MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital One
Financial Corp. today announced the beta release of Critical
Stack, a container orchestration platform designed to help enterprises adopt containerized infrastructure at scale in the
cloud.
The use of containers and microservices is on the rise as more organizations recognize the automation, speed and cost savings
benefits of modern computing infrastructure.
For large enterprises, especially those in highly regulated industries, security and compliance considerations are
paramount. Critical Stack, powered by Capital One, was designed to help enterprises more fully automate compliance and security
controls, as well as orchestrate streamlined deployment and configuration of apps and infrastructure in the cloud.
"With Critical Stack, our goal is to help more organizations take advantage of the benefits of containerized
infrastructure without sacrificing security, compliance, and simplicity," said Liam Randall,
co-founder of Critical Stack Inc, who joined Capital One through an acquisition in 2016. "At Capital One, we have standardized on
microservices and containerization in the cloud and recognize the needs that large enterprises face as they modernize their
computing infrastructure. We believe that Critical Stack will help other companies adopt containers at scale."
Critical Stack is a standalone container orchestration platform that is compatible with open source container management
systems such as Google's Kubernetes.
"What Critical Stack means to the enterprise is that the application is the first-class citizen," said Dustin Webber, co-founder and CTO of Critical Stack. "Critical Stack is designed to empower developers to
spend less time setting up and operating container infrastructure and more time solving the hard problems that really
matter."
As the first U.S. bank to move its core processing to the public cloud, Capital One has adopted a cloud-first approach
to software development, as well as standardizing on RESTful APIs, microservices, and containerization in the cloud.
More information about Critical Stack and how to sign up for the beta is available at https://criticalstack.com/.
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SOURCE Capital One Financial Corporation