Tag: containers

November 1, 2019

We’ve all heard about “cloud native” databases, security, governance, storage, AI, and pretty much anything else that a cloud provider could offer. Here’s my definition of cloud native applications: Applications that leverage systems native to the public cloud they are […]

October 30, 2019

Container technologies have shaken up the IT world in the past half a dozen years, and the pace of change has created many opportunities for IT managers who are enjoying the benefits the technology has brought. Hand in hand with […]

October 23, 2019

You can’t read tech news anymore without seeing containers everywhere. Containers have become the way for everyone to run their jobs on the cloud. And, to manage containers, Kubernetes is everyone’s favorite. But, according to a Cloud Foundry, the open-source […]

August 8, 2019

Such scenarios are driving the adoption of container-based technologies for multi-clouds, slowly but surely. It is happening despite some confusion and misunderstanding about the technology. A survey from IBM last year found that less than half (41%) of enterprises still […]

July 12, 2019

Devops in the cloud is all the rage. Take the speed and always-improving processes and toolchains of devops, add hugely scalable and self-configuring public cloud endpoints, and the end result is pretty much zero latency between the need to build […]

October 11, 2018

Modernizing existing systems and apps is no small task and transitioning to cloud can be fraught with risk. As a result, most companies are taking a gradual approach to transforming their organizations on the cloud while continuing to control their […]

July 24, 2018

Today, in collaboration with Google Cloud and the open community, we are one step closer to ending the serverless versus containers debate among developers. We’ve long been of the belief that developers shouldn’t have to choose between the two when […]

January 31, 2018

Cloud computing isn’t going anywhere, but it is undergoing significant change. Challenges such as GDPR data-compliance requirements, massive DDoS attacks and containers are set to reshape the way businesses use the cloud. The cloud has always been evolving. A decade […]

January 22, 2018

Portability means that you can move an application from one host environment to another, including cloud to cloud such as from Amazon Web Services to Microsoft Azure. The work needed to complete the porting of an application from one platform […]

May 3, 2017

If you want to stop someone from driving a car, you can take away the keys. Quick, easy and effective. Alternatively, removing the wheels and engine will work, too. A container is an OS extension that takes away keys, leaving […]

April 26, 2017

Docker is offering enterprises an easier on-ramp to using containers with a new consulting program aimed at taking a legacy application and migrating it to a container in five days. The idea behind the program is to show companies the […]

April 13, 2017

Microsoft made a splash in the application container market this week with its purchase of Deis, a company that helps customers manage clusters of containers. The move is significant for a number of reasons. First of all, it shows Microsoft’s […]

April 11, 2017

It was only a handful of years ago that the only time the topic of containers came up were at obscure open source conferences or, more usually, when someone was looking for a place to put the bulk load of […]

November 15, 2016

Cloud is changing the way businesses are functioning and has provided a new and improved level of flexibility and collaboration. Companies worldwide are realising the cloud’s capabilities to generate new business models and promote sustainable competitive advantage; The impact of […]

September 7, 2016

Navigating the container ecosystem can be confusing. Deciding where to dip your toes is challenging for those stepping into container and microservices waters. Even those who have already ventured knee-deep still wade through many questions as they progress in their […]

July 5, 2016

Containers and IoT announcements topped the headlines from this week’sRed Hat Summit in San Francisco, which wrapped up Thursday. Here’s a look at the news highlights that Red Hat and its partners unveiled during the event. Red Hat is the […]

June 24, 2016

The rise of containers as a technology has been glorious and confusing in equal measure. While touted by some as the saviour of developers, and by others as the end of VM’s, the majority simply don’t understand containers as a […]

June 2, 2016

Storage giant EMC today dipped its toe into the hot application container market, taking aim at one of the unresolved areas in this burgeoning technology: storage. EMC announced libStorage, which the company describes as an open-source, platform-agnostic storage provisioning and […]

May 12, 2016

Joyent has launched its next generation container-native (G4) and KVM-based (K4) instance package families, which are now available on its Triton-powered public cloud platform. The company’s cloud platform runs on containers, as opposed to traditional VM’s which the majority of […]