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• Docker update speeds and organizes container deployments

  With updates for both the core Docker engine and its registry software, Docker has endeavored to make its popular software container technology faster to deploy and easier to manage.

• Docker 1.6 caters to dev and ops alike with new features

  Docker has adopted the "ship early and often" mantra of software developers, but it isn't just shipping a new version of the Docker client a mere <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/2882025/virtualization/docker-1-5-seeks-to-ease-networking-documentation-woes.html">two months after the last one</a>. Instead, it's offering up a major architectural change in Docker image delivery -- a clear sign Docker's success is forcing it to keep pace with its customers' real-world needs.

• Microsoft creates a container for Windows

  Hoping to build on the success of Docker-based Linux containers, Microsoft has developed a container technology to run on its Windows Server operating system.

• AWS targets interrupted sessions with virtual desktops upgrade

  Amazon Web Services has made its WorkSpaces virtual desktops less annoying to use with a feature that resumes the previous session after it detects an interruption.

• EMC pools enterprise smarts to create data lakes

  EMC is drawing on its "federation" of companies to help customers build data lakes using EMC storage, VMware virtualisation and Pivotal Big Data smarts.

• Docker scoops up Kitematic for smoother Mac compatibility

  The containerization trend has been growing fast and furious over the past year or so in the world of software development, and on Thursday leading player Docker announced a step toward further expansion.

• VMware expands desktop virtualization to Linux

  VMware's VMware Horizon desktop virtualization software suite will soon deliver virtual Linux desktops over a network, in addition to the Microsoft Windows desktops it has long provided for remote workers.

• Red Hat strips down for Docker

  Reacting to the surging popularity of the Docker virtualization technology, Red Hat has customized a version of its Linux distribution to run Docker containers.

• Spain's Telefonica goes virtual with HP

  The push to virtualize mobile networks is picking up speed at Mobile World Congress this week as carriers and vendors promise new services and faster connections.

• VMware takes on mobile networks with vCloud for NFV

  VMware has jumped into the hot NFV market with a platform that lets service providers run their network functions as virtualized applications from different vendors.

• Docker introduces orchestration tools for large scale deployments

  As adoption of the Docker virtualization container grows, the namesake company behind the open source technology has released three tools for managing large scale deployments.

• Being a CIO focused on customer experience

  While many CIOs are grappling with the need to move beyond IT operations and contribute more to improving customer service, it’s a concept that VMware’s global CIO, Tony Scott, understands very well.
  

• Windows 10 and the mystery of the missing cloud

  When Windows 8 was first previewed to developers during Microsoft's first preview event for that operating system in September 2011, one of the system's most indispensable sources of functionality was said to be the cloud -- specifically, the cloud service known at that time as Windows Azure.

• Citrix develops mouse to make iPads, iPhones more Windows friendly

  Citrix Systems is working on a mouse to simplify the use of remote Windows apps on Apple's tablets and smartphones.

• Citrix aims to cut virtual desktop costs with next-gen XenServer

  The latest version of Citrix Systems' XenServer cuts the cost of virtualizing high-end PCs by increasing the number of desktops that can run on each server.