IT Infrastructure Trends: 5 Worth Watching

At the OSCON 2015 conference today Hitachi Data Systems announced support for version 1.0 of the Kubernetes orchestration framework for Docker containers. Michael Hay, vice president and chief engineer for HDS, said the company has worked closely with Google to ensure tight integration between Kubernetes and the underlying software it relies on to manage the Hitachi Unified Compute Platform. “We wanted to lower the barrier to entry for organizations to make the move to Docker containers,” said Hay. “We felt that is was important to get Kubernetes running on a converged infrastructure platform as soon as possible.