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 ...

In a previous post, I discussed the challenges of integrating Docker containers with VMware. While VMware would prefer you run containers inside a virtual machine (VM), a more common use case for ...

In recent months, the rise of containers as a lighter-weight alternative to virtual machines has emerged as a major challenger to VMware, the dominant provider of virtual machines inside the ...

Now that Docker has blown out the candle on its first birthday cake, the company and the technology alike are embracing more ambitious plans. Newest on that list: a partnership between Docker and ...

The open-source Docker container virtualization technology has a new ally today. VMware announced a new partnership with Docker, Google and Pivotal to enable container technology in VMware ...

If you had any doubts about just how popular Docker's containers are, the news that VMware is partnering with Docker, Google, and Pivotal to integrate Docker containers into VMware's virtualization ...

Having made its fortunes virtualizing the X86 servers at some 500,000 customers worldwide, there is no bigger threat to the continued financial success of server virtualization and cloud player VMware ...

Docker Desktop features a simplified security context that masks many errors and failures behind the veil of a VM. Even though logs exist, diagnosing issues is difficult, and most problems are solved ...

VMware today announced that it is partnering with Docker, Google and Pivotal to bring support for Docker containers to its platform. In addition, the company said that it will work with the Kubernetes ...