What exactly is a container and what makes it different -- and in some cases better -- than a virtual machine? To answer this question, Joey explains why we ever needed containers in the first place.

Building embedded system software can be challenging given the wide range of constraints from the amount of available memory to hardware security capabilities. Technologies like hypervisors, ...

Juliet is the senior web editor for StateTech and HealthTech magazines. In her six years as a journalist she has covered everything from aerospace to indie music reviews — but she is unfailingly ...

Before learning about containers, I used to dedicate a single virtual machine to every service I wanted to run, which is hugely inefficient. Compared to fully-fledged virtual machines, containers are ...

From a security perspective, containers are the Wild West – full of exciting possibilities, but also unfamiliar dangers. A study out of Forrester points to this mix of hopes and fears. In the report, ...

We all get tempted to try that new app or the OS everyone’s talking about. It’s fun, but testing new software on your main system is risky. A lot can go wrong. You might introduce security issues, ...

Containerizing the GUI separates your work and play. Virtualization has always been a rich man's game, and more frugal enthusiasts—unable to afford fancy server-class components—often struggle to keep ...