Docker, the open source Linux containers, is fast becoming an industry standard due to the mindshare it has been receiving in the industry. From developers using Docker for their app dev needs to startups and bigger companies investing resources on the project, it is fast emerging as a standard for application containers. A vibrant ecosystem […]
When Multi Cloud Makes Sense
Regular readers of my blog knows that I am a strong advocate of federated clouds as an antidote against monopoly in the cloud infrastructure market. As we move up the stack, it has become a norm to support multiple cloud providers on various infrastructure platforms like OpenStack (disclosure: my employer Red Hat is part of OpenStack project), CloudStack […]
Modular Architecture And Coopetition
Recently, I had a discussion on Twitter with my good friends from Apprenda, a PaaS vendor supporting .NET and Java, about a blog post they published. In the blog post, Sinclair Schuller, CEO of Apprenda, has argued that a vendor who has had success in the app server market cannot effectively offer a PaaS solution with a […]