Use of containerised applications, usually with a container orchestrator such as Kubernetes, is currently a huge trend in IT, and is becoming almost ubiquitous with users across all sectors.

To know containers is to know Kubernetes, the gold standard for container orchestration and deployment. Here's an explainer for how Kubernetes works and what makes it tick. In the first installment in ...

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 ...

Containerisation typifies the biggest current shifts in IT. Containers are intended as lightweight and portable – between systems, between datacentre and cloud – and are a cornerstone of digital ...

Docker containers help software developers build applications more quickly and deploy them more flexibly. Containers can also help developers make software more secure. Automatic analysis of the ...

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The Google-created Kubernetes open source container management project has emerged as a de facto standard for cloud native computing. Although Kubernetes and container technology offer the promise of ...

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Before deploying any container-based applications, it’s crucial to first protect its security by ensuring a Docker, Kubernetes, or other container firewall is in place. There are two ways to implement ...

Azure Container Apps is a serverless Kubernetes service that manages scaling for you. Just bring your application’s containers, ready to run. Building and managing a Kubernetes infrastructure in the ...