How VMware is Dealing with Docker Competition

How VMware is Dealing with Docker Competition

If you think Docker containers will kill virtual machines, think again. Here’s a look at how VMware is adapting to remain relevant in the Docker age. In theory, Docker provides some crucial ...
With Photon, VMware Advances Container Agenda

With Photon, VMware Advances Container Agenda

VMware is continuing to extend the reach of its effort to host cloud-native applications with the release of 1.1 update to its Photon Platform that enables microservices based on containers such as ...
Is Being Open Source Docker's Killer Feature?

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 ...
VMworld: VMware Deepens Container Commitment

VMworld: VMware Deepens Container Commitment

At the VMworld 2016 Europe conference today VMware launched a series of initiatives intended to bridge the gaps that currently exist between many developers and IT operations teams. For those organizations that ...
Red Hat Aims to Put IT Back Together

Red Hat Aims to Put IT Back Together

There’s a lot of debate these days concerning what platform is best for deploying containers. On the one hand, virtual machines are popular destination because of the major investments IT organizations have ...
What's VMware's Vision for Container Adoption?

What’s VMware’s Vision for Container Adoption?

VMware and its partners and customers descended on Las Vegas this week for VMworld 2016. The annual event gives the company an opportunity to pitch its vision, share its upcoming product road ...
VMware Advances Container Ambitions

VMware Advances Container Ambitions

At the VMworld 2016 conference this week VMware continued its campaign to stay relevant in the new age of microservices. The vSphere Integrated Containers orchestration engine has been upgraded to include support ...
Container Security: Why Bother?

Container Security: Why Bother?

Are containers secure? Probably not. But knowing each approach’s strengths and risks—and available options—could help ease adoption. Such a decision requires two primary considerations: Containers do not provide the same level of ...
VMware Ties Kubernetes to Integrated OpenStack

VMware Ties Kubernetes to Integrated OpenStack

As part of a broader effort to make sure that VMware virtual machines are employed within an OpenStack environment, VMware this week at an OpenStack East conference demonstrated how an open source ...
Where Do Docker Containers Go from Here?

Where Do Docker Containers Go from Here?

DockerCon 2016 has come and gone. What does Docker need to do between now and the next DockerCon to assure the success of Docker containers in the enterprise? Here’s a look at ...