Containers
Containers are a form of operating system virtualisation that allows developers to isolate and package up all or part of an application, effectively into a portable building block. Open-source Docker and Google-backed Kubernetes are both high-profile example of container technology, with IBM, Microsoft and Red Hat all championing the use of the former within their products and environments.
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News : Containers
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August 13, 2019
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Aug'19
Cray to support US Department of Energy El Capitan exascale programme
Shasta platform will be used to expand traditional supercomputing to support complex workflows
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July 30, 2019
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Jul'19
Google increases presence and investments in Finland
New next-generation datacentre at Hamina and technology training hub in Helsinki illustrate Google’s growing interest in Finland
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July 16, 2019
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Jul'19
Dutch authorities temporarily halt datacentre construction
Two local authorities in the Netherlands have put the brakes on datacentre construction to give them time to put policies in place to gain more control over builds
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July 15, 2019
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Jul'19
How Suse is taking open source deeper into the enterprise
Suse’s focus on developer needs, industry-specific use cases and engineering partnerships with the likes of SAP are among efforts to take open source software deeper into the enterprise
In Depth : Containers
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Evolution in action: The changing face of the datacentre
The role datacentres play in the wider enterprise IT landscape is changing, fuelling the demand for a mix of different types of facilities that are capable of meeting the growing variety of enterprise data-processing requirements Continue Reading
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Microsoft’s road to multicloud support
From Microsoft’s perspective, multicloud is more about portability than resiliency Continue Reading
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What are the SD-WAN requirements for a multicloud environment?
SD-WAN is becoming an important option for businesses migrating branch and other edge communications to the cloud. But what makes a successful deployment? Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Containers
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Kubernetes catches up with operational reality
With Kubernetes now established in many organisations as the container orchestration platform of the future, are cracks already starting to show? Well, not exactly – but if I could pull out one ... Continue Reading
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Kubernetes management made easier for enterprises
In this guest post, Rob Greenwood, CTO at Manchester-based cloud and DevOps consultancy, Steamhaus, sets out why the emergence of Amazon's managed Kubernetes service is such good news for the ... Continue Reading
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Open source is growing up – and here’s how
If you’re among those who still think that open source is just for hobbyists and academics, think again. Open source is mature now, both as a concept and as tools for building enterprise IT, and we ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Containers
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Security Think Tank: The security role of SDN, containers, encryption and SDP
How can organisations combine software-defined networking, containerisation and encryption to prevent rogue code from running freely across a corporate network? Continue Reading
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The second coming of private cloud: Righting the wrongs of previous deployments
The first generation of private cloud failed to hit the mark with enterprises, but things have improved Continue Reading
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Infrastructure as code: What does it mean and why does it matter?
The emergence of software-defined hardware has given rise to the phrase “infrastructure as code” to describe the way these environments are managed Continue Reading