In software-defined data centers, software networking can help container environments talk to each other and maintain network policies without needing admins to respond to each change. With increasing ...

It’s no small testament to the appeal of container technology that Docker—by far the leading contender in the field—went from under 3 million downloads in June 2014 to 100 million last month.

Virtualization is not the hottest topic in the industry, but it has been a popular approach to deploy and manage enterprise applications. It allows a business to carve up its data center in a granular ...

Disruptive technologies often serve as a great equalizer. By definition, they change the conversation. Disruptive technologies can punish incumbents. It can also open the door to new opportunities for ...

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 19 — Coho Data today announced integration of Docker containers and microservice orchestration support to allow third-party applications to run directly within its customers’ ...

Protecting your stored data on the cloud is a concern, but it's easy enough with encryption. Thanks to SSL, it's simple to protect data in motion on the network. But protecting your data when it's ...

Google has patented the idea of putting a complete data centre in a shipping container. The concept is particularly useful when temporary, mobile data centres need to be set up, such as in ...

Mike Chapple is associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. Smartphones and tablets go missing all the time. More often than not, those devices ...

Containers are a great way to run applications, with much less overhead than traditional bare metal or virtualised environments. But what about data protection? Do containers need backup and data ...