New update provides critical cross-cluster, zero-touch application failover for Kubernetes environments SAN FRANCISCO, March 9, 2022 — Buoyant, creator of the widely-used open source Linkerd service mesh and of the Buoyant Cloud managed Linkerd service, today announced the release of the new …
Linkerd appears to be taking the lead market share-wise in the service mesh race as organizations increase their adoption of Kubernetes and realize they can’t do it without a proper control plane mesh. According to a recent CNCF survey, for example, Linkerd has surged ahead of Istio’s adoption in …
A survey published this week finds more than a quarter (28%) of organizations have already swapped out the service mesh platform they initially adopted. Among those that have switched, 80% had been using open source Istio for Kubernetes now being advanced by Google.
IT divisions working within highly-regulated industries are under intense scrutiny. These environments must carefully deal with sensitive data to meet compliances and corporate standards. This pressure often results in vigorous tooling assessments and heightened due diligence around third-party …
Buoyant recently updated its Linkerd service mesh platform with security features it claims make it the obvious choice among Kubernetes- and container-focused service mesh offerings.
Linkerd recently graduated as a CNCF project, joining the ranks of projects like Kubernetes. In this interview, we sat down with William Morgan, CEO of Buoyant, the creators of LinkerD, to learn more about the project and what sets it apart from other Service Mesh projects.
Microservices have grown tremendously in use—they enable decoupled, reusable components and support a rapid development approach. However, it’s challenging to manage a sea of disparate microservices.
We all know network security is vital to our Kubernetes deployments, right? Of course, right. A service mesh improves network security by adding a dedicated infrastructure layer to facilitate service-to-service communications between microservices and balances inter-service traffic. It also helps …
DevOps has been with us now for several years. Above all, it should be regarded as an operating philosophy. It requires people who are familiar with the DevOps mindset and are skilled at implementing the practices that make DevOps successful in a company. It also requires the best DevOps tools, the …
The open-source Linkerd service mesh, as well as Buoyant Cloud, a software-as-a-service platform that bundles extra capabilities with Linkerd, have received new security improvements, according to Buoyant Inc.