Google today announced the beta launch of the Google Container Registry for its Cloud Platform. This new service allows developers to host, share and manage their private Docker container repositories ...

On the heels of Docker 1.0 being released, Docker has announced the launch of cloud-based platform services for distributed applications, including container image distribution and change management, ...

Docker runs my world.

Docker provides a powerful tool for creating lightweight images and containerized processes, but did you know it can make your development environment part of the DevOps pipeline too? Whether you're ...

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

When Microsoft launched its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) back in 2018, it was very clear why: It wanted to provide tools for developers building modern cloud applications. Microsoft needed a way ...

When Docker turned container technology into a commodity, one question immediately sprung up: “What can we do with them?” With that query out of the way, a much larger one looms: “How do we keep them ...

Linux, of course, has long had hypervisors such as its built-in KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) and Xen but containers take a different approach to virtualization. In traditional hypervisors, the entire ...

Containers can be considered the third wave in service provision after physical boxes (the first wave) and virtual machines (the second wave). Instead of working with complete servers (hardware or ...