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.
Could Containers Become a Desktop Technology?
Among the many differences between containers and virtual machines is that containers are used almost exclusively in server applications. In contrast, there is a healthy market for virtual machines on both desktop ...
Why Windows Containers Are Less Attractive Than Linux Containers
The fact that you can run Docker containers on Windows as well as Linux is amazing. Yet, I sometimes struggle to see a clear use case for Windows containers. Compared to Linux ...
Do We Have More Kubernetes Distributions Than We Need?
How many Kubernetes distributions does the world need? As more and more vendors roll out their own distributions, that’s a question worth asking. It’s also a question whose answer is No, I ...
The Evolution of Container Security
Containers have evolved substantially since Docker’s introduction in 2013. So have the security challenges and solutions that organizations should think about when designing a container security strategy. Here’s a look at how ...
Kubernetes and the Challenge of Federation
Wouldn’t it be handy if you could manage multiple Kubernetes clusters using a single tool and interface? Kubernetes would like to let you do this using a feature called federation. The trouble ...
Explaining Kubernetes’ Popularity: It’s the Community, Not the Technology
Everyone everywhere is excited about Kubernetes. The big question is, Why are people are talking so much more about Kubernetes than other container orchestrators? Is Kubernetes functionally superior to other container orchestrators? ...
The Differences Between Linux and Windows Containers
Docker’s popularity has been driven in large part by its promise of letting admins build an application once and then deploy it anywhere. But this promise can be misleading when you are ...
A High-Level History of the Container Ecosystem, 2013-2019
Docker recently turned 6 years old. That makes this a fitting time to step back and think about how the conversation surrounding Docker has evolved over those years. My goal in this ...
The State of Container Security
To deploy containers in production today, you need to secure them. A growing list of companies want to help you do that. Here’s an overview of the major commercial offerings that cater ...
Best of 2018: What Comes After Kubernetes? Future Innovations for Containers
As we close out 2018, we at Container Journal wanted to highlight the five most popular articles of the year. Following is the fifth in our weeklong series of the Best of ...
