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Today, there is a buzz all around about Docker and containerisation in general. What exactly is Docker and how is it related to containerisation? What are the top benefits of using docker? Why did it became so popular? In this article I will answer all these questions as well as give you a few statistics and some successful case studies related to Docker that are nice to know about.

What is docker & how is it related to containerization

Running applications in containers instead of virtual machines is gaining momentum in the IT world. The technology is considered to be one of the fastest growing in recent the history of the software industry. At its heart lies Docker, a platform that allows users to easily pack, distribute and manage applications within containers. In other words, It is an open-source project that automates the deployment of applications inside software containers.

Docker really makes it easier to create, deploy, and run applications by using containers. And containers allow a developer to package up an application with all of the parts it needs, such as libraries and other dependencies, and ship it all out as one package. By doing so, the developer can be assured that the application will run on any other Linux machine regardless of any customized settings that machine might have that could differ from the machine used for writing and testing the code.

Docker; statistics & facts

 

• 2/3 of Companies that try using docker, adopt it. Most companies who will adopt have already done so within 30 days of initial production usage, and almost all the remaining adopters convert within 60 days.
• Real docker adoption is up 30% in one year

• Adopters 5x their container. Docker vs OpenVZ Docker adopters approximately quintuple the average number of running containers they have in production between their first and tenth month of usage.
• PHP, Ruby, Java and Node are the main programming frameworks used in containers1
• Top technologies running on docker

Popularity & benefits of using docker

 

Why do large companies like ING, PayPal, ADP and Spotify keep using Docker? Why is the adoption of docker growing so fast? Let’s go over the top advantages of docker to better understand it.

1. Return on investment & cost savings

The first advantage of using docker is the ROI. The biggest driver of most management decisions when selecting a new product is the return on investment. The more a solution can drive down costs while raising profits, the better the solution is, especially for large, established companies, that need to generate steady revenue on the long term.

In this sense, Docker can help facilitate this type of savings by dramatically reducing infrastructure resources. The nature of Docker is that fewer resources are necessary to run the same application. Because of the reduced infrastructure requirements that Docker has, organizations are able to save on everything from server costs to the employees needed to maintain them. Docker allows engineering teams to be smaller and more effective.

2. Standardization & productivity

Docker containers ensure consistency across multiple development, release cycles and standardising your environment. One of the biggest advantages to a Docker-based architecture is actually standardization. Docker provides repeatable development, build, test, and production environments. Standardizing service infrastructure across the entire pipeline allows every team member to work on a production parity environment. By doing this, engineers are more equipped to efficiently analyze and fix bugs within the application. This reduces the amount of time wasted on defects and increases the amount of time available for feature development.

As we mentioned, Docker containers allow you to commit changes to your Docker images and version control them. For example if you perform a component upgrade that breaks your whole environment, it is very easy to rollback to a previous version of your Docker image. This whole process can be tested in a few minutes. Docker is fast, allowing you to quickly make replications and achieve redundancy. Also, launching Docker images is as fast as running a machine process.

3. CI efficiency

Docker enables you to build a container image and use that same image across every step of the deployment process. A huge benefit of this is the ability to separate non-dependent steps and run them in parallel. The length of time it takes from build to production can be sped up notably.

4. Compatibility & maintainability

Eliminate the “it works on my machine” problem once and for all. One of the benefits that the entire team will appreciate is parity. Parity, in terms of Docker, means that your images run the same no matter which server or whose laptop they are running on. For your developers, this means less time spent setting up environments, debugging environment-specific issues, and a more portable and easy-to-set-up codebase. Parity also means your production infrastructure will be more reliable and easier to maintain.

5. Simplicity & faster configurations

One of the key benefits of Docker is the way it simplifies matters. Users can take their own configuration, put it into code and deploy it without any problems. As Docker can be used in a wide variety of environments, the requirements of the infrastructure are no longer linked with the environment of the application.

6. Rapid Deployment

Docker manages to reduce deployment to seconds. This is due to the fact that it creates a container for every process and does not boot an OS. Data can be created and destroyed without worry that the cost to bring it up again would be higher than affordable.

7. Continuous Deployment & Testing

Docker ensures consistent environments from development to production. Docker containers are configured to maintain all configurations and dependencies internally. So, you can use the same container from development to production making sure there are no discrepancies or manual intervention.

If you need to perform an upgrade during a product’s release cycle, you can easily make the necessary changes to Docker containers, test them, and implement the same changes to your existing containers. This sort of flexibility is another key advantage of using Docker. Docker really allows you to build, test and release images that can be deployed across multiple servers. Even if a new security patch is available, the process remains the same. You can apply the patch, test it and release it to production.

8. Multi-Cloud Platforms

This is possibly one of Docker’s greatest benefits. Over the last few years, all major cloud computing providers, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Compute Platform (GCP), have embraced Docker’s availability and added individual support. Docker containers can be run inside an Amazon EC2 instance, Google Compute Engine instance, Rackspace server or VirtualBox, provided that the host OS supports Docker. If this is the case, a container running on an Amazon EC2 instance can easily be ported between environments, for example to VirtualBox, achieving similar consistency and functionality. Also, Docker works very well with other providers like Microsoft Azure, and OpenStack, and can be used with various configuration managers like Chef, Puppet, and Ansible,etc.

9. Isolation

Docker ensures your applications and resources are isolated and segregated. Docker makes sure each container has its own resources that are isolated from other containers. You can have various containers for separate applications running completely different stacks. Docker helps you ensure clean app removal since each application runs on its own container. If you no longer need an application, you can simply delete its container. It won’t leave any temporary or configuration files on your host OS.

On top of these benefits, Docker also ensures that each application only uses resources that have been assigned to them. A particular application won’t use all of your available resources, which would normally lead to performance degradation or complete downtime for other applications.

10. Security

And the last benefit of using docker is – security. From a security point of view, Docker ensures that applications that are running on containers are completely segregated and isolated from each other, granting you complete control over traffic flow and management. No Docker container can look into processes running inside another container. From an architectural point of view, each container gets its own set of resources ranging from processing to network stacks.

It is true that one can win the lottery by just mere luck but before that can happen, it will first require about a million tries. Surely those tries involve betting lots of money and it would be such a waste on the person’s part. To make sure that the chances of winning the lottery are higher, one must use logic and reasoning and not just randomly choose numbers from the board.

Lottery players can apply this strategy while playing Florida’s Pick 4. With this game, players are given a set of nine numbers and they are required to choose their four winning numbers. Picking numbers is of course easy but successfully choosing the four which will most likely appear in the draw is the difficult part. Sure, it would be easy for you if you do not mind wasting money and waiting for an entire lifetime before hitting the jackpot. Most people actually wait years for nothing and it is about time you get out of that circle and make your own.

Winning the lottery is just about choosing the right numbers and making the most out of your so-called luck. Satta Yeah, it is fun to be random sometimes but you should never be random when choosing lottery numbers. Also, never base your numbers on a pattern. You have to realize that the possible number combination in Florida’s Pick 4 are endless so do not waste your time picking number combination that are not likely to come out in the draw.

Research is an important part in playing the lottery. It would be great if you can keep track of the draws for the past month and base your numbers from the previous results. By having a record of the previous draws from the last 30 days, you would get to identify the hot and cold numbers. Hot numbers are those under a winning streak while cold numbers are those that have not appeared in any draw for the last four weeks.

You can cash in on those numbers but make sure that you pick at least one hot number. You can do this strategy in a number of your bets but you can also make use of other strategies. Another strategy you can use is the mixing of odd and even numbers. Since you are required to pick 4 numbers, you have to have two odd and two even numbers. That is another way of ensuring that your game is balanced. This ups your chances of winning by a lot so make sure that you incorporate these strategies in your game.

You will find more of these in lottery strategy books that are being sold online. These books are generally affordable so no need to worry about paying much. There are also lottery wheels that could help with number generation. The number combination you would get from these wheels are already guaranteed to be balanced so you would not have to do all the checking since the software will be doing all the work for you.

So you want to develop a business, huh? Well, you’re just in luck. This article will help you whether you are planning to start up new or have an existing business that you would like to expand. This is a step by step guide on how to start, improve, and expand a business while minimizing loss on your part. If you are starting new, please read this article carefully from the very beginning. For those, who already have an existing business and would like to improve or expand, the latter part of the article will be more useful.

Every business starts with an idea. You will find that throughout the article, I have emphasized the mental aspects of people rather than physical or financial aspects. Call me philosophical, but the mind is where everything happens. I have seen and experienced it time and time. When your mind is fully committed, there is literally nothing that you cannot do. Let’s begin.

Step 01: Find Your Passion

To start a business, you need to find out what it is that you are truly passionate about. “Why is that important”, you say? The answer is simple. You really do not want to get yourself stuck into a kind of work that you hate. There are plenty of planning and executing involved in a brand new business and if you are passionate about it, they would not feel like work at all compared to a kind of business you do not care for. After all, happiness is the end result of anything that we do in life.

Step 02: How to Sell It

Now that you have found your passion, let us figure out how to use it to bill people who are in need of the kind of service you can provide. Even though yours is the most ridiculous passion ever, believe me, there are millions of people who would be glad to have your services. As a matter of fact the stranger and more unique your passion is, the more likely you are to succeed simply because that type of business doesn’t exist yet. That also doesn’t mean that if your passion is something common or usual, you shouldn’t do it. Even if it is something common, if you really love it, you will always find ways to do things differently than the others and that itself is the winnerStep 03: The Planning

Write down your unique ideas and prepare a presentation. Take some time to do it. You should not rush this part. If a new idea comes while you are in the middle of the planning stage, do not hesitate to change. Edit and modify until you are fully satisfied and you can see a clear mental picture of your business.

When a family vacation is something you’re considering, think about coordinating it around a work trip. Do you need to go to conventions, trade shows, seminars or other training for work? If you drive to go to those business activities, your gas mileage is tax-deductible regardless of how many individuals you have in the car with you. Does this conference or training trip require you to stay in a hotel? Your hotel expenses for that night can also be deductible regardless of whether you have your family with you in the room.

Scheduling family vacations around business travel can help make it more manageable. This allows you to enjoy time with your family or friends while also working on your business. Consult with your spouse or family to coordinate the two.

Manage taxable income and year-end purchases to lower tax bracket

Operating and owning a business requires seeing the big picture and planning for the future. Your business will likely need new or updated equipment, computers, other technologies etc. to operate smoothly and efficiently. Be able to forecast these needs.

Here is where you coordinate your tax situation with these needs. If you know you are in need of new equipment, computers, etc. in the near future, look at your taxes. If you are looking at a higher tax bracket for the year you may want to make these necessary equipment purchases sooner than expected. Or you may want to wait until next year. This requires consulting with your business advisor to determine the best option.

Use Retirement Plans

Consider reducing your current income by using a Retirement Plan. Not only will this help you once again for tax purposes, but it’s also helping you and your families future. So many small business owners neglect to put retirement needs on their priority list. Often we hear “my business is my retirement plan.” Putting all of your eggs into one basket can be extremely risky and even dangerous for your future.

You may want to consider adjusting your salary in order to account for contributing to a retirement plan. There are many ways to rearrange things to make it possible to contribute. The tax savings alone can help justify the redirecting of your income into a retirement plan. Be sure to look at all of the different options and scenarios as this will provide further clarity.