The New Stack Analysts

In this discussion with Hari Krishnan and Harmeet Sahni of Nuage Networks, we talk about how to use software-defined networking (SDN) to address the networking and security needs of containers. SDN can help prevent infrastructure-related performance bottlenecks, as well as provide the fine-grained policy enforcement that allows users to handle dynamic container environments. Nuage Network’s Virtual Services Platform (VSP) provides these capabilities in all types of cloud environments, featuring user intent-focused definition, virtual routing and switching components, and more. Learn more at: https://thenewstack.io/software-defined-approach-networking-security/

Estes talks about the challenges of networking containers, the evolution of container namespaces, and the current state of container security, to which he offers a positive security outlook. This discussion extends into the plugin ecosystem for Docker, and how this pluggable model benefits the vendors and their customers. Learn more at: https://thenewstack.io/tns-analysts-bridging-open-source-container-communities/

In this episode, delve into a discussion surrounding our latest EBook on Container Networking, Security, and Storage. IBM Fellow, VP and CTO at IBM Cloud Platform Jason McGee discusses bringing together the various tools in the open source and container ecosystems, including the many networking tools looking to address the needs of containers. IBM is focused on bringing these communities together by contributing to core technologies and building a world-class cloud platform.

In this discussion with Ken Owens of Cisco, we talk about how to apply existing models of networking, security and storage to containerized environments. Owens talks about how bringing a DevOps mindset forward to containers reveals the strong foundations for security, networking and storage and how they still apply. But the challenge is often in the varying perspectives involved in operating these environments, from Linux and network administrators to security and storage teams. It’s important to link up these perspectives through the components they control, while creating policy around resource management. The discussion moves on to the roles of Contiv and Mantl, and how they address these issues. Learn more at: https://thenewstack.io/uniting-teams-devops-perspective/

In this discussion with Nathan McCauley of Docker, we talk about the different ways that users have come to think about Docker security over the years. McCauley explained that many early security concerns stemmed from users not being familiar with the technology at play. Docker has addressed these concerns in the base platform over the years, aided by a movement in the DevOps community towards embracing container technology and how it can help them achieve their security goals. The discussion also covers Docker 1.12’s native Swarm orchestration mode, and some additional security features like cryptographic node identity. Learn more at: https://thenewstack.io/foundation-of-secure-containers/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XJ1Vsu1O0

In this episode of The New Stack Analysts, we explore how NATS hopes to stand out in the message broker ecosystem, why simplicity is a powerful tool for message brokerage at scale, and how developers can ensure their services remain cost-efficient in the long term. The New Stack Founder Alex Williams and co-host 451 Research Analyst Donnie Berkholz spoke with Apcera Product Manager Larry McQueary and Apcera VP Alliances & Channels Steve Dischinger to learn more about NATS. Learn more at: https://thenewstack.io/finding-simplest-path-value-apcera-nats/ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ttMMzRwbUBE

In this episode of The New Stack Analysts, we explore the ways in which OpenStack and Kubernetes have evolved throughout the years, some of the challenges facing the Kubernetes community, and the ways in which foundations such as CNCF are shaping projects such as Kubernetes. The New Stack Founder Alex Williams and Managerial Editor Joab Jackson hosted another pancake breakfast with Pancake Bot serving up its own short stacks at OpenStack Silicon Valley 2016. Panel guests included Google Product Manager Craig McLuckie, CoreOS VP of Engineering Mike Saparov, Mirantis Co-Founder and CEO Alex Freedland, and Iron.io. Co-Founder and CEO Chad Arimura. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoB95KZgH2c Learn more at: https://thenewstack.io/ossv-pancake-breakfast-kubernetes-openstack-usher-paas-2-0/

In this episode of The New Stack Analysts, we explore the ways in which open source projects interconnect with one another, how open source communities can both increase and improve their contributions, and the issues facing open source projects hoping to operate at scale. The New Stack Founder Alex Williams spoke with Cisco CTO Ken Owens along with GitHub Community Programs researcher Nadia Eghbal to hear their thoughts on these topics and more. Learn more at: https://thenewstack.io/navigating-open-source-galaxy/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJVtJyDEDT0

In this episode of The New Stack Analysts, we dive into the pitfalls working with massive amounts of data present to enterprises today, why Joyent built its own facility called Thoth to automate its crash dump management, and how object computing at the source is crucial for getting the most out of one’s data when working at scale. The New Stack Founder Alex Williams spoke with Joyent CTO Bryan Cantrill to hear his thoughts on these topics and more. Learn more at: https://thenewstack.io/tns-analysts-show-101-joyent-manta-aims-simplify-object-storage-scale/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkP2sdTsYa0

In this episode of The New Stack Analysts, we explore how Chef Habitat may be used in today’s enterprise, what businesses can do to ensure they are addressing the right workflow problems, and how tools such as Chef Habitat are making life easier for today’s developers. Host Lee Calcote and co-host Joab Jackson spoke with Boyd Hemphill, Director of Infrastructure Services, Casasa, Jere Julian, Extensibility Engineer, Arista Networks, Adam Mikeal, Director of IT at Texas A&M College of Architecture, and Victoria Blessing, Operation Engineer at the Texas A&M College of Architecture to discuss their thoughts on these issues and more during ChefConf 2016. Read more at: http://thenewstack.io/tns-analysts-show-100-chef-habitat-may-become-devops-gamechanger/ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7b6txTrmP14

In this episode of The New Stack Analysts embedded below, we explore the core foundations upon which CloudBolt was built, its evolution, and how today’s cloud management solutions for the enterprise have transformed in a discussion between The New Stack host Lee Calcote, co-host Managerial Editor Joab Jackson, Seagate Architect and Engineering Manager Yogi Porla, CloudBolt CEO Jon Mittelhauser, and Booz Allen Hamilton Chief Technologist Nirmal Mehta. Learn more at: https://thenewstack.io/tns-analysts-show-99-evaluating-cloud-management-platforms-chefconf/ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/T1PZSkDliaU

In this episode of The New Stack Analysts, we take a look into the ways that Chef is positioning its latest offerings Habitat and Automate to help DevOps and developers alike automate their workflow from any angle. Aiming to be as infrastructure agnostic as possible, Habitat presents a powerful way for developers to better manage their applications at scale. The New Stack’s own Lee Calcote and Joab Jackson spoke with Chef CTO Adam Jacob and Chef CEO Barry Crist to get the latest on the above during last week’s ChefConf 2016 event. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XdykeF8M7I Learn more at: https://thenewstack.io/tns-analysts-show-98-making-automation-sandwich-habitat-chef/

In this episode of The New Stack Analysts, we delve into a discussion surrounding the security of containers at scale, how hardware visualization impacts container security, and the ways in which Joyent has contributed to the ongoing use of containers in production. The New Stack Founder Alex Williams teamed up with co-host and ebook editor Benjamin Ball to speak with Joyent CTO Bryan Cantrill to hear his thoughts on these issues and more. Learn more at: https://thenewstack.io/tns-analysts-show-97-departing-container-island-joyent/

In this episode of The New Stack Analysts, it’s time for another pancake breakfast featuring our very own PancakeBot at Dockercon 2016. The topic of discussion is networking for and in containers with industry professionals offering their thoughts on their thoughts on not only the ways in which networking has evolved with the rise of Docker, but how developers and network managers alike can bridge the gaps technology has yet to close to ensure their applications run at their best. The New Stack Founder Alex Williams and co-host Joab Jackson served up a short stack alongside Cisco CTO Ken Owens, Docker Software Alliance Engineer Brent Salisbury, Gartner Research Director of Data Center Networking Simon Richard, and consultant and Cisco customer Nicholas Anderson. Learn more at: https://thenewstack.io/internet-of-happy-things-pancake-breakfast/

In this episode of The New Stack Analysts, learn more about how GoDaddy has leveraged both OpenStack and Kubernetes to the benefit of its developers, how Oslo hopes to eases the challenges of developing software in an OpenStack world by standardizing libraries, and discuss the fact that in some cases--Kubernetes isn’t right for everyone. The New Stack Founder Alex Williams and co-host Managing Editor Joab Jackson spoke with GoDaddy Director of Engineering Shaheeda Nizar and Josh Harlow, GoDaddy OpenStack Technical Lead to get their thoughts. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lEieobGbqjw Learn more at: https://thenewstack.io/tns-analysts-show-95-consider-containerizing-openstack/