Developers love containers. They’re easy to use and fast to start. You can run a lot of them on even simple hardware. Startup overhead has always been a bane of development and testing, and this ...

In a previous post, I discussed the challenges of integrating Docker containers with VMware. While VMware would prefer you run containers inside a virtual machine (VM), a more common use case for ...

I'm starting on a home server hopefully tomorrow for plex, google photos replacement (I intend to check out nextcloud and immich), home server for streaming wifi cam footage eventually and possibly ...

Much of the industry seems to agree that containers aren't going to replace virtual machines any time soon. But people are certainly thinking about it. At OpenStack Silicon Valley (OSSV) this past ...

Virtual machines (VMs) and containers have their place in datacentres, enabling enterprises to ship software quickly while abstracting applications from the underlying infrastructure. So, it isn’t ...

Although vendor-written, this contributed piece does not advocate a position that is particular to the author’s employer and has been edited and approved by Network World editors. From certain angles, ...

What exactly is a container and what makes it different -- and in some cases better -- than a virtual machine? To answer this question, Joey explains why we ever needed containers in the first place.

Due for release in the second half of 2016, Windows Server 2016 is a major reworking of the Windows Server platform, with a refactored core that will scale from the minimalist, microservice- and cloud ...

The release of Windows Server 2016 will bring a new option of building apps based on micro-services that run in Docker and other standard containers. Does that portend the end of the VM? The rise of ...