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Storage Review: “Kubernetes 1.19 released”
Storage Review: “Kubernetes 1.19 released” August 26, 2020
Today, the Kubernetes team officially released version 1.19 of the most popular open-source container-orchestration system. The 1.19 release boasts 34 enhancements despite the disruption caused by COVID-19. 9 of the enhancements are Alpha enhancements, 15 are...

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Container Journal: “Kubernetes 1.19 arrives, a tad later than usual” August 26, 2020
The Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) for Kubernetes tomorrow plans to release version 1.19 of the platform that, in addition to adding debugging and storage management tools, brings closure to some capabilities that have been under development...

IT Ops Times: “Kubernetes 1.19 is now available”
IT Ops Times: “Kubernetes 1.19 is now available” August 26, 2020
The latest release of Kubernetes is now available. Kubernetes 1.19 is the second Kubernetes release of the year. According to the team, the gap between Kubernetes 1.18 and 1.19 was the largest of any two Kubernetes...

The New Stack: “Kubernetes 1.19 brings fully mature Ingress, secure computing mode”
The New Stack: “Kubernetes 1.19 brings fully mature Ingress, secure computing mode” August 26, 2020
Although the release of Kubernetes’ most recent version was a bit delayed, the Kubernetes release team just introduced Kubernetes version 1.19, with several updates that enhance the production readiness of Kubernetes. These improvements include the general availability of...

The New Stack: "KubeCon EU: Envoy looks to WebAssembly to extend microservices monitoring"
The New Stack: "KubeCon EU: Envoy looks to WebAssembly to extend microservices monitoring" August 24, 2020
Envoy is an open-source network proxy that runs alongside applications to provide them with common features in a platform-agnostic manner. Envoy contributor and Software Engineer at Tetrate.io, Yaroslav Skopets offered up at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe,...

SearchITOperations: "OpenTelemetry aids distributed tracing, Kubernetes monitoring"
SearchITOperations: "OpenTelemetry aids distributed tracing, Kubernetes monitoring" August 21, 2020
The OpenTelemetry project defines a standard set of data collectors that support multiple observability tools, which offers significant advantages for Kubernetes monitoring, early adopters say.

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SearchITOperations: “Kubernetes security defaults prompt upstream dilemma” August 21, 2020
Kubernetes is now in mainstream enterprise use but still must support other audiences, from cloud service providers to high-performance computing, or HPC, shops. Tension among these varied interests surfaced this week in discussions about whether the...

Computing: "Monzo: we learned a lot from self-hosting Kubernetes, but we wouldn't do it again"
Computing: "Monzo: we learned a lot from self-hosting Kubernetes, but we wouldn't do it again" August 20, 2020
UK challenger bank Monzo was an early adopter of Kubernetes, using microservices, Docker containers and version 1.2 of the container orchestration platform to scale its operations rapidly. After five years it has built a customer base...

InformationWeek: "KubeCon + CloudNativeCon shows enterprise software dev growth"
InformationWeek: "KubeCon + CloudNativeCon shows enterprise software dev growth" August 20, 2020
The shift to online due to COVID-19 has led to an increased need for compute and cloud native, according to Priyanka Sharma, general manager for the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). She shared that and other...

DevClass: "Prometheus, isn’t it? CNCF rounds off community shindig by slipping Thanos and Cortex into incubator"
DevClass: "Prometheus, isn’t it? CNCF rounds off community shindig by slipping Thanos and Cortex into incubator" August 20, 2020
With no significant project update available in time for CloudNativeCon, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation has stretched its incubator to 21 by welcoming monitoring projects Thanos and Cortex in. The new status and the associated determination...