Microsoft today is announcing new capabilities for running applications in containers — an alternative to more traditional virtual machines — both on its Azure public cloud and in companies’ ...

Ecosystem challenges Microsoft has suspended its SQL Server on Windows Container beta “with immediate effect”, citing ecosystem challenges. Microsoft senior program manager Amit Khandelwal said: “Due ...

The Amazon Web Services Marketplace has begun offering a free, downloadable “community edition” of WinDocks, from the Bellevue, Wash.-based startup of the same name. WinDocks says the community ...

Going forward, there is little question that containers have become firmly established as the technology of choice for application deployment – at least until such a time as alternative approaches ...