Container orchestration

When containers start to significantly populate your software environment, orchestration becomes critical. This section looks at the tools, like Kubernetes, that help put container provisioning and container management tasks on track and methods that help them to work in tandem with your applications and each other.

August 20, 2020 20 Aug'20
Snyk, Accurics secure infrastructure as code

Snyk has introduced a new tool to help developers secure their infrastructure-as-code configurations. Accurics also upgraded its infrastructure-as-code security tool.
August 17, 2020 17 Aug'20
Mirantis buys Lens Kubernetes IDE to reach developers

With the Lens Kubernetes IDE in hand, Mirantis wants to connect directly to a developer base that is becoming more influential in the enterprise.
May 28, 2020 28 May'20
DockerCon 2020 showcases tighter alliance with Microsoft

Docker has introduced an integration with Azure Container Instances that developers can use to run Docker commands in ACI and switch from desktop development to the cloud.
May 28, 2020 28 May'20
Quarkus goes GA, gains Red Hat Runtimes support

With Quarkus, Red Hat targets the popular Spring Boot framework to help developers use Java as a first-class language to build microservices and container-based applications.

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