Friday, November 4, 2016

CoreOS Introduces Operators for Kubernetes

CoreOS announced "Operators" - a new capability for making applications easier to run and update on Kubernetes. An Operator is application-specific software that extends the Kubernetes API to create, configure, and manage instances of complex stateful applications on behalf of a Kubernetes user. Like the built-in Kubernetes API resources, it doesn't manage just a single instance of the application, but multiple instances across the entire cluster. “An...

Coriant Supplices DCI for SwissIX

SwissIX Internet Exchange, the largest Internet exchange point in Switzerland, has deployed the Coriant Groove G30 DCI Platform. “This upgrade represents an important milestone in the SwissIX 2020 infrastructure project as we future-proof our network for the surging bandwidth demands of our peers,” said Ulf Kieber, President, SwissIX Internet Exchange. “The best-in-class Groove solution not only gives us tremendous efficiencies in terms of power and space, but also enables us to expand end-user connectivity to 100G while laying the foundation...

Rivada Disqualified from Mexico's Red Compartida Project

Rivada Networks has been disqualified from the bidding for Mexico’s landmark Red Compartida project, is an initiated by the Mexican government to build a wholesale LTE network operated on 90 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band. In a press statement, Rivada said it "has complied with every requirement put before us by the Mexican government, despite the fact that the government repeatedly moved the goalposts on bidders in the final weeks and m...