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.

October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21
NetApp Insight frames moves to public cloud and cloud native

Storage player highlights partnerships with cloud hyperscalers and development of Spot portfolio aimed at cloud-native applications, DevOps, FinOps and SecOps
October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21
VMworld 2021: VMware CEO fleshes out and refines company’s enterprise multi-cloud strategy

VMware’s new CEO, Raghu Raghuram, uses the VMworld 2021 keynote to set out the company’s expanded take on the meaning of multi-cloud
September 28, 2021 28 Sep'21
Pure launches Fusion cloud control layer for storage

Pure Fusion is a storage control plane across cloud and datacentre. Portworx Data Services also launches to provide database management for container storage platform
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

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What digital transformation means for data storage

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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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