Application containers
How to Avoid the Container ‘Mushroom Cloud Effect’
As application containers scale in production, some early results are coming in about what can go wrong. Among the potential downsides of a micro-service architecture is what one observer ...Full Article
As Containers Catch On, So Too Do Storage Concerns
Persistent storage requirements have overtaken security as the top barrier to adoption of application containers in production, according to a new adoption survey. The container market adoption survey released ...Full Article
HPE Rolls Docker-Ready Servers, Backs ‘Docker Datacenter’
Application container leader Docker's strategic alliance with Hewlett Packard Enterprise will deliver a new class of server that bundles the Docker Engine platform used to build and run containers. ...Full Article
Puppet, CoreOS Roll New App Container Tools
The expanding application container and micro-services infrastructure got another boost this week with the introduction of a new set of tools for managing distributed software used to orchestrate micro-services. ...Full Article
App Container Startups Remain VC Darlings
Various segments of the application container movement continue to attract investment capital as the emerging technology slowly but steadily make its way into production. The latest example from the ...Full Article
Google-Like IT Push Gets Google Backing
The scrappy startup CoreOs appears to be the application container platform of choice for delivering Google-like cloud infrastructure to enterprises. San Francisco-based CoreOS, developer of an application container platform ...Full Article
As DevOps Embraces Containers, Skills Gap Emerges
Developers are making greater use of application container technologies as they seek to accelerate release cycles but barriers to widespread adoption remain, according to a new vendor survey. Seattle-based ...Full Article
Stressing Collaboration, OpenStack Deployed Via App Containers
In a bid to bring Google-like cloud infrastructure to the enterprise, application container specialist CoreOS is rolling out a tool for managing OpenStack deployments based on its technology stack ...Full Article
App Containers Advancing on Several Fronts
The application container ecosystem continues to thrive as illustrated by another burst of activity this month, including the release of a new image specification and more evidence that Docker ...Full Article
Custom App Container Targets HPC Needs
Custom versions of application containers are emerging that meet stringent requirements. Among the first is an HPC-specific container platform dubbed "Singularity" built around what its developers say is the ...Full Article
