The New Stack Podcast

IBM's Doug Davis On The Evolution of Containers

Episode Summary

In this podcast with Doug Davis of IBM, learn more about IBM’s early role in emerging technologies. Davis talks about IBM’s role, very early on in the life of Docker, discovering how to improve upon core technologies through projects like runC, the Open Container Initiative, and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Davis later talks about how IBM helps customers with assessing orchestration tools, and how to pick what works best for them. Doug Davis works in the cloud and open source standards division of IBM, focusing on enhancing, promoting and integrating open source technologies into IBM's cloud offerings. Throughout his career he's been involved in numerous other open source projects and standards, such as Cloud Foundry, Apache Axis, CIMI, as well as most of the SOAP-related specifications. He's played a key role in IBM's participation in standards bodies such as the W3C, OASIS and the DMTF.

Episode Notes

In this podcast with Doug Davis of IBM, learn more about IBM’s early role in emerging technologies. Davis talks about IBM’s role, very early on in the life of Docker, discovering how to improve upon core technologies through projects like runC, the Open Container Initiative, and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Davis later talks about how IBM helps customers with assessing orchestration tools, and how to pick what works best for them.

Doug Davis works in the cloud and open source standards division of IBM, focusing on enhancing, promoting and integrating open source technologies into IBM's cloud offerings. Throughout his career he's been involved in numerous other open source projects and standards, such as Cloud Foundry, Apache Axis, CIMI, as well as most of the SOAP-related specifications. He's played a key role in IBM's participation in standards bodies such as the W3C, OASIS and the DMTF.