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February 11, 2022
by sjvn01
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CNCF reports record Kubernetes and container adoption

A few years ago when Docker was new, we thought containers would finally be a big deal, but we weren’t sure. Fast forward to 2022, and there’s no longer any question about it. Docker sparked a container revolution that has transformed … Continue reading →

February 10, 2022
by sjvn01
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Security Trouble in Argo Continuous Delivery Program

Maybe someday there will a day when we don’t have a serious security problem to worry over, but that day is not today. In our latest headache, the cloud-native security company Apiiro’s Security Research team uncovered a nasty software supply chain zero-day … Continue reading →

February 9, 2022
by sjvn01
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The bill comes due: Securing open-source software isn’t going to be cheap

Open-source software has always been more secure than proprietary software, but that doesn’t mean it’s “secure.” To lock it down, we need to invest serious cash in developers and maintainers. You may have noticed that a lot of people are getting … Continue reading →

February 7, 2022
by sjvn01
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Intel invests in open-source RISC-V processors, creates billion-dollar fund

RISC-V International, the global open hardware standards organization, has announced that Intel has joined RISC-V at the Premier membership level. Let that sink in for a minute. Intel, which has made billions from its closed-source, complex instruction set computer (CISC) x86 processors, … Continue reading →

February 7, 2022
by sjvn01
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StarlingX 6.0, the Edge-Computing Cloud Stack Arrives

The OpenInfra Foundation‘s open source, edge-computing cloud stack StarlingX‘s latest version, StarlingX 6.0 is out and ready to run. It’s optimized for low-latency and high-performance applications. In other words, it’s meant for Edge and Internet of Things (IoT) platforms. It does this by combining … Continue reading →