What is Docker and why everyone likes it?
If you are interested in the IT industry, I am pretty sure you heard about Cloud, about virtualization, stacks and similar terminology. If you follow the IT industry, there is a good probability that you may also heard about Docker.
What is Docker?
What is Docker? From their own definition at https://www.docker.com/company/aboutus/
…Docker is an open platform for building, shipping and running distributed applications. Docker provides a platform that enables any application to be created and run as a collection of consistent, low-overhead Docker containers that work across virtually any infrastructure.
That sounds cool isn’t it?
Who is using it?
Nowadays we hear that more and more companies are starting to use it or to integrate with Docker and its container world. Companies like VMware, IBM, Yelp, Spotify, ebay and others are looking at this project and trying to integrate it accross different solutions.
But what are the use cases for Docker? How can it help? Well, again, the docker website is the best source to get some information on this:
https://www.docker.com/resources/usecases/
I want to know more!!
If you want to know more about Docker, why not watch this video from Twitter University, where dotCloud founder and CTO Solomon Hykes gives a detailed presentation on it? Enjoy!
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