Meet CIQ at #KubeCon booth #326 to see CIQ Stratum Kubernetes Engine (SKE) manage the cluster lifecycle from one signed file, with AI agents limited to operator approved tools.
Then hear Bjorn Hovland ask “Who Controls Your Inference?” on Cloud Native AI + Inference Day, Nov. 9.
ciq.com/events
@BjornHJH
Build and test locally, then run the same signed Kubernetes binary at production scale.
Cloud Native Now spoke with CIQ CTO Peter Nelson about CIQ Stratum Kubernetes Engine (SKE), health checked upgrades, and AI agents limited by operator permissions.
Read: ow.ly/L4KN51036uk
#Kubernetes #AIInfrastructure
A model that used 13x more energy per token was still cheaper per correct answer, and more than twice as accurate.
In part three of his Strix Halo series, Damen Knight explains why tokens per second cannot tell you what a correct answer costs.
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#LocalAI
What can an experienced systems engineer build with AI in 11 days?
Ginux, a research prototype from Gregory Kurtzer, CEO of CIQ and founder of Rocky Linux, runs selected unmodified Alpine and Rocky Linux programs.
Read the technical report: ow.ly/4XoZ5102I9B
#Rust #OpenSource #Linux #AI
Join the Reno LUG and Tech Consortium on Nov. 2 for discussions on Linux security, CVE remediation, HPC, and AI.
CIQ’s Patrick Swartz will lead the featured session on securing infrastructure while keeping critical workloads running.
Register: ow.ly/9Cpa5102Fgq
Your first Kubernetes cluster and your tenth should install and upgrade the same way.
CIQ Stratum Kubernetes Engine (SKE) pins and tests every component as a set. CIQ Stratum Pro brings GPU clusters and your general fleet into one interface with SSO.
Read: ow.ly/WzOQ510298M
#Kubernetes #CloudNative
See how CIQ Stratum Kubernetes Engine makes your first and tenth cluster install and upgrade the same way, while CIQ Stratum Pro brings GPU clusters and your general fleet into one interface with SSO: ciq.com/blog/introducing-ciq…
Kubernetes powers some of the world's most advanced infrastructure, from enterprise applications to AI inference. But it's notoriously a PITA to use... But we fixed that!
Introducing CIQ Stratum, making Kubernetes ridiculously easy to install, run, and manage. From your workstation or homelab to production AI infrastructure!
* Single package installation and rolling upgrades
* Workstation friendly, optimized for Rocky Linux and other Enterprise Linux distros
* AI-native, with a built-in MCP server for AI-powered management
* Simple management, with a graphical interface
Security built in, including SELinux support
Free, open source (Apache 2.0), and available NOW!
github.com/ctrliq/stratum
Need more? Stratum Pro adds multi-cluster management, SSO, CIS security profiles, and an app catalog with turnkey AI inference workflows.
ciq.com/products/stratum-pro
Less Kubernetes plumbing. More building cool stuff!
Kubernetes runs in production at 82% of orgs that use containers (CNCF). The teams running it still assemble about ten upstream projects.
CIQ Stratum Kubernetes Engine (SKE) ships them as one signed file that installs and upgrades the cluster. Open source.
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“No known exploit” is no longer a reason to wait.
AI-assisted research turned a parked PHP bug into unauthenticated remote code execution. PHP2Shell shows why triage must rank consequence and exposure, and why the fix is the work that counts.
ciq.com/blog/ai-found-cves
At FIPS ’n’ CHIPS Cryptographic Module Validation Conference, CIQ received a Crypto-V Alliance certificate recognizing Rocky Linux modules validated for FIPS 140-3 this year.
The sessions covered PQC, AI, compliance, and how this community is building the foundation for a secure future. Thank you to Crypto-V Alliance and atsec for bringing the community together.
One flag took Gemma 4 from roughly 52% accuracy to 100% on short, verifiable tasks and made a right answer up to 19x faster and 6–8x less expensive.
In the second post of his local AI series, Damen Knight tests reasoning, prompts, and token budgets across 27 models on a Strix Halo.
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#LocalAI #AIInference
Coming to Chicago for #SC26? Start the week by building.
Join the CIQ Supercomputing Local AI Hackathon, November 13–15, hosted by CIQ, NVIDIA and Drive Capital. Get access to two Lenovo ThinkStation PGX systems with NVIDIA GB10, orchestrated by Fuzzball, and build a real AI workload.
Apply: ow.ly/F7Of5100Guo
@nvidia @drivecapital
Supported by @Lenovo, VAST Data, @CambridgeComp, Moonlite AI.
#HPC #LocalAI
“Never write your own cryptography.”
Samba co-creator Jeremy Allison now leads FIPS 140-3 and Common Criteria work at CIQ, while helping prepare Linux for post-quantum cryptography.
Read his story: ow.ly/40rz5100i3B
#OpenSource #Cybersecurity
“Today, such vulnerability exploitation requires a frontier model. Tomorrow that won’t be the case.” Our CTO Peter Nelson on PHP2Shell and what’s next, via
@thenewstack: thenewstack.io/php2shell-cha… #PHP2Shell #OpenSource
Starting in one hour.
Join Brady Dibble and Brian Rieb to learn how an update, upgrade, conversion, and migration differ, and what each means for your Linux project.
11 AM PT | 2 PM ET
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“Finding bugs is getting cheaper. Fixing them needs to keep up,” writes Nathan Blackham. CIQ engineers shipped backported PHP2Shell fixes about 3.5 hours after disclosure. Read the full write-up: ciq.com/blog/patch-php2shell…
#PHP2Shell #OpenSource #CybersecurityNews
Before your team commits to a timeline, agree on whether the Linux project is an update, upgrade, conversion, or migration.
Tomorrow, Brady Dibble and Brian Rieb explain what each one requires.
11 AM PT | 2 PM ET
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