Application containers
Containers Emerge as Deep Learning Tool
Applications containers are now being tuned to specific features that can be incorporated into cloud-native enterprise apps. Amazon Web Services and GPU leader Nvidia are both offering Docker containers ...Full Article
Reemerging Container Security Ills Addressed
Concerns about the security of application containers have reemerged as the micro-services technology spreads across the enterprise. Those worries are fueled by recent reports of a “breakout” vulnerability in the ...Full Article
Kubernetes Goes Native for Developers
Among the leading “cloud-native” technologies is the Kubernetes container scheduler. Red Hat said this week it has gone a step further down the cloud-native path with the release of ...Full Article
Avi Networks Extends Istio to Handle Most Apps
Networking vendors are steadily adding new services to the emerging Istio service mesh used to link Kubernetes-based application components. That latest approach called a “universal service mesh” seeks to ...Full Article
Container Security Concerns Persist
Applications containers and other microservices are handling production workloads at an increasing rate, but several studies emphasize that container security lags. The latest concludes that risks around runtime attacks ...Full Article
Salesforce Invests in Docker, which Partners with MuleSoft
In a bid to link legacy but critical applications with agile microservices, cloud software giant Salesforce is taking a stake in application container pioneer Docker, which will collaborate with ...Full Article
Container Adoption Spurs Cloud Usage Across Asia
Cloud usage is surging in Asia, led by the adoption of cloud-native technologies such as Kubernetes across the region but particularly in the booming Chinese technology sector, a new ...Full Article
VMware Buys Kubernetes Startup Heptio
There has been much talk with the rise of application containers about the microservices technology replacing virtual machines. VMware made a move this week that may make that a ...Full Article
Kubernetes Update Boosts Security, Cloud Scaling
Security and stability were the watchwords with the most recent release of Kubernetes, the third version of the production container orchestrator so far this year. The accelerating release cycle ...Full Article
Google Banks on Kubernetes in Cloud Wars
Google continues to extend the reach of its cloud platform with a new feature that allows cloud customers to deploy commercial and open source applications ranging from databases and ...Full Article