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.
CoreOS Adopts Security-Centric Approach to Containers
What’s the big difference between CoreOS and Docker? The belief that the greatest dividends to be reaped from containers is security. That, at least, was the message from CoreOS CEO Alex Polvi ...
Docker Datacenter: What It Means for the Container Ecosystem
Docker launched its first major enterprise product, Docker Datacenter, a few days ago. Here’s how the Containers-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform will impact other container companies and software, and what it means for innovation ...
Docker Acquires Conductant for Massive Container Scalability
How serious is Docker about supporting massively scalable workloads? More serious than ever, it seems, following the company’s acquisition of Conductant, bringing large-scale cloud management expertise to the Docker team. Docker announced ...
Container Compatibility: Do Containers Need More Standardization?
Does the container ecosystem need more standards? If you look at the list of different container platforms and products — from Docker and CoreOS to LXD and Project Atomic — it can ...
Container Security Challenges: Are Container Scanners Enough?
How secure are containers? Not very, according to open source company Red Hat, which has published a blog post blasting the container ecosystem for lacking good security processes. Here’s a synopsis of ...
Shippable DevOps Platform Uses Containers to “Automate Everything”
Containers may still be maturing. But Shippable, a DevOps provider, is already taking a big bet on Docker containers by making them the center of the latest version of its developer productivity ...
Why Is Container Adoption on the Slow Side? Some Thoughts
In theory, everyone should love containers. They’re portable. They’re scalable. They’re free. They’re easy to put into production quickly, as DevOps teams certainly know. Yet, so far, adoption rates for platforms like ...
ContainerX Adds VMware vSphere Integration to Container Platform
ContainerX hopes easing container orchestration and deployment for enterprises will give it a leg up in the market. That’s what the company aims to do by integrating its platform with VMware vSphere, ...
Portworx Unveils PX-Lite Container-Defined Storage Platform
Portworx, a California-based startup, has launched a new platform, PX-Lite, that leverages Linux containers to deliver software-defined storage. In other words, Portworx promises “container-defined storage,” its main tagline. PX-Lite delivers on that ...
Report: Docker May Switch Official Images to Alpine Linux
Docker may be considering switching from Ubuntu to Alpine Linux as the basis for building official Docker images. The change would give Docker a lighter-weight Linux distribution, but at the expense of ...
