
Docker Docker – Docker Security – Docker
Docker Docker – Docker Security – Docker from Boyd Hemphill At this year’s Lonestar Application Security Conference I was asked to speak about Docker. While many claim “Docker Security” is oxymoronic, the ...

Containers: 4 Key Security Considerations
Containers promise to help software development organizations save time and money by providing a mechanism for making applications much more portable across development, testing, and deployment environments. The ubiquitous nature of containers ...

Docker Patterns – The Volatile Configuration Pattern
It was about 25 years ago when the Gang of Four initially got together. From that confluence of vision came the notion of Object Oriented Design Techniques. If DevOps is about adopting ...

LXD, the Hypervisor for LXC Containers, Part Two
Last time, ContainerJournal corralled comments from Dustin Kirkland, Strategist, Container Offerings, Canonical on the LXD hypervisor for LXC containers that work with Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux OS for Part One of LXD, the ...

Docker Security Evolving to Advance Adoption
It’s a time-honored story arc at this point; an emerging technology gains rabid affection among practitioners eager to embrace its inherent benefits, then related security concerns begin to cloud the horizon, threatening ...

Docker, a DevOps ally
In case you are wondering what Docker is about and how it relates to DevOps, here’s a quick take on how Docker bolsters the DevOps mission by helping operations become more agile ...

IBM Containers merge Docker with Bluemix for enterprise-class container technology
You’re familiar with the old saying, “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em”. When it comes to IBM and containers it seems like the philosophy is more like “If you can’t beat ...

Docker ecosystem: State of the union
Docker has spread like a forest fire a continuous deliverynd movement’s thirst for containerization has been nothing short of remarkable. A community of organizations has developed around Docker by approaching add-on applications ...

Will Containers Replace Virtual Machines?
A question I am often asked, is will containers replace virtual machines? With containers being lightweight, portable and with fast startup time, it would seem to be a no brainer. While containers ...

Containers and the Search for the “Killer App”
VisiCalc for early PCs. E-mail for the Internet. SMS for mobile. Every major tech platform we’ve seen has had the benefit of a “killer application” that transformed it from “toy” or “cool ...