RancherOS Lightweight OS Comes of Age

RancherOS Lightweight OS Comes of Age

As containers become more prevalent across the enterprise, it’s become apparent that server operating systems will never be the same again. Because containers package so many of the libraries and subsystems that ...
Weaveworks Monitors Multiple Container Platforms

Weaveworks Monitors Multiple Container Platforms

As microservices adoption increases and the technology matures, Weaveworks is betting that most IT organizations will need to support container applications running on two or more container platforms. The latest release of ...
New Docker CEO Outlines Strategy

New Docker CEO Outlines Strategy

In a move intended to shore up the confidence enterprise IT organizations have in Docker Inc., a former SAP executive has been named CEO and chairman. In his new role, Steve Singh ...
What Does LinuxKit Mean for Native Docker on Windows?

What Does LinuxKit Mean for Native Docker on Windows?

Thanks to LinuxKit, Docker containers now can run anywhere. Does that mean native Windows containers are now stillborn? It’s possible. Docker announced LinuxKit, is a tool set for building a Linux subsystem, ...
Microservices' Role in Transforming IT Security

Microservices’ Role in Transforming IT Security

Thanks to the rise of microservices, IT security may never be the same. IT organizations increasingly need to leverage massive amounts of compute horsepower to thwart attacks that are increasing in size ...
Unikernels by Another Name: LinuxKit and Docker's Long-Term Strategy

Unikernels by Another Name: LinuxKit and Docker’s Long-Term Strategy

Docker’s not using the term “unikernel” in relation to LinuxKit. But a unikernel is essentially what LinuxKit allows you to build. In that sense, LinuxKit reveals how Docker hopes to move beyond ...
Red Hat Makes 3Scale API Management Available as Docker Container

Red Hat Makes 3Scale API Management Available as Docker Container

Red Hat, in a move that could advance the state of hybrid cloud computing considerably, announced it is making the API management platform it gained by acquiring 3Scale available as a Docker ...
What's Old Is New Again (and Better): Understanding LinuxKit

What’s Old Is New Again (and Better): Understanding LinuxKit

LinuxKit, Docker’s latest open-source project, promises to enable you to run Docker containers wherever you want—on Linux, on Windows, on AWS or, if you feel like it, on your IoT-connected TV. But ...
Why the Docker Ecosystem Is Starting to Feel Boring

Why the Docker Ecosystem Is Starting to Feel Boring

DockerCon 2017 has come and gone. What did it tell us about the current state of Docker, Docker containers and the ecosystem? Keep reading for an overview. First of all, this year’s ...
Mirantis Ties Kubernetes, OpenStack in Managed Service

Mirantis Ties Kubernetes, OpenStack in Managed Service

At the Dockercon 2017 conference this week Mirantis moved to tie Kubernetes and OpenStack more tightly together via a managed cloud service that enables IT organizations to manage both platforms via a ...