In addition to scooping up a cloud-monitoring startup and developing an edge strategy VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger took some time to get a new tattoo before VMworld.

The open source private cloud platform allows users to change their infrastructure to best suit individual workloads.

The container orchestration platform lets users tap into existing workflows and use the same tools for an application management layer overseeing compute and storage.

The firm says Kubernetes is still a "three-star wizard to figure out," but abstraction could help ease deployment pains.

The firm sees constant and long-term updates as key to maintaining edge and IoT security.

Some view the platform as the death knell for serverless platforms not based on Kubernetes, while others tout patience.

Oracle debuts another autonomous database cloud service; Facebook open sources its transport layer security library; and AWS rolls out serverless option for Amazon Aurora.

The project is an open source monitoring tool, which is now seen as table stakes for cloud native and container deployments.

In New Relic's fiscal first quarter earnings call with investors, CEO Lew Cirne said that its business continues to grow as it adds new points of visibility to its

When the hybrid cloud product, based on Kubernetes, launches this month it will face stiff competition from other similar services, including Google’s own GKE On-Prem.

The platform has strong backing from Google, Red Hat, and IBM, but lacks official support from AWS and Microsoft.

Ericsson and Singtel set to launch Singapore 5G pilot this year; Dell EMC Unity gets an update; Teneo uses Riverbed tech for monitoring.

T-Mobile has already used Knative to migrate its store locator application into the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

At the annual Google Next conference the company launched an integrated portfolio of cloud services that combine open source projects with Google’s cloud infrastructure and security services.

The SNAPS-Kubernetes platform helps to deliver virtual network functions that use fewer resources, are more fault-tolerant, and can scale quickly to meet demand.

The design differs from traditional Docker-based containers that allow for a host kernel to be shared by running containers, which leads to more interaction between the host and container

For its first code release the OpenSDS project unified storage with Kubernetes for container control and storage with OpenStack for virtual machine control.

Swim secures $10 million; the three major South Korean mobile operators will work together on 5G; GE and Microsoft partner on industrial IoT.

Other adoption challenges cited by the report include multi-cloud/cross-data center integration, data management in containerized environments, and security profiles.

The Google Cloud Platform Marketplace updates its previously launched Cloud Launcher service and offers applications that are tested and vetted to work on Kubernetes.

Although there are other Kubernetes projects about stateful storage they lack the enterprise-level capabilities to support more robust application sets, says BlueData.

Sylabs is offering $2,500 to any non-employee that refers a developer that is eventually hired by the company.

Recent surveys show surging use of serverless platforms and the potential for performance benefits. But deployment challenges could open the door for Kubernetes to act as an orchestrating element.

Ericsson prevails in EPC; Kubernetes preps to replace OpenStack, VMware; AT&T dumps its data center assets.