Christopher Tozzi has covered technology and business news for nearly a decade, specializing in open source, containers, big data, networking and security. He is currently Senior Editor and DevOps Analyst with Fixate.io and Sweetcode.io.
Unikernels by Another Name: LinuxKit and Docker’s Long-Term Strategy
Docker’s not using the term “unikernel” in relation to LinuxKit. But a unikernel is essentially what LinuxKit allows you to build. In that sense, LinuxKit reveals how Docker hopes to move beyond ...
What’s Old Is New Again (and Better): Understanding LinuxKit
LinuxKit, Docker’s latest open-source project, promises to enable you to run Docker containers wherever you want—on Linux, on Windows, on AWS or, if you feel like it, on your IoT-connected TV. But ...
Why the Docker Ecosystem Is Starting to Feel Boring
DockerCon 2017 has come and gone. What did it tell us about the current state of Docker, Docker containers and the ecosystem? Keep reading for an overview. First of all, this year’s ...
How Docker Changes Everything (Not Just Deployment)
At their core, Docker containers are just a new way to deploy applications. But their implications for the software world extend much further than just application deployment. Here’s how Docker changes monitoring, ...
Docker Inc. vs. VMware: Observations on the Docker Container Market
To understand what makes containers different from virtual machines—and what the future of Docker the company will be—it’s worth comparing the rise of Docker Inc. to the rise of VMware. To be ...
The Current State of Persistent Storage for Docker
If there’s one area where Docker container tooling remains weak, it’s the realm of persistent storage. Here’s why storage solutions for containers continue to come up short, and a look at the ...
The Docker Paradox: Containers Trade Simplicity for Agility
Docker containers make life easier. But they also make it more complicated. This is the Docker paradox. Here’s what it means. If you’re familiar with Docker, you likely already understand how it ...
The Money Question: Diamanti Discusses Containers, VMs and TCO
Docker containers are cool, they help you be agile and they consume resources more efficiently. That you know. But here’s the burning question: Will containers save you money? That’s what I recently ...
How Kubernetes is Eating the Container World
Is Kubernetes eating the container world? Not quite, but it’s close—and its success comes at the expense of Docker Swarm. The recent news that IBM has added a managed Kubernetes service to ...
Docker at 4: Milestones in Docker History
Docker is now 4 years old—and a lot has happened in that time. Here’s a recap of major milestones in Docker history, starting with Docker’s first public release in March 2013. Technically, ...
