In previous posts, we have discussed what a container is. But how do developers turn containers into a containerized application? Let’s discuss more today around containerized application design. Setting Expectations If you’re a developer or an SRE, the contents of this post may seem obvious to you. But to traditional operations folk, there are nuances […]
What are container management systems?
Let’s discuss container management systems. So far, we’ve explored the history of containers, and talked about what a container actually is from an ops perspective. In the last post, we discussed how devs use containers: to build applications. Let’s delve deeper into how they actually plan to do that. As a reminder, this blog series […]
Containers for IT Admins
We hear all the time about how much developers love containers – but are containers for IT admins too? In a previous post, we discussed the history structural differences between containers and VMs, but what do IT admins need to know about containers to support them properly? For this blog post, I’m going to assume […]
Cool New Windows 2019 Features
After a rocky start in October due to a bad Windows Update that impacted the brand new Windows 2019 platform, Windows 2019 is available and being deployed. With every new Windows version comes a host of new features and functionality. Let’s take a look at some of the coolest new features in Windows 2019, broken […]
Red Hat and CoreOS Add to the Container Stack
Fans of the open source ecosystem will undoubtedly recognize the names Red Hat and CoreOS. Red Hat has has long been the leader of open source in the enterprise with a huge following of many community projects including Fedora, Ansible, Ceph, and many others. CoreOS has just been added to the list of acquisitions with […]
The Top Technology Predictions for 2018
2017 was a great year in IT bringing much change in the focus of how businesses are consuming IT. For example, cloud for many organization is no longer if, but when. We are also now looking at data analytics, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence in new ways that benefit the business; and not just in […]
The Top 10 Technology Predictions for 2017
There are many new and evolving technology trends that have been what I will call “intriguing” to evaluate this year. I do feel that in the upcoming year many of the trends from last year will make a heavier footprint on the way we consume technology within business this upcoming year. Below you will find […]
Getting Started with Docker Container Platform for Windows 2016
The container ship is sailing with everyone on board, including those who are running Windows 2016 in their data centers. Docker Container Platform for Windows Server 2016 officially introduces Docker to the Windows ecosystem. Docker continues to gain serious momentum among the container ecosystems, and Microsoft is making their direction well known as they prepare […]
Happy 6th Birthday, OpenStack!
We’ve come a long way in six years. July 19th marked the official six year mark from the launch of the open source private cloud ecosystem. There were worldwide meet ups to celebrate the event and it is clear that this is part of the continued positive growth for the open cloud platform. Technical Committee Meeting […]
Kubernetes 1.3 Released With New Enterprise Features
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, […]