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• VMware bestows new container powers upon vSphere/vCloud

  With the unveiling of a pair of open source projects -- Project Photon and Project Lightwave -- VMware is expanding the range of its offerings for enterprises dealing with containerized apps.

• CoreOS's Tectonic shift: Enterprise-grade container management

  <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/2608236/application-virtualization/coreos-uses-docker-to-put-linux-on-a-diet.html">CoreOS</a>, maker of the container-oriented Linux distribution of the same name, is now offering a commercial version of its product that's built for enterprises and includes tools for managing containers at scale.

• CoreOS's Rocket launch aimed directly at Docker

  Citing concerns around Docker's security model and its increasingly complex supporting platform, CoreOS is developing Rocket, an alternative to the open-source container technology.

• Docker gets a GitHub-like repository from CoreOS

  Chasing the successful hosting model of GitHub, Linux distributor CoreOS has set up an online repository where organizations can store and share their Docker containers.

• CoreOS Linux does away with the upgrade cycle

  Hoping to simplify life for system administrators, CoreOS has launched a commercial Linux distribution that continually updates itself, eliminating the need to perform major upgrades.

• Google Cloud previews Docker-based virtual machines

  Google is throwing its weight behind containers, an increasingly popular virtualization technology that can ease the process of spinning up applications in the cloud.

• CoreOS Linux distro lands on the Google Cloud Platform

  CoreOS, a new lightweight Linux distribution customized for massive server deployments, has found a home on the Google Cloud Platform, giving organizations an easy way to test and use the software for their clusters and distributed computer programs.