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Why a Customer-first Attitude Drives Successful App Modernization Efforts

  • Posted on: June 23, 2017
  • Author: Skytap
In “Contain Yourself: An Incremental Adoption of Modernization,” Petr Novodvorskiy and Dan Jones share some chapters from Skytap’s own app modernization story, specifically those around how we successfully broke up several monolithic services into microservices using Docker and Kubernetes. Petr and Dan presented this session at CoreOS Fest 2017 in San Francisco. When we hear
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Application Modernization in Full Swing at ADP [podcast]

  • Posted on: May 17, 2017
  • Author: Skytap
DockerCon17 featured a number of container adoption success stories, and we got the opportunity to sit down with one of Docker’s biggest customers, ADP, to learn more about how containers fit into their application modernization journey. ADP Chief Strategic Architect, Jim Ford, presented a session titled, “One year and 1000+ Containers Later at ADP” where

Despite Tales of Massive Container Adoption, DockerCon Left Questions Unanswered

  • Posted on: April 26, 2017
  • Author: Skytap
“There is widespread confusion about virtual machines versus containers, as well as what containers can realistically do for legacy applications…” – Yaron Haviv, Founder & CTO, iguazio Systems Ltd. Yaron Haviv sat down for an interview with the Cube/Silicon Angle at DockerCon 2017, and in that chat, Yeron spoke candidly about what is on a

Container Management and Enterprise Adoption Go Big at DockerCon17

  • Posted on: April 11, 2017
  • Author: Skytap
Skytap is headed to DockerCon in Austin, Texas next week, and we wanted to share some of the places where you can check out Skytap’s powerful new container management offering, how you can register for our “Docker, DevOps, and Reality” panel and cocktail party, and some of the week’s incredible sessions that we’re most looking
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How Containerization Breathes New Life into Old Apps

  • Posted on: April 5, 2017
  • Author: Skytap
As the pace increases at which business demands that software be consistently delivered, many organizations find themselves with a growing problem. Newer applications, like those written for the cloud, are often able to be delivered and updated at a faster pace than older, monolithic applications that were designed to be run on older architectures and

Skytap Driver Now Available for Docker Machine

  • Posted on: June 15, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
We are thrilled to announce the technical preview of a Docker Machine driver built specifically for Skytap. Docker Machine is an essential part of the Docker Toolbox. It is used to remotely provision and manage Docker hosts. Utilizing a driver model, Docker Machine can be used with a number of different local virtual providers such

Now Available: Secure and Scalable Docker Development

  • Posted on: May 2, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
As more organizations look to containerization for gains in software consistency and efficiency—questions around security often pop up. In the webinar below, we show how combining Twistlock and Skytap provide security and scalability in Docker development environments in particular. After a brief explanation of Skytap and Twistlock technologies, this presentation contains a demo that shows

VMs vs. Docker – Dan Jones in Network World

  • Posted on: February 8, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
Dan Jones’ recent article in Network World “Containers vs. VMs: It comes down to state management, networking, and sprawl” responds to some specific concerns regarding possible pitfalls when implementing Docker instead of more traditional VM architectures (only in IT can something just over decade old be considered “traditional” ). Dan discusses Docker’s evolution towards parity

Using Docker Machine with Skytap

  • Posted on: January 6, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
Docker Machine provides a nice experience for remotely provisioning and managing instances of Docker. Though Skytap doesn’t currently support a native driver for Docker Machine it doesn’t mean you’re left out in the cold. The generic driver for Docker Machine works great with Skytap! There are multiple ways to connect to VMs within Skytap.  SRA, for

Legacy Apps & Docker: the ContainerJournal Article

  • Posted on: September 30, 2015
  • Author: Skytap
There’s a lot of opinions out there about containers these days, and maybe not enough practical advice. Here’s a good article out today in ContainerJournal from Skytap’s own Dan Jones: Dan Jones in ContainerJournal on Docker: Docker and Legacy Applications: Better Together? Let’s face it, adoption of containers is happening, and it behooves developers and