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For cloud native computing, networking is an essential component, a stack of communications software that allows microservices to communicate with one another and with the world at large. The dynamic nature of container-based workloads puts new pressure on the networking layers of this stack, demanding extremely low-latency as well as rapid lookup times to find services.

Those operating Kubernetes workloads can look to an emerging class of software called a service mesh, which takes care of a lot of the issues around service discovery, authentication, and observability. Thus far, Istio — created by Google and IBM in partnership with the Envoy team from Lyft — has proved to be the service mesh most talked about, though Linkerd and even enhanced API Gateways such as Kong or NGINX are being pressed into service mesh duties as well.

The communication protocols themselves must be more nimble too, given the large amount of traffic going back and forth across a microservices architecture. To this end, Google has devised another technology, called gRPC, specifically for low-latency communications. On for connects on the Internet of Things, IBM’s MQTT is proving to be a robust protocol for low-bandwidth devices.

Finally, there are challenges around managing containers themselves. A kernel technology, they must share the Internet Protocol number with their host operating systems. As a result, managing containers must be done either through an overlay network or some other modification.

Cloud Native / Networking

CoreDNS Joins the Ranks of CNCF Graduates

24 Jan 2019 9:36am, by Mike Melanson

Networking

HTTP/3 Replaces TCP with UDP to Boost Network Speed, Reliability

16 Jan 2019 9:22am, by Mary Branscombe

DevOps / Networking / Technology

DevOps Demands NetOps

14 Jan 2019 10:33am, by Mary Branscombe

Development / Monitoring / Networking / Open Source / Security

Linux Technology for the New Year: eBPF

28 Dec 2018 11:44am, by Joab Jackson

Cloud Native / Networking

The Envoy Proxy Finds a Home at the CNCF, Amazon Web Services

18 Dec 2018 10:15am, by Susan Hall

Networking / Technology / Contributed

Disaggregation’s Role for a Uniform Multicloud Experience

14 Dec 2018 9:00am, by Michael Bushong

Cloud Native / Networking

Traefik: A Dynamic Reverse Proxy for Kubernetes and Microservices

12 Dec 2018 1:05pm, by Joab Jackson

Culture / Edge / IoT / Networking

Off-The-Shelf Hacker: Adding MQTT and Cron to the Lawn Sprinkler Project

5 Dec 2018 1:04pm, by drtorq

Edge / IoT / Networking / Contributed

Why Has NFV Stalled and How Can We Jumpstart It?

29 Nov 2018 3:00am, by Patrick Moore

Development / Microservices / Networking / Technology / Sponsored / Contributed

Build Real-World Microservices with gRPC

27 Nov 2018 10:24am, by Kasun Indrasiri

Machine Learning / Networking

Machine Learning for Operations

14 Nov 2018 3:00am, by Mary Branscombe

DevOps / Networking

Learning at the Speed of Modern Infrastructure

22 Oct 2018 10:58am, by Kris Beevers

Cloud Native / Monitoring / Networking

What Does Effective Cloud Monitoring Look Like?

4 Oct 2018 10:12am, by Gayle Levin

Networking / Contributed

How Multicloud Will Transform the Future of Enterprise IT

11 Sep 2018 12:00pm, by Michael Bushong

Kubernetes / Networking

VMware CEO: A Virtual Machine Is Still the Best Place to Run Kubernetes

28 Aug 2018 9:42am, by Scott M. Fulton III

Networking / Contributed

The Automation Journey for Network Management

21 Aug 2018 9:00am, by Sasa Nijemcevic

CI/CD / DevOps / Networking

NetDevOps: The Next Frontier in Agile Enterprise Automation?

21 Jun 2018 6:00am, by Jennifer Riggins

Networking / Contributed

Why Multicloud Orchestration Is Key to Evolving Enterprise IT

1 Jun 2018 11:14am, by Michael Bushong

Networking

Nyansa: Analytics for Diving into Network Health

14 May 2018 6:00am, by Susan Hall

Networking / Contributed

Improve User Performance and Productivity by Unleashing the Power of Network Data

23 Apr 2018 10:17am, by David Callisch

Containers / Kubernetes / Networking / Sponsored

NSX-T: VMware’s Networking Solution for Modern, Multicloud Applications

6 Feb 2018 10:05am, by Swapnil Bhartiya and Lee Calcote

Containers / Kubernetes / Networking / Storage

Diamanti Offers a Plug-and-Play Kubernetes Deployment

5 Feb 2018 3:00am, by Susan Hall

CI/CD / Culture / Data / Networking

The Impact Video Data Traffic Has on Net Neutrality

16 Dec 2017 9:00am, by Lawrence E Hecht

Culture / Networking

Off-The-Shelf Hacker: Creating a Telepresence Personality for Hedley, the Robotic Skull

13 Dec 2017 3:00am, by drtorq

Development / Networking / Open Source / Contributed

With OPNFV, Orange Plans a Full-Scale Rollout of Network Functions Virtualization

11 Dec 2017 9:00am, by Jehanne Savi

Development / Kubernetes / Microservices / Networking / Security / Storage

What Kubernetes Needs to Run in Production

9 Nov 2017 11:18am, by Craig Martin, Janakiram MSV and Krishnan Subramanian

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