The rise of containers has already taken hold in the developer community, but the conversation in the enterprise is just beginning. Containers can be used as a driving force behind an organization’s digital transformation, yet only 8% of enterprise developers are currently using containers for production release, according to Dave Bartoletti, principal analyst at Forrester, … continue reading
Docker’s no longer the only game in the Linux container town. In December of 2014, CoreOs kicked off a new open-source container runtime project known as rkt. Today, that project reached version 1.0. Rkt was designed for security and production readiness, said Alex Polvi, CEO of CoreOS. “We want to build a security-minded open-standards-based container … continue reading
Docker is expanding its reach beyond containers. The company has acquired Unikernel Systems, a U.K.-based company focused on unikernel development. “Docker is uniquely suited to work with Unikernel Systems to drive one of the most significant recent developments in operating systems technology” Unikernel Systems wrote on its website. “Working together will allow us to accelerate … continue reading
The growth of container usage has created new challenges for DevOps teams, which is why Black Duck Software announced today that it will be adding container-scanning capabilities to its Hub software. This addition will help DevOps teams map open-source security vulnerabilities for applications. It will also allow them to map Linux distributions and other software … continue reading
To paraphrase that great thinker, Ferris Bueller: “Technology moves pretty fast. It you don’t look around once in a while, you could miss it.” So, to get 2016 rolling, we’ve asked luminaries and thought leaders in the software development space to look around and tell us what they expect from the field this year. Kelly … continue reading
Containers are spreading through the software industry like wildfire. Companies high and low are supporting Docker: Microsoft, IBM, HP, Oracle and VMware, and many other companies have added container support, compatibility, management capabilities, or at the very least are planning to release something this year. Why so much fuss over containers? They use fewer resources … continue reading
As companies try to take the best security measures, CoreOS, a company that manages and secures containers, tries to help them out. CoreOS yesterday announced Tectonic with Distributed Trusted Computing. Tectonic is a Kubernetes solution for deploying, managing and securing containers. With Distributed Trusted Computing, it validates everything from the distributed application layer, the container, … continue reading
Derek Collison’s first cloud platform might have sterling credentials, but he now calls it a tarnished effort. “I see the writing on the wall. A couple years ago, I started saying PaaS is dead. I’m arguing that Cloud Foundry has not been able to keep up. At KubeCon [Google’s conference for the Kubernetes container orchestration … continue reading
Docker has simplified the way developers work with containers, but one company thinks containers have the potential to go beyond developers to enterprise IT. ContainerX, founded by veterans from Citrix, Microsoft and VMware, is a startup aimed at transforming containers from a development tool to the building blocks of the next generation of data centers. … continue reading
Docker continues to release additions to its software and infrastructure. On Nov. 16, the company announced new security enhancements that safeguard and protect Dockerized distributed applications—without impacting the developer’s workflow. Unveiled during the company’s keynote address at DockerCon EU, the security enhancements—built on top of the Docker Content Trust Framework—are around hardware signing of container … continue reading
Microsoft has announced the fourth technical preview of Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016. The latest preview aims to strengthen Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to speed up hybrid datacenter solutions in a cloud-first world. “New apps and new features for apps drive business value, and that application-centric mindset means that you need to think differently … continue reading
Microsoft is giving developers an opportunity to expand their apps’ reach to businesses, educational institutions and other organizations. The company has announced Windows Store for Business, a Web-based portal designed for IT decision makers, purchasers and administrators. The initial release of the store will support free apps and custom-developed line-of-business (LOB) apps. Paid apps and support … continue reading
