Building Microservices: A Few Considerations

Building Microservices: A Few Considerations

Recently I spoke at Microservices Day in Bangalore on the topic, “What Do You Need to Consider When Building Microservices?” I wanted to share my company’s experiences when migrating our platform as a ...
7 Web Interfaces for Container Management and Orchestration

7 Web Interfaces for Container Management and Orchestration

Managing containers used to be a command-line affair. But a rich and growing ecosystem of Web-based interfaces for containers has now emerged. Here’s an overview of the different Web UIs available for ...
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OpenStack 2016 Management Tool Survey Results

Kubernetes Beats Swarm for Container Management on OpenStack Clouds

Docker Swarm may not be as popular as you think, at least for OpenStack admins. That’s according to the latest OpenStack User Survey, which shows Kubernetes enjoying a huge lead over other ...
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Containers and Security Q&A: Putting a Lid on Risk

Containers and Security Q&A: Putting a Lid on Risk

There is an ongoing discussion today about how containers impact security. Most every development team is implementing (or at least talking about implementing) containers because there are so many benefits to containers ...
Intel to work with CoreOs, Mirantis and Google to Integrate Kubernetes and OpenStack

Intel to work with CoreOs, Mirantis and Google to Integrate Kubernetes and OpenStack

In a development that promises to have major implications for how private clouds are ultimately built and managed, Intel, CoreOS and Mirantis this week revealed they are working with Google to port ...
5 Docker Best Practices You Should Follow

5 Docker Best Practices You Should Follow

Docker is not the only container technology out there, but it is the de facto standard bearer for containers and it’s the most recognizable brand among the container players. Support for Docker ...
‘Containers-as-a-Service’ Is a Hot Trend

‘Containers-as-a-Service’ Is a Hot Trend

How do you know when a new concept or technology has truly achieved mainstream critical mass? When it gets converted to the ubiquitous “as-a-Service” alternative. Containers are still sort of the new ...
Container Security Challenges: Are Container Scanners Enough?

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 ...
How To Choose a Cloud Platform for Containers

How To Choose a Cloud Platform for Containers

Cloud services have been a major battleground for Amazon, Google, and Microsoft for years now. Leveraging cloud platforms has already become commoditized to some extent, though, to the point that there wasn’t ...
CoreOS raises the bar for container security with Rocket 1.0

CoreOS raises the bar for container security with Rocket 1.0

CoreOS is a sort of frenemy of Docker—a competitor and partner at the same time—and continues to be a thorn in Docker’s side every once in a while. Now is one of ...