Docker containers are lightweight, self-contained packages capable of efficiently running various services. Virtual machines are more robust, emulate full computers, and require more resources, but ...

The release of Windows Server 2016 will bring a new option of building apps based on micro-services that run in Docker and other standard containers. Does that portend the end of the VM? The rise of ...

Docker Desktop features a simplified security context that masks many errors and failures behind the veil of a VM. Even ...

Virtual machines (VMs) are so firmly entrenched in the datacenter now that it's hard to remember a time when they weren't available. In fact, many younger IT pros may be only vaguely familiar with a ...

So you designed an app on iPhone, but it’s buggy on Android and you don’t know what to do. Docker is the tool to alleviate this major headache of software development. Docker is a container system ...

The Docker orchestration services described in December by the company's CEO as the next 12 months' most important developments are now available for public use. The first downloadable versions of ...

Google is throwing its weight behind containers, an increasingly popular virtualization technology that can ease the process of spinning up applications in the cloud. On Thursday, Google previewed a ...

As Microsoft moves to embrace containers to provide virtual machine (VM) and application portability, the company is among numerous players that have aligned with Docker Inc. to enable cross-platform ...

Are virtual machines (VM) more secure than containers? You may think you know the answer, but IBM Research has found containers can be as secure, or more secure, than VMs. James Bottomley, an IBM ...

Google is throwing its weight behind containers, an increasingly popular virtualization technology that can ease the process of spinning up applications in the cloud. On Thursday, Google previewed a ...