Neowin News Feed for: Containers

Docker unveils unlimited access to hardened images for every team

Paul Hill — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 08:30:02 +0000

Docker is tackling the cost barrier to enterprise-grade security with unlimited access to their Hardened Images catalog. Read more...

Microsoft reduces size of Windows Server Container images, will undock Edge in the future

Paul Hill — Wed, 10 May 2023 00:34:01 +0000

Microsoft has taken some steps to begin reducing the size of its Windows Server Container images. It has also announced future plans to undock Edge and make it an optional component. Read more...

Review of the QNAP TS-233, a two-bay NAS for modest needs

Christopher White — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 15:16:01 +0000

If you need local storage or a small server in your home, then check out the two-bay QNAP TS-233. We look at its overall performance as well as how it can work as a server with Container Station. Read more...

Microsoft patches security vulnerability allowing data leaks in Azure Container Instances

Usama Jawad — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 06:08:02 +0000

Microsoft has patched a security flaw in the Azure Container Instances services that allowed data to leak across customers using the same clusters. Potentially affected customers have been notified. Read more...

Canonical releases LXD 4.0 LTS machine container hypervisor

Paul Hill — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 17:58:01 +0000

Canonical, the firm behind Ubuntu Linux, has announced the availability of LXD 4.0 LTS. It brings VM support as well as many improvements. It's available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Read more...

Canonical announces Anbox Cloud allowing users to host Android apps in the cloud

Paul Hill — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 08:00:01 +0000

Canonical has announced Anbox Cloud, a new solution for enterprises that want to run Android apps from the cloud allowing easy, secure, and containerised access for its intended user base. Read more...

The New Container-Driven Security Solution - Free eBook

News Staff — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 18:46:01 +0000

IT Security is undergoing a rapid change. Containers — fast-growing software infrastructure option used to package code, are becoming more popular. Learn more with this free eBook. Read more...

Azure Monitor picks up new network and container monitoring features and refinements

Boyd Chan — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 14:00:16 +0000

During Ignite 2019, Microsoft has unveiled a number of new Azure Monitor capabilites and integrations in addition to a new capacity reservation pricing model for Log Analytics customers. Read more...

Red Hat Inc. acquires CoreOS in hybrid cloud push

Paul Hill — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 08:56:01 +0000

Red Hat, the open source giant, has purchased CoreOS for $250 million. The five-year-old company, will help Red Hat push even further into the cloud computing space against rivals such as Canonical. Read more...

Managed Kubernetes for Azure Container Service hits public preview

Florin Bodnarescu — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 19:24:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced the public preview of container orchestration software Kubernetes for Azure Container Service. Azure Container Registry managed SKUs have also hit general availability. Read more...

Firefox containers add-on allows multiple personas

Paul Hill — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:26:01 +0000

Mozilla has released the Firefox Multi-Account Containers add-on in order to help users boost their privacy and security by keeping their different online lives separate. The add-on is available now. Read more...

Microsoft and Red Hat join forces to allow enterprises to easily adopt containers

Usama Jawad — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:54:02 +0000

Microsoft and Red Hat are once again collaborating to provide innovative cloud-based solutions to any challenges being faced by the IT industry, by utilizing Azure and the OpenShift platform. Read more...

Azure Container Instances hits public preview with initial support for Linux containers

Florin Bodnarescu — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 23:36:01 +0000

Solidifying its software container stance, Microsoft has announced the "very first service of its kind in the cloud" called Azure Container Instances. A preview for Linux containers is now available. Read more...

Microsoft becomes a platinum member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Florin Bodnarescu — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 22:58:02 +0000

Acting as a natural next step after joining the Linux Foundation last year, Microsoft has now become a member of a cloud-oriented sub-organization called the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Read more...

Latest preview of SQL Server 2017 released after having passed one million Docker pulls

Boyd Chan — Fri, 19 May 2017 09:44:02 +0000

After its debut six months ago, Microsoft has released the latest update for the public preview of SQL Server 2017 on Linux, with some early adopters already using it within production containers. Read more...