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Podman 5 Improves Performance and Stability on Mac and Windows through Partial Rewrite
The latest release of container management tool Podman brings a complete rewrite of the podman machine command to improve hypervisor support on macOS and Windows. Additionally, it now supports OCI artifacts in manifest files, adopts Pasta by default for rootless networking, and improves the containers.conf configuration file.
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Docker Desktop 4.29 Improves Container Isolation and Error Management, Integrates Moby 26, and More
The latest version of Docker Desktop implements socket mount permissions to enhance container isolation, updates error management to improve efficiency and reliability, integrates Moby 26, and speeds up file operations thanks to synchronized file shares.
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Optimizing Adidas' Container Platform Using GitOps
Adidas recently discussed how they evolved their platform configuration towards a GitOps-based setup. In a series of blog posts, Adidas elaborated on the utilization of GitOps in their container platform and how they plan to introduce improvements in the management of their platform.
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AWS Batch Introduces Multi-Container Jobs for Large-Scale Simulations
Recently, AWS announced the support of multi-container jobs in AWS Batch through the management console. This new feature simplifies the process of running simulations, particularly for testing complex systems such as those used in autonomous vehicles and robotics.
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Microsoft Azure Introduces Retina: a Cloud Native Container Networking Observability Platform
The Microsoft Azure Container Networking team recently announced an open-source project named Retina. This cloud-native container networking observability platform allows DevOps engineers and administrators to visualize, debug, and analyze workload traffic across diverse environments.
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Google Cloud Run Volume Mounts in Preview: Easier Access to Files in Containers
Google recently announced a new feature called volume mounts in preview. This feature aims to streamline the integration of cloud-native applications with shared data storage solutions, such as Cloud Storage buckets and NFS shares, directly within Cloud Run instances.
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Kubecost Launches Version 2.0 with Network Monitoring
Kubecost, a Kubernetes cost monitoring and management solution, recently announced the launch of Kubecost 2.0, a major upgrade that brings many new features to help organizations better monitor, manage, and optimize their Kubernetes-related cloud expenses. Some of the new features include advanced network monitoring and improved cost forecasting powered by machine learning
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DigitalOcean Introduces CPU-Based Autoscaling for its App Plaform
DigitalOcean has launched automatic horizontal scaling for its App Platform PaaS, aiming to free developers from the burden of scaling services up or down based on CPU load all by themselves.
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Dagger Enables Developer Functions for CI/CD and Opens the Daggerverse
The open-source Dagger project, which aims to be "CI/CD as code that runs anywhere," recently released version 0.10. This release introduces custom Dagger Functions, a feature that simplifies CI scripts while expanding possibilities for developers seeking cleaner, more efficient pipelines. Also announced is the Daggerverse - a searchable index for public Dagger Functions.
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SUSE Announces Upgrades to Kubernetes and Edge Management Products
SUSE, a provider of open source software solutions, including SUSE Linux Enterprise, Rancher Prime (a Kubernetes management platform), and NeuVector Prime (a Kubernetes container security platform), has unveiled significant upgrades to its cloud-native and Edge portfolio. These enhancements aim to help customers securely deploy and manage business-critical workloads across diverse environments.
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Finch 1.1.1: AWS Enhances Windows Compatibility for Open Source Container Development Tool
AWS recently announced the general availability of Windows support for Finch, an open-source CLI tool. Finch enables developers to create, execute, and distribute Linux containers on both Windows and macOS. It streamlines container development by combining a minimalistic native client with select open-source components.
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Docker Build Cloud: Using Cloud Compute and Cache to Decrease Image Build Times
Docker recently announced the general availability of their cloud-based Container Image builder, Docker Build Cloud. Docker Build Cloud offers a remote shared-cache and native builders for AMD64 and ARM64 CPU architectures.
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ScaleOps Automates Rightsizing to Reduce Kubernetes Costs
ScaleOps, a startup working in the cloud resource management sector, has unveiled a fully-automated cloud-native cost saving platform. ScaleOps claims to slash cloud costs by up to 80%, with a fully-automated platform that continuously optimizes and manages cloud-native resources during runtime.
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Docker Now on AWS Cloudshell
AWS recently announced that AWS CloudShell now provides access to Docker Engine for its users. With this integration, containers can be locally prototyped and pushed to registries prior to deploying them on AWS.
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Kubernetes 1.29 Released with KMS V2 Improvements and nftables Support
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) released Kubernetes 1.29 named Mandala last month. The latest release introduces new features such as load balancer IP mode for services, mutable pod resources for Windows containers, and nftables for the kube-proxy.