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.
How Microsoft is Revamping its Docker Container Strategy
The future of profitability in the container market lies in Kubernetes hosting. That, at least, seems to be the new stance from Microsoft, whose container market strategy has evolved significantly over the ...
Using Containers to Improve the People Part of Your Business
Most discussions of containers focus on how they improve software delivery processes and complement other software tools. Equally important, however, are the benefits that containers offer to humans. Here’s a look. The ...
How Containers Improve Software Quality Testing
Containers are an important part of the DevOps conversation because they can help developers and IT Ops work better together. But if focus only on this benefit of containers, you miss the ...
VMs, Serverless, LXC and Beyond: What is the Opposite of Docker?
You know what Docker is. But what is Docker not? What is the opposite of Docker? There are several ways to think about that question, all of which help to highlight Docker’s ...
5 Software Delivery Challenges that Containers Won’t Solve
Containers are great, but they’re not a panacea. Here are five challenges within the software delivery process that Docker containers can’t help you to solve. To be clear, I don’t mean to ...
Docker as the New Status Symbol (Or, Why Everyone Loves Docker)
Why is Docker so popular? The technical advantages of containers have a lot to do with it. However, part of the answer is also cultural: Docker is a status symbol that companies ...
Environment Parity: Why Docker Matters More for Linux than Windows
Docker runs on any Linux distribution, but only on select versions of Windows. That begs the question: Is Docker as useful on Windows as it is on Linux? Docker and the Environment ...
Why PaaS vs. CaaS Is the Wrong Question to Ask
You’ve heard of platform as a service (PaaS). You’ve heard of containers as a service (CaaS). Wondering what the difference is between a PaaS and a CaaS, and which solution is best ...
How Many CaaS Platforms Support Swarm? Not Many
If you want to use Docker Swarm mode to orchestrate containers, finding a container environment that supports Swarm can be tough. That begs the question: Is the future looking dim for Docker ...
Is Docker Appropriate for Smaller Companies?
The ability of Docker containers to scale seamlessly is one of Docker’s main selling points. But scalability only matters for companies that need large deployments. This begs the question: Can containers benefit ...
