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.
‘Secure by Default’: Docker’s Container Security Messaging
Containers are not only “secure by default.” They’re more secure than virtual machines. This, at least, is the thesis that Docker is pushing as container technology matures. Is it accurate? For the ...
How to Make Docker Containers Faster and Improve Performance
Your Docker containers are already fast, at least compared to virtual machines. But what if you want to make them even faster? Here are strategies for optimizing Docker container speed and performance ...
Are Containers Killing the Operating System?
The operating system was once the most important part of your software stack. In today’s containerized world, however, operating systems are dead—well, almost. Let me explain. Traditionally, when production environments ran on ...
Docker is Feature-Complete, But it Could Offer Even More
Is Docker feature-complete? In other words, has the Docker platform gained all the functionality that its users require to be fully productive and secure when deploying containers? The short answer is yes—but ...
Cloudify Orchestration Platform Forms Basis for New Company
How important have orchestration tools grown? Important enough for GigaSpaces to spin off Cloudify, which offers orchestration for containers, cloud applications and much more, into a company of its own. The move, ...
What’s In an Orchestrator? What Orchestrators Are and What They Aren’t
Container orchestrators such as Kubernetes and Swarm are a core component of production Docker environments. Understanding what an orchestrator is designed to help you do—and what they aren’t designed to do—is crucial ...
Container Security: Who’s Doing It and How It Will Evolve
As Docker has grown in popularity, so has the number of container security platforms available to help harden Docker environments against attack. Here’s an overview of the container security landscape today and ...
Kubernetes, System Containers Highlight Fedora 26 Atomic Host Release
Fedora 26 Atomic Host, the latest version of the Linux distribution that Red Hat uses as its proving ground for RHEL, is out. It brings with it important updates involving Kubernetes and ...
Why Docker Won’t Kill Virtual Machines
Conventional wisdom posits that Docker containers are killing virtual machines. That’s an overstatement. VMware, KVM and other virtual machine platforms still have bright futures. Here’s why. There’s no doubt that Docker’s debut ...
The State of the Container Monitoring and APM Market
Once upon a time, monitoring Docker containers was a tough job because few tools were good at container monitoring. That has now changed. The list of container-native monitoring tools has grown to ...
