Chef InSpec 3.0 released with compliance audits and remediation capabilities for DevSecOps
Chef has announced a major release to its compliance automation platform InSpec. Version 3.0 of the solution includes a new plugin architecture, improved usability, enhanced management and automation compliance for Terraform, and improved performance. According to the company, this release is meant to target DevSecOps teams. In addition, the release includes a number of bug … continue reading
premium Windows Server 2019 release gives IT Ops pros plenty to consider
Microsoft’s new Windows Server 2019 promises to bring significant improvements to IT operations professionals and managers seeking to more easily bridge their datacenters with the public cloud. Showcased at the recent Microsoft Ignite conference in Orlando, Florida the Windows Server 2019 became generally available earlier this month. The release of Windows Server 2019 comes as … continue reading
Kaloom makes Software-Defined Fabric for white box software-defined networking at scale generally available
Data center networking automation company Kaloom released its Software Defined Fabric (SDF) solution into general availability. SDF is a containerized software suite designed to provide networking capabilities for white box, or custom-built, routing and switching hardware at hyperscale. “Since founding Kaloom, our goal has been to deliver the most automated, programmable and scalable data center … continue reading
Google introduces Stackdriver IRM for Site Reliability Engineering
Google announced a new Site Reliability Engineering-inspired tool for investigating, understanding, mitigating and recovering from incidents quickly and efficiently. Stackdriver Incident Response and Management (IRM) on Google Cloud Platform is available as an alpha version and features new monitoring tools for SRE journeys. After facing availability and reliability challenges, Google created SRE and SRE principles … continue reading
Red Hat’s OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 is now available
Red Hat has released version 3.11 of the OpenShift Container Platform. This release ships with Kubernetes 1.11 and includes new features to streamline Day 2 cluster and application operations. “In short, we’ve made central administration for your clusters, environments, and users easier, while providing expanded Prometheus capabilities for gathering Kubernetes-native metrics,” the company wrote in … continue reading
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
SUSE is bringing a new Kubernetes-native implementation of the Cloud Foundry development model to SUSE Cloud Application Platform
SUSE today announced that a new Kubernetes-native implementation of the popular Cloud Foundry development model is coming to SUSE Cloud Application Platform, advancing the company’s drive to help enterprises accelerate application delivery, speed innovation and increase business agility. This is SUSE’s latest move to provide Kubernetes users with the top cloud native DevOps experience by … 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
Quobyte releases new operator for Kubernetes
Quobyte® Inc., a leading developer of modern storage system software, today announced the release of its Operator for Kubernetes, a new deployment and management tool to create simple and efficient storage for Kubernetes stateful applications. Quobyte’s Operator for Kubernetes runs Quobyte clients to make storage available to the applications in the containers. It runs Quobyte … 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
PureSec serverless security platform announces free tier, new funding
Serverless security company PureSec announced a successful round of series A funding totalling $7 million led by Square Peg Capital today alongside the release of a free service tier for the company’s serverless security runtime. “We’re on a mission to protect each and every serverless application out there,” Shaked Zin, co-founder and CEO of PureSec, … continue reading
Ansiblefest 2018: Red Hat previews new security automation and launches certification for Ansible plugins
Red Hat previewed new security automation integrations coming to its Ansible Automation platform early next year and launched the Red Hat Ansible Automation Certification Program for thorough vetting of internally and partner-developed modules and plugins for the platform at the Red Hat Ansiblefest 2018 in Austin this week. According to the company, the new security … continue reading
