A company’s important applications often are subjected to random and capricious changes due to forces well beyond the control of IT or management.  Events like a corporate merger or even a top programmer on an extended vacation can have an adverse impact ... (more…)

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Business software company Docker Inc. is raising fresh funds, valuing the company at $1.3 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. (more…)

One of Docker's most enticing features is rapid application deployment, meaning that once we generate a Docker image, it contains the application itself and all the runtime dependencies.

The idea to this post was triggered by Julia Evans “So you want to be a wizard”… Thanks to Ajeet, Bjoern and Timo for your input and review. (more…)