Cloud-Native Development
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? ...
SUSE Melds Kubernetes and Cloud Foundry Further
At the SUSECON 2019 conference this week, SUSE announced that it has advanced its effort to unify the Cloud Foundry platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environment with Kubernetes by adding support for Project Eirini in ...
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 ...
Preparing for a Move to Microservices
If your company is like most, homespun software applications permeate the organization. And chances are, the majority of these applications are running on outdated architecture. But don’t dismay: Re-architecting those applications on ...
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 ...
Kubernetes: The End of the DIY Era?
Is Kubernetes too much of a good thing? In the world of cloud technologies, working in open source generally means you have more and better choices. If your code is built on ...
Containers vs. Unikernels: An Apples-to-Oranges Comparison
I was asked recently to write a containers-versus-unikernels article, and I said, “Sure, but it won’t be the article you think it is because I share Per Buer’s sentiment that unikernels are ...
Latest Update to Kubernetes Arrives
The release team in charge of Kubernetes this week released an update to Kubernetes that formally adds support for Windows Server. That support means that, in terms of being able to support ...
A Year of Kubernetes: What’s Beyond the Horizon?
In part one of this two-part series on what has transpired in the cloud-native community—and specifically the Kubernetes ecosystem in the past year—we discussed the emergence of Kubernetes and cloud-native as the ...
Happy Sixth Birthday, Docker!
Anyone who says six years ago they fully appreciated the impact Docker containers would have on IT probably isn’t being entirely truthful. But as Docker celebrates its official sixth birthday today, it’s ...
