scientists: Working Machine Learning at Scale
In a recent Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms report, it was expressed that the Data Science and Machine Learning platform market will be in a state of flux over the next few years. Among the drivers of change will be providing Data Scientists with the ability to manage models and collaborate […]
HashiCorp Extends Service Mesh Capabilities With Major Update to Consul
A recent press release reports, “HashiCorp, a leader in cloud infrastructure automation, announced major new functionality for HashiCorp Consul, an open source service mesh to connect, secure, and configure services in dynamic, low-trust network environments. The new capability, called Consul Connect, now enables users to efficiently secure service-to-service communications for containerized and non-containerized services in […]