June 9, 2020
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Before I started writing about technology, I was a Beltway Bandit. That is, I was an IT contractor working for NASA and the Department of Defense. In those days, my job skills were Unix and mainframe system administrator, database programming, … Continue reading
April 28, 2020
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A popular belief in today’s business circles is that every company is now a tech company. Red Hat — the powerhouse Linux and cloud business — agrees. Nearly every industry, including healthcare, logistics, retail, financial services, government, education, and more, … Continue reading
April 22, 2020
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Most web applications are stateless. These don’t save client data from one session for the client’s next session. A stateful app is one that saves client data from one session to the next. There are advantages to both approaches. But … Continue reading
March 26, 2020
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Kubernetes is the container orchestrator we all love. But it’s not unconditional love. Some users were a bit overwhelmed with the last release’s Container Storage Interface (CSI) infrastructure update, which required clusters to be explicitly updated. So, some folks are … Continue reading
March 20, 2020
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Some people think you need to decide between Cloud Foundry, a prominent open-source Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloud, and Kubernetes, the wildly popular container orchestration program. That’s never been true. They perform different jobs, and you’ve long been able to use them … Continue reading
September 30, 2019
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Docker, the technology, is the poster child for containers. But it appears Docker, the business, is in trouble. In a leaked memo, Docker CEO Rob Bearden praised workers — despite the “uncertainty [which] brings with it significant challenges” and “persevering in … Continue reading