As a technologist, there are many tough questions you’re going to ask, and be asked in your career. Probably one of the most popular, and common is “Should My Organization Use Technology X??”. What is Technology X you ask? Well it really depends on the day of the week and which way the wind is blowing. It could be anything. …
The Docker 1.9 release was full of great new features. For the Docker enthusiast, Docker Toolbox is your easy button for getting Docker up and running on Windows or Mac. Docker Toolbox consists of Docker Client, Docker Machine, Docker Compose, Docker Kitematic, and VirtualBox. Let’s take a look at how to get set up, running …
Have a Cray supercomputer hiding out under your desk? Probably not, but you may have studied at an institution with one, or work for an organization with one. Cray recently announced their Cray XC line will feature an optimized Docker deployment for high performance computing environments, with their CS400, XE, and XK platforms following suit …
One of the biggest issues organizations face when implementing Docker is the operations and manageability aspect. Sure, if your dev guys are your ops guys you may be good to go with command line tools or tweaking things specifically for your environmnet, but if you’ve got to had things over to a traditional operations team, …
Unfortunately, spyware and malware are things we’re all to used to as computer users. We’ve been scanning and quarantining for years, and sometimes that’s hasn’t been enough, forcing us to rebuild whole systems. I’m not even talking about the impact these things have in an enterprise computing environment, which can be catastrophic. Many of us …
I’m a huge fan of Evernote, but it wasn’t always this way. I didn’t really like it that much when I started using it, and stopped for a good year or so. It wasn’t until I started using it for VirtualDesignMaster, a project that requires a ton of collaboration, that I really started appreciating it. …