Defining Container Registries
Docker users responding to an Artifactory survey overwhelmingly think Docker is a packaging format.
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If CI is a prerequisite for containers at scale, then …
According to RedMonk’s analysis of a Bitnami survey, 28 percent of respondents do continuous integration (CI) to some degree and 25 percent use containers. Both CI and containers are supposed to reduce the amount of time needed to test and deploy applications. Both are part […]
First Things First. Persistent Storage a Second Level Concern
When choosing a container orchestration tool, 68 percent of respondents said the ability to manage long-running applications is critically important. Fifty-nine percent also said load balancing capabilities is extremely important. Less important is persistent storage, with only 38 percent saying it is extremely important. Although […]
Why are so Many Survey Respondents from IT Vendors?
Every week another survey about one tech trend or another is published. Want a reliable way to separate the wheat from the chaff? Review the study’s sample. Studies that interview the wrong people may be biased. If the subject is databases, for example, Oracle employees will […]
What if Docker is just a packaging format?
Production users of containers overwhelmingly think of Docker as a packaging format. Docker the company thinks it is much more. The chart is from a JFrog survey and was completed by many Artifactory users, which means they understand the roles package and repository managers play. Along with […]
Tug of War Between Network Automation Benefits
IT pros are of mixed minds about CLIs. They know CLIs inhibit network automation, but they appreciate the agility they can provide. Based on an ESG survey of IT pros, the main benefit of network automation, cited by 20 percent of respondents, is that configurations become […]
CaaS, aka Confusion as a Service
What is CaaS and how is it related to PaaS? TNS contributor Janakiram MSV continues to write about it in Forbes, but the chart comes from our ebook and frames the debate. Many of our readers have seen the results and question the inclusion of build/deploy […]
Don’t Be Afraid of Your Shadow IT, Yet
By 2020, half of all IT spending at large enterprises with digital business aspirations will occur at the business-unit level.
Enterprises Not Hiring to Make Everything Software-defined
Computer Economics indicates that application programmers make up the same percentage of the IT workforce as they did six years ago. In another chart, they also indicate that outsourcing of app dev has not risen. Thus, although software is becoming more important, it is likely companies […]
Ansible Beating Puppet, Chef, SaltStack in Niche
When asked what three products respondents plan to use for container orchestration, Ansible received the second most citations, well ahead of its configuration management rivals. Orchestration-specific tools — like Kubernetes, AWS ECS, and products based on Docker Swarm or Mesos — will still be the primary orchestration tools. […]
Silicon Valley ≠ the Tech Community
Recent analysis by StackShare indicates that Silicon Valley developers use AWS, GitHub and Slack more often than others.
The disconnect between AngularJS and its sponsor (Google)
Support by Google is the least valuable feature in AngularJS according to a survey coming out of Brazil’s Federal University of Minas Gerais. As we wrote about last month, Google is prepping the release of AngularJS 2.0. While it may be a bit disappointing to hear that they don’t matter, […]