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Could an unsung Microsoft Azure feature make containers yesterday’s news?
News flash: Containers aren’t that new. Docker Inc. didn’t invent containers, and they may not even be the best virtualization method for deploying and running distributed applications. This is according to John Gossman (pictured), architect for the Microsoft Azure core team at Microsoft. To its credit, Docker did simplify container use for mere mortals, Gossman told Stu Miniman (@stu) and James ...
It’s ‘developer day’ at DockerCon with two open-source projects announced
Today is shaping up to be “developer day” at DockerCon17 in Austin, Texas. While questions of monetization and enterprise software hang in the air, for now, Docker Inc. seems as committed to its open-source developer base as ever. “I’m pretty sure everything that was announced today is open source; it’s in there; it’s in the free version,” said ...
Ecosystem team-ups multiply security weaknesses, says Cisco
The digital transformation is impelling companies to grow their partnering ecosystems, leaving data vulnerable not just in their own infrastructure, but in each of their partners’ too, according to Edna Conway, chief security officer of global value chain at Cisco Systems Inc. “As we digitize, we embrace more and more members of this third-party ecosystem and that ...
How Uber cruised Apache data frameworks and arrived at Flink
It’s hard to overstate how heavily ride-sharing apps rely on fresh data streams to do business. So what makes a streaming data framework good enough for Uber? Uber has run the gamut from Apache Spark to Apache Samza to Flink, most recently, said Chinmay Soman (pictured), staff software engineer at Uber Technologies Inc. “We observed that the ...
Flink vs. Spark: Does the world need another Apache data tool?
What’s more redundant than another big data software tool? Another one from Apache, maybe? Don’t be so quick to wave off newcomers like Apache Flink, said Dean Wampler (pictured), vice president of fast data engineering at Lightbend Inc. “If you’d asked me a year ago, I would have said, ‘Well, I’m not sure we really need Flink. ...
Beware impostors in open-source paradigm shift, says Hortonworks COO
Startups might yet make good on so-called broken promises of open-source big data software if they spike the punch with a proprietary ingredient. But then why call themselves “open” at all, asked Raj Verma, president and chief operating officer of Hortonworks Inc. “Why are you doing open-source? What is your intent of doing open-source? To be ...
Can containers even the score in cloud-native vs. non-native app tools?
Startups advertise themselves as cloud-native, because the term translates to agility and scalability in sync with the new cloud infrastructure enterprises are moving toward. This leaves non-cloud-native companies at a disadvantage, according to Mazda Marvasti, chief executive officer of appLariat Corp. “They’re able to hire these software artisans who can handcraft an application,” Marvasti said of ...
Europe’s on a roll with big data — will new privacy regulations halt it?
After years of lagging behind the U.S. in big data, Europe has just about caught up, according to John Kreisa (pictured), vice president of international marketing at Hortonworks Inc. But will the EU’s new data privacy legislation break their stride? “We used to say when I first moved over here that Europe was maybe a year and ...
Telecoms copying cloud providers make beeline for open source, say analysts
The supersonic growth of Amazon Web Services and other cloud providers in the past few years owes much to open-source communities that fed them cutting-edge tech free-of-charge. Now telecom is mimicking this strategy through involvement with the Linux Foundation, according to Scott Raynovich (@rayno) (pictured, right), guest host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile live streaming studio. ...
Can Linux OpenSwitch Project help startups get network 5G ready?
The network bottleneck needs all the tech talent startups can throw at it. The Linux Foundation’s OpenSwitch Project wants to remove lower-stack roadblocks that might stifle their innovation. “We’re seeing startups come in and do really, really interesting things really, really well,” said Drew Schulke (pictured), vice president of converged networking at Dell EMC. However, they could ...