containers

Overcoming Big Blocks to Digital Transformation

Recent research from Dell captured the essence of today’s uncertainty around digital transformation. A survey of 4,000 business leaders worldwide found that 45 percent fear their companies may become ...Full Article

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Google, IBM Partner to Tighten Container Security

Among the ways proposed to secure application containers and micro-services as they proliferate in datacenters is more rigorous oversight of the software supply chain. With those security considerations in ...Full Article

Red Hat Rolls ‘Container-Native’ Storage

Cloud-native applications being delivered via application containers now have the option of using what open-source leader Red Hat calls "container-native" storage integrated with the latest version of its RedShift ...Full Article

Red Hat, Microsoft Extend Alliance to SQL Server

Red Hat continues to expand its ties with major cloud providers with the addition of the latest version of Microsoft SQL Server on its flagship Linux platform. Separately, the ...Full Article

Heptio Looks to Reduce Container Complexity

Startup Heptio announced its latest funding round this week as it seeks to drive application container orchestration deeper into enterprise IT infrastructure by making the technology more accessible to ...Full Article

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Mesosphere Adds Kubernetes in Platform Upgrade

Micro-services specialist Mesosphere is bringing the leading container orchestrator to its datacenter operating system as part of its latest release of its flagship platform. Version 1.10 of the company's ...Full Article

Specs Target Container Portability

Application containers are getting more portable across different implementations thanks to a two-year effort to forge "vendor neutral" specifications released this week by an industry group. The Open Container ...Full Article

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Kubernetes Gets Storage, Security Upgrades

As more distributed applications are delivered via containers, managing them at scale has become a key requirement. That has spurred extensions of container orchestration tools such as Docker Swarm ...Full Article

IoT Helps Redefine Cloud-Native App Development

Distributed applications must be designed upfront for deployment in the cloud if enterprises hope to achieve the scale necessary for Internet of Things and other hyper-scale projects, cloud-native proponents ...Full Article

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Docker, Alibaba Expand Container Partnership

Docker is expanding it presence in China. The application container leader said June 9 it has launched a cloud-based registry providing local access to Docker images as well as ...Full Article