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 …

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. …