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Containers serve as the base common denominator for the cloud native computing. They offer a universal platform to package software programs so they can be easily moved around to different systems, even those with different architectures.

Like any modern technology, containers have actually been around for decades. FreeBSD offered “jails” in the early 2000s, and Solaris containers were a key part of offering secure, flexible platforms for applications running on Sun Micrososystems’ own Unix platform. In 2008, the idea of container became a core part of the Linux kernel with the introduction of LXC (LinuX Containers), implemented with cgroups and Linux namespaces.

While LxC was used by Google to manage its own infrastructure, it wasn’t until the advent of Docker, nuanced in 2013, did developers embrace the abstraction, because it gave them an easy way to move software from development to production without any manual restaging. Mass-use of containers spurned development of container orchestraters such as Kubernetes and Docker Swarm.

Although Docker open sourced its container technology, additional effort has gone on to move the technology to independent open source governance, by way of projects such as runC, Containerd and the Moby Project. Additionally, more work has been undertaken to build containers that are both more secure and performant, such as Kata Containers.

CI/CD / Containers / Kubernetes / Sponsored

The State of Building Images on Kubernetes

28 Jun 2018 1:38pm, by Alex Handy

Containers / Kubernetes

Kubernetes 1.11 Ramps Up Custom Resource Definitions

27 Jun 2018 9:00am, by Alex Handy

Containers

Containers for High Performance Computing

26 Jun 2018 10:18am, by Joab Jackson

Containers

Steady Docker Adoption Leads to Jump in Hiring

23 Jun 2018 9:00am, by Lawrence E Hecht

Containers / DevOps / Kubernetes

Pulumi: Using Languages to Program Across Clouds

19 Jun 2018 4:00am, by Susan Hall

Containers / Kubernetes / Security

Sysdig Hones in on Unifying Security and Monitoring

18 Jun 2018 8:46am, by Susan Hall

Containers

Last Week on The New Stack: DockerCon, Serverless Business

18 Jun 2018 8:21am, by Libby Clark

Containers / Kubernetes

Docker Enterprise Edition Offers Multicloud App Management

13 Jun 2018 10:36am, by Joab Jackson

Containers / Kubernetes / Microservices / Serverless

Serverless, Containers and Application Operations

7 Jun 2018 5:02pm, by TNS Staff

Containers

Red Hat Buildah Provides a Way to Build Containers without the Docker Daemon

7 Jun 2018 9:56am, by Joab Jackson

Cloud Native / Containers / Kubernetes

Hasura Focuses on Making Kubernetes Easier with GitOps

15 May 2018 3:00am, by Susan Hall

Containers

Microsoft Azure Container Instances are Now Ready for Production Workloads

25 Apr 2018 1:10pm, by Joab Jackson

Containers / Security / Contributed

Containers and Compliance: Building Secure, Automated Systems on Amazon Web Services

19 Apr 2018 9:01am, by Jason McKay

Containers

Docker Enterprise Edition 2.0 Embraces Kubernetes

17 Apr 2018 1:34pm, by Alex Handy

Containers

Open Container Initiative Creates a Distribution Specification for Registries

11 Apr 2018 3:00am, by Alex Handy

Containers / Data / Kubernetes

Container Storage Environments in OpenEBS for Kubernetes and Microservices Deployments

8 Apr 2018 7:45am, by Alex Williams

Containers

Container Solutions: Cloud Migration with the Best Tools — and the Right Culture

4 Apr 2018 12:08pm, by Michelle Gienow

Containers / Machine Learning

This Week on The New Stack: Hykes Leaves Docker, Nvidia Joins the Kubernetes Movement

30 Mar 2018 2:31pm, by Libby Clark

Containers / Security / Sponsored / Contributed

Five Docker Security Best Practices

22 Mar 2018 6:00am, by Amit Sharma

Cloud Native / Containers / Microservices

The Path to Microservices: Getting Ready, Asking Questions

12 Mar 2018 12:34pm, by Michelle Gienow

Containers / Kubernetes / Security

Aqua Extends Container Security Platform to Kubernetes, Cloud Services

12 Mar 2018 12:15pm, by Joab Jackson

Cloud Native / Containers

CNCF Webinar to Present New Data on Container Adoption and Kubernetes Users in China

12 Mar 2018 1:00am, by TNS Staff

Containers / Kubernetes

This Week in Numbers: Measuring the Success of Kubernetes-as-a-Service

10 Mar 2018 9:00am, by Lawrence E Hecht

Containers / Kubernetes / Machine Learning

A Primer on Nvidia-Docker — Where Containers Meet GPUs

9 Mar 2018 8:33am, by Janakiram MSV

Containers / Kubernetes / Security

What the Data Says about Kubernetes Deployment Patterns

6 Mar 2018 9:14am, by Lawrence E Hecht

Cloud Native / Containers / Microservices

Microservices 101

5 Mar 2018 11:49am, by Michelle Gienow

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