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New perspectives on diversity, growth, security and hybrid storage shaped KubeCon 2020
New perspectives on diversity, growth, security and hybrid storage shaped KubeCon 2020 November 25, 2020
When Google partnered with the Linux Foundation to create the Cloud Native Computing Foundation in 2015, the new group launched with 18 members. At the time, the founders issued a call that they were open to adding more organizations.

Linux.com: “CNCF: Fostering The Evolution Of TiKV”
Linux.com: “CNCF: Fostering The Evolution Of TiKV” November 25, 2020
PingCAP had high hopes that its TiKV project would develop into a building block for the next generation of distributed systems by providing reliable high quality and practical storage foundation. To accomplish that, it decided to...

SiliconANGLE: “Kubernetes’ etcd data store becomes top-level CNCF project”
SiliconANGLE: “Kubernetes’ etcd data store becomes top-level CNCF project” November 24, 2020
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation today granted top-level project status to etcd, an open-source data management system that serves as a key component of Kubernetes and can be found in many other software projects as well.

TFIR: “CNCF Announces Graduation Of etcd”
TFIR: “CNCF Announces Graduation Of etcd” November 24, 2020
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has announced the graduation of etcd. The project was created at CoreOS in 2013 and joined CNCF in December 2018 as an incubating project.

SiliconANGLE: “Kubernetes’ etcd data store becomes top-level CNCF project”
SiliconANGLE: “Kubernetes’ etcd data store becomes top-level CNCF project” November 24, 2020
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation today granted top-level project status to etcd, an open-source data management system that serves as a key component of Kubernetes and can be found in many other software projects as well.

DevOps.com: “KubeCon Coverage: Incentivizing the DevSecOps Culture”
DevOps.com: “KubeCon Coverage: Incentivizing the DevSecOps Culture” November 23, 2020
Just as DevOps set to de-silo development and operations teams, the DevSecOps movement is bringing security to the same table. A shift-left security mindset is permeating much discussion of late.

InformationWeek: “Apple Discusses Going Cloud Native and the Growing Pains”
InformationWeek: “Apple Discusses Going Cloud Native and the Growing Pains” November 20, 2020
Moving to a new platform for cloud-native application development included discussions of tradeoffs and training to get teams to embrace change.

SiliconANGLE: “Spotify scales its infrastructure with thousands of microservices, open source, and “fail faster” approach”
SiliconANGLE: “Spotify scales its infrastructure with thousands of microservices, open source, and “fail faster” approach” November 20, 2020
Spotify AB can instantly deliver nearly any song available to hundreds of millions of users around the world. The company has experienced meteoric growth and now offers a huge amount of podcast content as well. Its...

SDxCentral: “Kubernetes Complexity Continues to Challenge Vendor Lock-In Concerns”
SDxCentral: “Kubernetes Complexity Continues to Challenge Vendor Lock-In Concerns” November 19, 2020
Kubernetes complexity is forcing end-users to decide if they want to manage their container deployments themselves or rely on established platforms from vendors like VMware and Red Hat, which come with a form of lock in that...

The New Stack: “Kyverno, a New CNCF Sandbox Project, Offers Kubernetes-Native Policy Management”
The New Stack: “Kyverno, a New CNCF Sandbox Project, Offers Kubernetes-Native Policy Management” November 19, 2020
Kyverno, the open source Kubernetes-native policy engine built by Nirmata, has joined the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) this week at the sandbox level. The development team hopes the software will help adoption of Kubernetes policies, by providing a...