that housed our DVD-ROM drives, but that time has long passed. Today we talk about software packages in the form of ‘containers’ i.e. discrete packages of software code that are designed and built with all the internal components and dependencies they need in order to be able to run in any software environment.
Among the companies associations laying claim to some work in this space is the Cloud Foundry Foundation with its recent enhancements to Korifi, a Platform-as-a-Service technology that promises to reduce much of the complexity of Kubernetes. The software itself is engineered to bring forward tools that speed the time it takes to move code from development to production with flexibility and stability. The Cloud Foundry Foundation is a directed fund of the Linux Foundation.
Pronounced ‘chick’ as in chicken, Chkk may be short on vowels, but the company says it makes up for that deficit with its Kubernetes Availability Platform, which is capable of identifying and prioritizing availability risks before they cause incidents. The platform is powered by Chkk’s own collective learning technology, a project that mines, curates and delivers operational knowledge to software engineers.
“Kubernetes clusters are constantly moving targets when it comes to minimizing the risk of outages. One seemingly minor mistake can cause an impressive chain reaction of events leading to significant financial and reputational damage,” said Torsten Volk, managing research director at Enterprise Management Associates.
Alongside the operational headaches, there are security risks to bear in mind as well. Michael Isbitski, director of cybersecurity strategy at cloud security and monitoring companycalls out how containerized application infrastructure can lead to higher security risk for organizations if they don't have the right level of insight in real time.