It’s been a long journey for Kubernetes over the last year. We first talked about Kubernetes here on 24 x7 IT Connection in August of 2015. Back then, Kubernetes was just a year old, with its 1.0 release landing in June of 2015. Now, we’re up to Kubernetes 1.3, which was announced on July 6, […]
Use Any Storage with Docker Containers for your Enterprise
As enterprises continue to become interested in Docker; the types of features we have access to and the available third party integrations become more and more important. You may have previously seen this topic covered on 24×7 IT Connection by Melissa Palmer. In this post she explains what Docker is and why we care. More […]
CoreOS Announces 1.0 Release of Rocket
Recently, CoreOS, the creators of a streamlined Linux distribution with running containers in mind, announced the 1.0 release of Rocket (rkt), their home grown container runtime environment. CoreOS was initially released in October of 2013, and has seen a massive adoption rate in a little over two years. The fact that this company and distribution […]
OpenSSH a Little too Open Thanks to New Vulnerability
OpenSSH is regarded as the most widely used SSH library, and would rival for top adopted open source products with significant numbers of enterprise vendors wrapping it into their network and security products. It wasn’t that long ago that we saw the release of CVE-2014-0160 which is more well known as the Heartbleed vulnerability or the OpenSSL […]
Microsoft and Red Hat, a New Partnership
When we hear the word Microsoft, often our first thought is Windows, Microsoft’s flagship product, an operating system for computers whether they be in your home or in you datacenter. Lately, Microsoft has been beginning to step out of their comfort zone. They’ve announced their own Linux derivative for powering their Azure cloud switch, and […]
Microsoft Announces Linux Derivative Powering Azure Cloud Switch
The Announcement Microsoft has made the landmark announcement that they are using a Microsoft-contributed Linux derivative. While this may have once been a story that would be seen on The Onion, and even spawned the parody MSLinux.org site, there is no joke about what is coming out of the Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Open Technologies […]
Kubernetes and the Tectonic Shift
One of the things tiny linux distributions lend themselves so well to are container technologies. We’ve talked about Docker here before on 24×7 IT Connection, so let’s take a look at another platform that works along with Docker, Kubernetes. What is Kubernetes? Kubernetes is a project by Google, which seeks to provide open source container […]
It’s a Small World: Tiny Linux Operating System Options
When it comes to the world of cloud and web applications, thin is in. By that we mean that thin, agile operating systems that can be easily deployed and managed are the ultimate target for rapid application deployment. Linux has long been the standard in web applications, because it has given the reliability of traditional […]
Microsoft Announces Future SSH Support in Windows
by Melissa Palmer Microsoft recently announced brand new integration between Windows and Linux in the form of SSH support coming in the not so distant future. Microsoft recently announced on the MSDN blog that the PowerShell team will support, and contribute to the OpenSSH community. We can venture to guess this integration will be invoked by […]