As part of a previously announced hybrid cloud computing strategy based on Kubernetes, CoreOS announced this week it is adding support for deploying its curated Tectonic instance of Kubernetes on the Microsoft Azure cloud. In addition, CoreOS ...
AWS Wants More Influence Over Container Standards
Aug 14, 2017
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As the largest public cloud service in use, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is clearly home to more containers than just about anywhere else in IT. But AWS has always been a little skittish about containers. After all, ...
Red Hat Previews OpenShift Container Platform Additions
Aug 11, 2017
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An update to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform made available this week includes a technology preview of service broker and service catalog technology originally developed by the Cloud Foundry Foundation. Also included are previews support for ...
CNCF, Packet Partner to Host Microservices on Bare Metal
Aug 10, 2017
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One of the reasons public clouds are so popular with developers is that they allows developers to experiment easily. Developers can work on an application without having to engage an internal IT organization to provision hardware. But ...
Microsoft Automates Container Deployments on Azure
Jul 27, 2017
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Microsoft this week moved to make it much easier to spin up instances of containers on a Microsoft Azure Cloud and be billed for on a per-second basis. Corey Sanders, director of compute for Azure, says Azure ...
Cloudify Orchestration Platform Forms Basis for New Company
Jul 27, 2017
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How important have orchestration tools grown? Important enough for GigaSpaces to spin off Cloudify, which offers orchestration for containers, cloud applications and much more, into a company of its own. The move, which Cloudify announced July 27, ...
What’s In an Orchestrator? What Orchestrators Are and What They Aren’t
Jul 27, 2017
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Container orchestrators such as Kubernetes and Swarm are a core component of production Docker environments. Understanding what an orchestrator is designed to help you do—and what they aren’t designed to do—is crucial for using orchestrators effectively. Orchestrators ...
StackRox Unveils Security Platform for Containers
Jul 21, 2017
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An IT security platform specifically designed for container environments was unveiled this week by StackRox. Wei Lien Dang, vice president of product for StackRox, says existing IT security platforms don’t provide any protection for containers or the ...
Kubernetes, System Containers Highlight Fedora 26 Atomic Host Release
Jul 20, 2017
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Fedora 26 Atomic Host, the latest version of the Linux distribution that Red Hat uses as its proving ground for RHEL, is out. It brings with it important updates involving Kubernetes and system containers. Fedora is an ...
Google Extends Hybrid Appeal of Container Engine Cloud
Jul 13, 2017
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In terms of advancing container adoption, Google has been at the forefront, thanks mainly to its work on developing the Kubernetes container orchestration framework. The company this week moved to make those investments more accessible to a ...