Red Hat unveils OpenShift Platform Plus
Red Hat has launched an updated version of its enterprise application platform, named OpenShift Platform Plus. The update adds Kubernetes-native security capabilities to the OpenShift platform. The firm also announced a set of managed cloud services for OpenShift Dedicated.
They are intended to ...
Mirantis Container Cloud offers Kubernetes on different clouds
Mirantis, the open cloud company, announced Mirantis Container Cloud with hundreds of updates. It includes support for the IaaS solution VMware, which helps businesses build and operate container and virtual machines (VMs) clouds, wherever they want, with consistency.
Adam Parco, the VP of engin...
Crate.io introduces a managed IoT information database to the network edge
Crate.io unveiled a special database for information generated by the Internet of Things (IoT) devices, to the network edge. The new offering is called CrateDB Edge and launched for early adopters. It makes it possible for customers to get data and analyze it at its source, wherever that may be.
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Canonical optimizes mini-Kubernetes for Raspberry Pi
Canonical has made MicroK8s, its simplified version of Kubernetes, suitable for the Raspberry Pi and Nvidia Jetson. This allows less advanced users to practice with Kubernetes and build container clusters for IoT and edge computing applications, for example.
MicroK8s is a stripped-down and simpl...
Docker releases development tools for Apple M1 computers
Docker has made its development toolset Docker Desktop suitable for running natively on the M1 chip. This makes it possible to run Arm-based Docker images on the computers.
With Docker Desktop for Mac, developers can now build container images on the latest generation of macOS platforms that can...
Kubernetes 1.21 deprecates Pod Security and adds dual networking, cronjobs and more
The latest release unloads pod security, adds dual IPv4/IPv6 networking, among other things.
The Kubernetes Release Team has given the green light to version 1.21 of the open-source container orchestration system. This new version marks the first Kubernetes release of 2021. The version offers ma...
Object Storage Platform MinIO now has a Kubernetes operator
MinIO, an object-based storage platform provider, announced on Wednesday that it added an open-source Operator tool to make it easy for IT admins to deploy its platform on Kubernetes clusters. In addition to that, the company added a MinIO console based on the MinIO Operator Custom Resource Definit...
AWS and Red Hat make Red Hat OpenShift available on AWS (ROSA)
Amazon Web Services and Red Hat announced the general availability of Red Hat OpenShift on AWS (ROSA). ROSA is a new managed service available via the AWS Console, making it easier for Red Hat OpenShift customers to build, scale and manage containerized apps on AWS.
Using ROSA, customers can enj...
Sophos lets customers scan container images for malware
Sophos has announced a new update to its Cloud Optix service. The software is now able to scan containers for threats.
With the new version of Sophos Cloud Optix, container images can be scanned for operating system vulnerabilities. This can be done both before and after deployment. The software...
VMs and containers come together in latest Red Hat OpenShift release
Containers are super convenient, especially if you have Kubernetes to manage them. However, most apps today still run on Virtual Machines (VMs). We are going to be in transition for a while, so supporting both VMs and containers in one solution is a good feature to have.
Red Hat brings this capa...
Kubernetes clusters for crypto mining targeted by “Hildegard”
Kubernetes clusters used for cryptocurrency mining are being targeted in the wild by a new form of malware. Details of this were released by security researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42. The malware has been named Hildegard and was first detected in January. It is believed that the TeamTN...
Trend Micro introduces security software for containers
Trend Micro has announced a new security solution. Cloud One - Container Security aims to simplify application security in container environments.
The new security software will be part of the Cloud One platform that Trend Micro announced in late 2019. The company aims to deliver a simple tool t...