It has been interesting watching the conversation around the rise of Docker and the general attention that containers have received in the past few years. Most fascinating has been the reaction of vendors who make their revenue primarily through virtualization technologies. These vendors have been quick to assert that containers are not secure and that in order to assure certainty for an organization, either containers shouldn’t be used at all (their preference, obviously) or they should be used within the ongoing context of virtualized servers.

Against this narrative runs two forces. First, the container companies (notably, Docker), while being careful to not alienate their virtualization vendor partners, try to assure customers that containers are actually inherently safe. The second narrative comes from third-party vendors that offer security solutions for containers. These players agree that containers have some fundamental flaws, but their solution resolves these issues.

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Ben Kepes

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.

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