Why do Linux Containers like Docker, rkt and LXC and LXD matter? How do they improve on the VM model and why are microservices.

A Quick Introduction to Virtual Containers

Linux Containers – Docker, LXC, rkt and the like – are the current darling of much of the application development and virtualization world. Seemingly the cure to everything that ailed bloated virtual machines and accelerating (and adored by) the microservices development community, Containers have very real benefits compared to virtual …

Docker Containers are declining with the rise of Kubernetes and now an Open Source Mesosphere DCOS

Mesosphere open sources DC/OS – and gives Docker a push toward the Beach

With the announcement of Mesosphere open sourcing it’s Mesos-based DC/OS container management solution, and Kubernetes clearly pushing to enable underlying container models other than Docker, is Docker the next target for crushing defeat? The darling of the container community has been getting roughed up a bit recently, with their Docker …

Five Minutes of Cloud

Video: The Computer in Cloud Computing: An Introduction

  “Compute” is on of the three core resource pools leveraged by cloud systems. In this episode, Robert Starmer introduces how computers fit into (and drive) the Cloud. Get a clear, concise introduction to how ‘traditional’ hypervisor-based virtualization differs from the ‘new’ container technology that has cloud technologists all abuzz. …