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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.

Edge / IoT / Networking / Security / Sponsored / Contributed

How to Manage a Home Network with Infrastructure as Code

6 Feb 2020 1:38pm, by Paul Tyng

Networking / Service Mesh / Sponsored / Contributed

Part 4: When a ‘Service Mesh Lite’ Proxy Is Right for Your Organization

5 Feb 2020 11:35am, by Pankaj Gupta

Development / Linux / Networking / Security

WireGuard VPN Protocol Coming to a Linux Kernel Near You

31 Jan 2020 9:57am, by Jack Wallen

Cloud Services / Networking

Apstra’s Intent-Based Networking Brings Enterprises to Cloud Parity

30 Jan 2020 9:38am, by Mike Melanson

Microservices / Networking

Distributed Systems and the Butterfly Effect

27 Jan 2020 4:00pm, by B. Cameron Gain and Alex Williams

Machine Learning / Networking

VMware Acquires Nyansa for AI-Aided Networking Analytics

22 Jan 2020 1:27pm, by Susan Hall

Cloud Native / Cloud Services / Networking / Sponsored

Next-Generation Sustainable Data Center Design

2 Jan 2020 5:00pm, by Jennifer Riggins

Cloud Native / Networking / Contributed

Re-Imagining the Network for the Cloud Native Era

31 Dec 2019 9:00am, by Vijoy Pandey

Edge / IoT / Networking

DENT: An Operating System for Disaggregated Network Switches

30 Dec 2019 8:16am, by Susan Hall

Networking / Contributed

Network Automation and the Lack of Innovation in the Management Plane

30 Dec 2019 6:31am, by Chris Wade

Microservices / Networking / Sponsored / Contributed

Part 2: The Best Way to Select a Proxy Architecture for Microservices Application Delivery

18 Dec 2019 10:48am, by Pankaj Gupta

Cloud Services / Networking / Sponsored

Packet and Sprint on Why Bare Metal Is the ‘Lowest-Common Denominator’

13 Dec 2019 5:00pm, by B. Cameron Gain and Alex Williams

Networking / Service Mesh

HashiCorp’s Consul Brings Namespace Management to the Service Mesh

10 Dec 2019 1:44pm, by Joab Jackson

Kubernetes / Networking / Service Mesh

F5 and NGINX: Going Forward with Kubernetes

10 Dec 2019 11:40am, by Susan Hall

Microservices / Networking / Service Mesh / Sponsored / Contributed

Part 1: The Best Way to Select a Proxy Architecture for Microservices Application Delivery

9 Dec 2019 12:36pm, by Pankaj Gupta

Networking / Technology / Tools / Sponsored

Why Packet is Open Sourcing its ‘Bare Metal’ Bring Up Technology

6 Dec 2019 8:53am, by B. Cameron Gain

Cloud Native / Kubernetes / Networking / Sponsored

Will Kubernetes Drive Cloud Native Telcos?

5 Dec 2019 5:00pm, by Jennifer Riggins

Kubernetes / Networking / Storage / Sponsored

Can Kubernetes Orchestrate the Infrastructure?

27 Nov 2019 8:36am, by Emily Omier

Kubernetes / Networking / Sponsored

Kubernetes’ Long Road to Dual IPv4/IPv6 Support

21 Nov 2019 11:30am, by Joab Jackson

Networking / Technology / Contributed

Extend Your Organization’s Reach with Software-Defined Wide Area Networking

4 Nov 2019 12:03pm, by Ashwath Nagaraj

Cloud Native / Networking / Service Mesh

Snapt Launches Project Nova, a Scalable Cloud Native Application Delivery Controller

31 Oct 2019 7:14am, by Mike Melanson

DevOps / Networking / Contributed

Scripting is the Wrong Approach to Automating Networks

2 Oct 2019 12:00pm, by Olivier Huynh Van

Cloud Services / Networking

Tutorial: Explore Project Calico Network Policies with Google Kubernetes Engine

27 Sep 2019 10:45am, by Janakiram MSV

Networking / Security

Gremlin’s Scenarios Simulate Common Outages for Chaos Engineering

26 Sep 2019 10:00am, by Jennifer Riggins

Cloud Services / Networking / Service Mesh / Sponsored

HashiCorp Consul Service on Azure: the First Fully Managed Service Mesh

10 Sep 2019 5:11pm, by Joab Jackson

Networking / Service Mesh

Containous Builds a Service Mesh on Its Traefik Proxy

4 Sep 2019 9:36am, by Mike Melanson

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