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The 2019 State of Corporate Connectivity

From legacy internet service to 5G possibilities, Spiceworks examines the evolution of telecommunications in the workplace. The internet has been a transformative force around the globe, both at home and in the workplace. Organizations rely on internet service providers (ISPs) to provide vital access to email, the World Wide Web, and cloud services that connect us. As communications and commerce increasingly take place online, there’s no question internet access is crucial to business success.

Announcing Preview Support for Windows Server Containers

Today we are announcing the support for Windows containers with Kubernetes 1.14 in Preview mode. As many users may know, Rancher 2.1.0 supported Windows containers in experimental mode. Now that SIG Windows and Microsoft have announced the general availability of containers in Windows Server 2019 with Kubernetes 1.14, we have upgraded Rancher to both support the latest version of Windows containers (and Kubernetes) and after the preview is over, make it generally available.

CloudHedge Teams Up with Google Cloud to Bring Next-Generation App Refactoring

Pune, India – May 14, 2019: CloudHedge announces a new collaboration with Google Cloud, as a Technology Partner in the Google Cloud Partner Program, giving Google Cloud customers the ability to quickly refactor application services into containers by using CloudHedge’s tools – Discover, Transform and Cruize. CloudHedge tools can be leveraged with ease for migration of heavy workloads to Google Cloud Platform (GCP), further reducing time, cost and efforts.

How to Monitor Amazon ECS with CloudWatch

Amazon ECS allows you to run Docker containers your application without having to actually manage physical hardware (or virtual hardware, in the case of the Fargate launch type). However, since it’s a managed service, you have less visibility with traditional monitoring tools. As such, it becomes even more important to take advantage of the available monitoring tools in AWS. In this post, we’ll explain how to use CloudWatch to monitor ECS and what is important to watch.

Rails Migration A Complete Guide

A Rails migration is a tool for changing an application’s database schema. Instead of managing SQL scripts, you define database changes in a domain-specific language (DSL). The code is database-independent, so you can easily move your app to a new platform. You can roll migrations back, and manage them alongside your application source code.

Key Kubernetes Concepts

Cloud computing, containerization, and container orchestration are the most important trends in DevOps. Whether you’re a data scientist, software developer, or product manager, it’s good to know Docker and Kubernetes basics. Both technologies help you collaborate with others, deploy your projects, and increase your value to employers. In this article, we’ll cover essential Kubernetes concepts. There are a lot of Kubernetes terms, which can make it intimidating.

Kubernetes vs Docker: How to Choose

If you’re thinking about using containers to manage an application, there are a lot of options for technologies to use. It can be difficult to even know where to begin to make a decision. One common question is whether someone should use Docker vs Kubernetes for managing their application containers. This is a misleading question. In truth, Docker and Kubernetes aren’t competing technologies. There’s no need for them to face off.

How Canonical and Dell work together across desktop, cloud and edge.

Canonical is engaged with all six of Dell's lines of business and is the only Dell EMC partner that enables the desktop, cloud and edge, combining the best of Ubuntu opensource software with Dell hardware. Regis Paquette, VP Strategic Alliances and OEMs, talks about it during Dell Technologies World 2019.