Kubernetes is a thriving open-source project delivering rapid innovation with releases three times a year. If using fully managed Kubernetes from public cloud providers, be prepared for Kubernetes service life cycles that are aggressive ...

DevOps mentality has moved from strictly the development domain into the Ops world. As a result, traditional Ops — a model rooted in manual processes and executed by siloed teams — is dead. Traditional Ops and IT teams were already experiencing rapid change, but the pandemic sped up the adoption of more decentralized operations. Today, Ops doesn't generally refer to a team, but a responsibility. This blog will contrast Ops in a traditional environment vs. a DevOps environment, challenges to be aware of when adopting a DevOps approach, and actionable steps for organizations looking to implement a DevOps culture ...

The first learning from big tech is: Most large companies — wanting to adopt AI — hire teams to build internal platforms for ML practitioners. But these data scientists or ML engineers are often not familiar with enterprise software engineering. Expecting them to learn is feasible but inefficient, which is where MLOps platforms come in ...

Corporations can spend millions to install effective cybersecurity infrastructure, but what they might fail to notice is that vulnerabilities could be hiding in plain sight in developer repositories. To make database connections, calls to APIs, and many other functions more convenient, developers will often hardcode various credentials, keys, and secrets into a configuration file, or sometimes directly into a function itself. While this practice makes it convenient for developers, it opens up a myriad of vulnerabilities and cybersecurity challenges ...

Kubernetes and the ecosystem of cloud native technologies unlock innovation for organizations and provide a means to achieve the goals of elasticity, agility, optimized resource utilization, reduced service costs and workload portability. Security and optimized resource utilization are high priorities for practitioners, reminding us that the cloud native space is maturing, and focus is moving from Day Zero to Day Two operations, according to the Kubernetes and Cloud Native Operations survey report from Canonical ...

Testing is critical for long-term success, however, many enterprise teams are grappling with the timing of their testing. Today, the traditional software development lifecycle begins with requirements, goes to design, then coding, and ends with testing. The problem with conducting testing at the end is that much of the work is already complete, causing last minute surprises, costly defects, and delays in deploying the final product or update ...