Application containers
Windows Server 2016 Adds Hyper-V Container Support
The growing shift toward cloud-native technologies and applications running in "hybrid datacenters" continues with Microsoft's release of more technical details for Windows Server 2016. As EnterpriseTech reported in August, ...Full Article
Red Hat Previews Atomic Container Host
Red Hat launched a lightweight Linux container host initiative last year called "Project Atomic" just as the application container movement was gaining market momentum. The company said this week ...Full Article
Docker Releases ‘Production-Ready’ Net, Cluster Tools
The folks at Docker Inc. continue to push out new releases of their application container platform with the overriding goal of making key components "production-ready." The latest version, Docker ...Full Article
Docker Closes App Gap With Tutum Acquisition
Seeking to bridge the gap between application development and production deployment, container leader Docker Inc. said this week it has acquired Tutum Inc., a two-year-old developer of a cloud ...Full Article
Microsoft Unveils Azure Containers
Microsoft filled in the details of its application container strategy with the unveiling of its Azure Container Service based on partnerships with Docker and datacenter OS and container orchestration ...Full Article
Docker Containers Set to Run on Windows Server 2016
Microsoft rolled out a technical preview of its Windows Server 2016 on Wednesday (Aug. 19) that includes the first peek at Windows Server containers developed in partnership with application ...Full Article
Mirantis, CoreOS Marry OpenStack With Containers
Capitalizing on momentum generated by the release of a production-ready container cluster manager, OpenStack vendor Mirantis and hyperscale Linux developer CoreOS are combining the former's OpenStack distribution with the ...Full Article
‘Can Containers Contain?’ Remains Top Security Issue
Among the stumbling blocks to scaling application container technology are lingering concerns about security in production environments. Secure deployment of Docker and other container workloads in production was among ...Full Article
Docker Targets Production With New Tools, Services
As it moves to become a de facto standard for application container formats, Docker released a batch of management tools, support services and a new on-premise registry for container ...Full Article
Goldman Sachs Brokers Container Spec Deal
With a nudge from major customers like financial services giant Goldman Sachs, a group of software vendors said they are coalescing around a new initiative created to establish industry ...Full Article
