Selling Containers Is Hard

How do you distribute an application that uses containers? This seems to be an odd question. Container-based applications are usually associated with Software as a Service (SaaS) applications and public cloud deployment. However, there is still a place for software that is purchased and installed on-premises in a data center. If the software is in the …

Citrix Releases XenDesktop 7.11: Déjà Vu and Much More

Yesterday, Citrix announced the release of XenDesktop 7.11, which is the next version subsequent to v7.9. And no, v7.10 wasn’t released while you were vacationing this summer; Citrix elected not to release v7.10 because of conflicts that may be generated with scripts and other references to v7.1 vs. v7.10.

Stick a Fork in the Docker Fork Discussion

There has been a lot of discussion recently about whether forking Docker makes sense. Driving this discussion are complaints from the Docker community and ecosystem about the speed at which Docker is releasing software and the perceived quality of those releases. Unless you have been hiding under a rock lately, you know that Docker is one …

Moving Up the Stack Does not Really Simplify Anything!

Moving up the stack does not simplify anything. Complexity increases. Let us look at this from several angles: management, security, development, networking, and storage. In essence, the entire IT stack. Because complexity increases, we need DevOps (or SecDevOps) to help us over the rough spots. We need new rules of engagement and even new ways …