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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.

DevOps / Networking / Service Mesh

How HashiCorp Widened the Reach of the Consul Service Mesh

14 May 2020 10:26am, by B. Cameron Gain

Networking / Security / Service Mesh

Simplicity and Security: What Commercial Providers Offer for the Service Mesh

11 May 2020 12:04pm, by Emily Omier

Cloud Native / Kubernetes / Networking

How HAProxy Streamlines Kubernetes Ingress Control

6 May 2020 11:13am, by Joab Jackson

Networking / Security / Contributed

How the Network Effect Levels the Cybersecurity War Zone

5 May 2020 9:45am, by Ian Baxter

Kubernetes / Networking / Service Mesh / Sponsored / Contributed

Service Mesh Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

1 May 2020 8:15am, by Stephen Wilson

Networking

NS1 Shows How DNS Technology Can Speed VPN Connections

29 Apr 2020 3:00am, by B. Cameron Gain

Monitoring / Networking

Q&A with Accedian: How Remote Work Stresses the Company VPN

23 Apr 2020 3:00am, by Emily Omier

Culture / Networking

The New Stack Context: Stress, Resilience and the Network Effects of COVID-19

17 Apr 2020 6:00pm, by Joab Jackson

Kubernetes / Networking / Storage

Portworx Essentials: A Free Cloud Native Storage Engine for Kubernetes

17 Apr 2020 10:49am, by Janakiram MSV

Machine Learning / Monitoring / Networking

New Relic’s Ambitious Plan to Apply AI and ML to Incident Response

16 Apr 2020 1:37pm, by B. Cameron Gain

Culture / Networking

Q&A with Devo: COVID-19 Is Changing the Cloud Conversation

15 Apr 2020 3:00am, by Emily Omier

Networking / Security

The Network Impact of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic

14 Apr 2020 9:47am, by Mary Branscombe

Networking / Technology

Scientists Create a Long-Distance Cryogenic Microwave Quantum Network

10 Apr 2020 11:30am, by Kimberley Mok

Containers / Kubernetes / Networking

Dragonfly Brings Peer-to-Peer Image Sharing to Kubernetes

9 Apr 2020 2:10pm, by Joab Jackson

Culture / Networking / Tools

SaltStack’s CTO on Pandemics, the End of Empires and Software’s Future

9 Apr 2020 9:50am, by B. Cameron Gain

Microservices / Networking / Service Mesh / Contributed

Istio 1.5 Brings Advanced Automation for Secure Performance

8 Apr 2020 3:00am, by Karen Bruner

Culture / Networking / Security

How to Protect Your Virtual Meetings from Zoombombing

7 Apr 2020 11:10am, by Jack Wallen

Culture / Networking / Sponsored / Contributed

Data-Driven Global Traffic Steering Keeps Companies Streaming During Crisis

1 Apr 2020 1:18pm, by Kris Beevers

Cloud Services / Monitoring / Networking

Q&A: Dynatrace on COVID-19 Effects and ‘Super Bowl’-Like Traffic Surges

31 Mar 2020 2:01pm, by B. Cameron Gain

Kubernetes / Networking / Service Mesh

Service Mesh Adds Security, Observability and Traffic Control to Kubernetes

30 Mar 2020 11:58am, by Emily Omier

Culture / Networking / Contributed

What Has COVID-19 Taught Us About Information Networks?

30 Mar 2020 8:47am, by Niraj Tolia

Networking / Service Mesh

Istio 1.5 Brings a Binary Installer, WASM-Based Extensibility for Envoy

19 Mar 2020 2:40pm, by Joab Jackson

Cloud Native / Kubernetes / Networking

Beyond Kube-Proxy: Project Calico Harnesses eBPF for a Faster Data Plane

17 Mar 2020 8:36am, by Joab Jackson

Cloud Native / DevOps / Microservices / Networking

Stateless Rethinks Modern Networking

16 Mar 2020 11:25am, by Susan Hall

Cloud Native / Networking

NS1 Builds on DNS to Speed Traffic Management

27 Feb 2020 5:00pm, by Jennifer Riggins

API Management / Networking / Security

Akamai: The Financial Sector Is Seeing More API-Based Attacks

27 Feb 2020 12:00pm, by David Cassel

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