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.

September 27, 2021 27 Sep'21
GCP gets triple-redundant NAS and built-in Kubernetes backup

Google Filestore Enterprise will provide synchronous replication across three zones, while Backup for Google Kubernetes Engine brings built-in container cluster data protection
September 27, 2021 27 Sep'21
Private equity cash fuels Nordic datacentre growth

Private equity companies are betting on the Nordic datacentre sector as demand for services in the region accelerates
July 22, 2021 22 Jul'21
Research: Cultural barriers hold enterprises back from building ‘high-performing’ DevOps teams

The tenth annual State of DevOps report by configuration management software provider Puppet suggests many enterprises are struggling to reap the full benefits of taking an agile-like approach to software development
July 21, 2021 21 Jul'21
Cloud Foundry Foundation rebalances commercial code contributions

Most open source contributions in Cloud Foundry come from developers whose companies commercialise the platform

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Tech in APAC - April 2021

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Avoiding architectural blank cheques

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Kubernetes catches up with operational reality

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Moving from VMs to a container-based enterprise architecture

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Containers: Learning from the pioneers

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Security Think Tank: ‘Shift left’ to secure containers

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