Overcoming Security Concerns of Docker Technology
Container technology is creating waves in IT industry. With its large number of benefits for IT and dev ops, it has started impacting the industry starting early…
Top 5 Storage acquisitions in first half of 2016
Every year acquisitions are changing the storage landscape, adding a lot of dynamism and churn in the entire storage industry. First half of year 2016 has been no exception. We have seen some key acquisitions happened which may impact storage industry in the long run. They were 27 acquisitions….
Flocker Driver/Plugin for Storage Arrays
Data persistence and portability use cases such as moving database containers between hosts and reattaching existing data volumes from shared storage environments can be challenging. When a Docker container moves with a standard volume driver, its data volume stays….
DockerCon 2016
DockerCon 2016 is just a week away and the excitement is soaring! There are many new additions this year and the Docker community looks forward to witnessing a fruitful and informative event. Containers have in the recent past become an inevitable part of application deployment and management.
OpenStack Summit 2016
OpenStack Summit this year witnessed a footfall of 7500 odd participants which was an overwhelming number considering the fact that not long ago when the summit commenced for the first time; there were just 75 participants. The summit commenced with keynotes that served as food for thought ranging from….
Key Strategic Acquisitions for VMware
I was keeping a close watch on VMware even before the inception of Calsoft Inc. It was exciting to watch VMware growing from a young Silicon Valley startup to a formidable force in the enterprise market space. It is still growing at a rapid pace even after its merger with EMC and later will Dell. Forbes positioned VMware ast….
Use of Docker (Linux Containers – LXC) in Scalability & Performance Testing for NAS Products
Testing of Network Attached Storage (NAS) Arrays is a challenging subject & many OEMs face a daunting task when it comes to performing non-functional testing such as Performance. Another challenge is to test how scalable their product is in-terms of maximum simultaneous connections. Both these kind of testing….
Docker Networking Basics
Docker overview: Docker is an open source project to pack, ship and run any application as a lightweight container. The idea is to provide a comprehensive abstraction…
Storage Industry 2015 – A Holistic View
Storage industry funding: A report from IDC states that the External Storage Market Witnessed a Significant Year-on-Year Growth (16 percent) due to Increased Spending across Verticals in…
Software Defined Network (SDN) – Present, Past and Future.
Before we move ahead let us understand the 3 generations of networking. The first generation of networking was primarily dominated by mainframes. Organizations invested a lot of…