Rancher Labs

“When you deal with Kubernetes in the core of a network, dealing with quarterly updates is one thing,” said Red Hat's Brian Gracely. “But when you have 2,000 branch offices that is a different model."

The open source project creates the necessary tunnels and routes between Kubernetes clusters that allow for direct connections regardless of their location.

The company now supports the six largest Kubernetes providers in the world.

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.

The company launched general availability of its Kubernetes-based platform that breaks from its past reliance on Docker.

Company claims superiority over other Kubernetes installers.

Rancher said the deal is its first managed service provider licensing model to a cloud service provider in Japan.

Interoute customers can now run containers in Interoute's Virtual Data Center.

Not to upstage VMware or anything.

Although container technology has been around for more than a decade, the market is ripe for startups.