Move over, Docker, and make room for Microsoft in the emerging market for software containers. Microsoft has released a technical preview of the first publicly available version of Windows Server ...

Docker has given rise to Linux and Windows containers but Microsoft is also championing Kubernetes, the popular open source container orchestration system developed by Google. Containers are one of ...

Windows Server 2016 TP4 and TP5 now support Docker containers. Learn what this means for the future of IT system and application architectures and how to set up and manage a host using Windows ...

When most people think of application containers – one of the most popular new trends in how software is built and run by developers – they associate the technology very closely with Linux. Now, ...

Network Visibility Can Help Avoid the IT Blame Game In a major move that bodes well for IT organizations that need to support applications that run in both Linux and Windows environments, Microsoft ...

When Microsoft launched its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) back in 2018, it was very clear why: It wanted to provide tools for developers building modern cloud applications. Microsoft needed a way ...

In a story I wrote for Computerworld in January, which was a review of Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4, I mentioned Windows Server’s new support for Hyper-V containers that had been added to ...

Containers have had some of their earliest uptake among developers, as they're extremely lightweight, scalable and easy to destroy and create. And now the leading container company, Docker, has made ...

I spent the end of last week at Monki Gras, a London developer conference focused on the craft of software development. It’s a fascinating event, and this year focused on how to package software. Not ...