What exactly is a container and what makes it different -- and in some cases better -- than a virtual machine? To answer this question, Joey explains why we ever needed containers in the first place.

Virtual machines (VMs) and containers have their place in datacentres, enabling enterprises to ship software quickly while abstracting applications from the underlying infrastructure.

I’ve been a fan of containers ever since I came across Docker. Between their lightweight nature, decent isolation, and a ...

Because containers consist of an entire runtime environment, they cut through differences in operating system distributions. Moreover, containers are small (often, just several megabytes), while VMs ...

Containers vs Docker images explained A container is a collection of one or more processes, organized under a single name and identifying ID that is isolated from the other processes running within a ...

Learn the key differences between Docker Desktop and Docker Engine to optimize containerization, DevOps workflows, and development setups.

Are virtual machines (VM) more secure than containers? You may think you know the answer, but IBM Research has found containers can be as secure, or more secure, than VMs.

Running a Linux virtual machine on Mac can be resource-exhaustive, but Apple just made it much better in macOS 26 with native support for running Linux containers without the need for third-party ...