Christopher Tozzi has covered technology and business news for nearly a decade, specializing in open source, containers, big data, networking and security. He is currently Senior Editor and DevOps Analyst with Fixate.io and Sweetcode.io.
Choosing the Right Container Registry
Container registries are a crucial, yet rarely discussed, part of a containerized software stack. How do container registries work, and which option is best for you? Here’s a primer. The purpose of ...
Amazon Simplifies DevOps with Amazon Linux AMI Container
Amazon is offering Amazon Linux AMI, a Linux distribution tailored for the cloud, for offline use—and it’s using Docker to do it. Amazon Linux AMI is a Linux-based operating system image that ...
How Docker Containers Help End Users
Most discussion of Docker’s advantages centers on how containers help developers and admins. But what about end users, the people who use containerized applications? Docker is beneficial to them, too, in many ...
Choosing the Right CaaS Option
Wondering which containers-as-a-service (CaaS) offering is the best fit for you? Here are the two questions you should ask before deciding which CaaS solution to adopt. CaaS refers to platforms that integrate ...
Lightweight GNU/Linux Distributions for Containers
The Docker revolution has spawned a new class of lightweight GNU/Linux distributions designed to host containers. Wondering which options are available? Here’s a comparison of RancherOS, Alpine Linux and more. To be ...
Linux vs. Windows Containers: What’s the Difference?
With Docker container support now available for Windows Server 2016, admins are bound to wonder what the differences are between Windows and Linux containers. Here’s an overview. To keep things simple, let’s ...
Is Being Open Source Docker’s Killer Feature?
What’s driving Docker’s popularity? There are lots of obvious factors. But here’s one that receives less attention: Docker is free and open source. Here’s why that matters more than people may realize. If ...
Containers and Virtual Machines are Friends, Not Competitors
Containers versus virtual machines. That’s the rhetoric that has shaped the conversation so far as organizations evaluate solutions such as Docker and compare them to VMware. But what they should really be ...
Is It Time to Dockerize Your GUI Applications?
Can you run GUI apps on Docker? Should you even try? Those are questions few people are asking so far. But as Docker continues to become a leading app deployment platform, it ...
Why Does Docker for Windows Matter?
Last month, Docker and Microsoft partnered to bring official Docker container support to Windows. If you’re a developer, you may be asking, “Why?” Keep reading for some perspective. On its face, Docker’s ...
