With cloud, two of the latest have been containers and serverless computing. Both take the established concept behind virtual machines (VMs) to the next level, promising greater efficiencies and lower ...

A deep dive into securing containerized environments and understanding how they present unique security challenges. Containers are self-contained pods representing complete, portable application ...

As human beings we like analogies. Admittedly, we sometimes overextend them and end up obfuscating rather than clarifying. Such is arguably the case with cloud computing and the electric grid. However ...

Focus on open source viewed as helping to avoid vendor lock in. Bob Quillin, vice president for developer relations at Oracle, in a blog post described the platform as a mix between an integrated ...

SANTA FE, NM - JULY 4, 2018: A tub filled with ice and plastic bottles of Dasani purified bottled water being given away at a Fourth of July holiday event in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dasani is a brand of ...

Modern applications are increasingly developed as distributed microservices, leveraging containers and Kubernetes. While this shift accelerates innovation, it presents challenges for legacy security ...

Ever feel that cloud computing sounds like a pile of acronyms, hidden fees and choices you are somehow meant to understand straight away? Many readers worry about cost, security and where their data ...

A new survey shows what most of us already know: Cloud solutions are focused on serverless and containers. Know the good and bad of this popular combo. Credit: Ian Noble; Modified by IDG Comm. A new ...

We tend to believe that state-of-the-art technology, in particular the technology for essential services, is built upon a series of cumulative advancements. In other words, progress is linear and we ...

You know a technology is going mainstream when Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, VMware and Red Hat all make big announcements about embracing it. Such is the case with containers. But as containers have grown ...