Docker, Inc., the commercial sponsor for the Docker open source project, just announced the acquisition of Orchard Laboratories, Ltd. For an undisclosed amount. Orchard has a long history with Docker ...

A microservices application is one that is composed of a series of discrete services, which communicate with one another via an API. Microservices apps are the opposite of monolithic applications. The ...

Docker is one of the biggest buzzwords in the IT world. If you're wondering why, the main answer is because of the value that containers and development with Docker instances provide to software ...

Modern applications are no longer built as a single block of code. Instead, they’re made up of dozens, or even hundreds, of smaller services that need to run reliably across different environments, ...

Docker provides a powerful tool for creating lightweight images and containerized processes, but did you know it can make your development environment part of the DevOps pipeline too? Whether you're ...

Docker Inc. hopes to bridge the gap between the developers and operations professionals using its namesake container engine with a new paid service that offers to centralize application management in ...

After sealing a number of acquisitions over the past 18 months, Docker has pounced again, this time bringing the Tutum cloud service for Dockerized apps into the fold. The Tutum Docker platform, ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Despite this low adoption, the hype is for good reason, as containers can make a significant ...