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[](https://devops.com/the-state-of-digital-innovation-one-year-into-the-pandemic/)# News Items
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[](https://www.zdnet.com/article/pressure-rises-on-it-executives-to-get-their-digital-acts-together/)Pressure rises on IT executives to get their digital acts together
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[](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/new-motto-for-cios-move-even-faster-and-make-sure-nothing-breaks/)New motto for CIOs: Move even faster and make sure nothing breaks
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[](https://appdevelopermagazine.com/zero-trust-security-will-prevail-in-2021/)Zero trust security will prevail in 2021
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[](https://www.infoworld.com/article/3601729/how-to-bring-zero-trust-security-to-microservices.html)How to bring zero-trust security to microservices
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[](https://www.theinformation.com/ti50)The 50 Most Promising Startups
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[](https://sdtimes.com/cloud/kong-releases-version-1-0-of-its-universal-service-mesh-kuma-with-over-70-improvements/)Kong releases version 1.0 of its universal service mesh Kuma with over 70 improvements
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[](https://devclass.com/2020/11/18/kuma-1-kong-enterprise-2_2/)Kuma mesh gets ready for multi-zone catches
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[](https://devops.com/how-service-mesh-enables-a-zero-trust-network/)How Service Mesh Enables a Zero-Trust Network
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[](https://searchitoperations.techtarget.com/news/252490379/Service-mesh-upstarts-challenge-Istio-Linkerd)Service mesh upstarts challenge Istio, Linkerd
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[](https://devops.com/kong-previews-application-connectivity-service/amp/)Kong Previews Application Connectivity Service
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[](https://opensource.com/article/20/10/spec-first-development-apis)