A major form of confusion about containers says that they're a next-generation, lightweight replacement for VMs. But container advocates say that's never been the goal Repeat after me: Containers are ...

Vagrant and Docker both provision resources needed to support cloud-native deployments, though they focus on different parts of the deployment stack. Developers use Vagrant to provision VMs upon which ...

A collection of handy containers to manage my workstations ...

The recent controversy over Joyent’s stewardship of Node.js has made it easy to forget about the company’s other cloud and container projects. With its latest project, Joyent joins the ranks of ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Virtual machines were the cock of the walk fifteen years ago, but they have fallen out of favor ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover how technology helps business compete. This article is more than 10 years old. When Docker launched a year or so ago, it ...

Cue this month's press release from Microsoft with its list of updates to the Azure public cloud platform, and cure some innovations that will make both developers and enterprises alike pleased. As ...

If you have your ear even slightly to the ground of the software community, you’ll have heard of Docker. Having recently enjoyed a tremendous rise in popularity, it continues to attract users at a ...