Oracle and Twitter pile in behind renamed Open Container InitiativeWith a draft specification only weeks away, the project to create industry-wide container standards has unveiled a group of significant new supporters and a name change - from Open Container Project to Open Container Initiative.July 22, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in Cloud
Just how big is Google's decision to throw its weight behind OpenStack?Dozens of companies are already involved in the open-source OpenStack cloud-computing platform but the arrival of Google among them could prove telling.July 16, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in Cloud
Mesosphere lifts lid on SDK to simplify distributed app devAlong with certification, Mesosphere is rolling out a free developer program and an open-source software development kit.July 15, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in Cloud
MariaDB Corp cooks up better Chef and Docker features for developersPackaged with Chef recipe ordered tasks and a Docker image for its high-availability database platform, MariaDB Corp is aiming to make life easier for developer and operations teams.July 15, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in Cloud
Cloud firm Rackspace ramps up Microsoft Azure supportIt's already been offering support in its datacenters for private Azure clouds but now Rackspace is extending services to public and hybrid Microsoft environments.July 13, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in Cloud
Microservices 101: The good, the bad and the uglyGrassroots developer support is driving the adoption of microservices architecture to new heights. It's good stuff but it's not the answer to world peace, according to Red Hat middleware expert Dr Mark Little.July 10, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in Cloud
Why Apache Kafka firm Confluent thinks IoT and streaming will gain from $24m injectionNew stream-management features for Apache Kafka are among product development efforts to be funded by a fresh investment round for startup Confluent.July 8, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in Cloud
Redis Labs secures multi-million injection to help compete with MongoDB and CassandraNew funding for the commercial Redis firm is designed to enable it to expand sales teams and increase research and development.June 25, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in Cloud
Kong firm Mashape unveils real-time analytics for APIs and microservicesThe company behind the Mashape.com API hub is now offering its internal analytics software in SaaS and on-premise form to developers and DevOps teams.June 24, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in Data Centers
Jut takes the wraps off its DevOps data analytics hubThe free open beta of Jut's operations data hub is designed to combine live-streaming and historical data, structured and unstructured, to create a comprehensive view.June 23, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in Big Data