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An important part of moving compute workloads around diverse cloud environments is the ability to bundle them in containers, such as Docker.

Docker is meant to free developers from software and infrastructure dependencies, leading to cost savings and other efficiencies by automating the creation and deployment of apps in containers. Gartner’s Fritsch said that companies might be better off adopting Docker technology but acknowledging its complexity and newness.
“Start with simple deployments until the de facto standards for container management and SDNs in containerized environments become clear,” he wrote.
“As with any technology — both new and well established — IT architects and admins need to validate that they are using the right tool for the job,” advised Neovise’s Burns. “For instance, I don¹t see anyone using Docker containers as the basis for server multi-tenancy in a public cloud. That may come with time. But I do see people using containers within dedicated, virtual and cloud servers.”

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Last summer, Samsung bought IoT startup SmartThings for $200M, and now is committing $100M to seed an eco-system of apps and developers.

Samsung isn’t just funding developers to create an open IoT system but also opening its devices up to the Internet of Things. In two years, 90% of Samsung devices will work within IoT ecosystems, with the remaining 10% coming online by 2020.
Yoon’s keynote matches up with a move Samsung made earlier this year when it teamed up with Intel , General Electric , and others to create the Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC). One of the main goals of OIC is to create standards for IoT devices. On its website, the group says, “This standard will be an open specification that anyone can implement and is easy for developers to use.”

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At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, the Chairwoman of the US Federal Trade Commission laid out the government’s concern over the Internet of Things and their desire to regulate.

Tech companies know this as well. One of the biggest proponents of the Internet of Things, Cisco Systems, had this to say said in a blog post a few months back:
Clearly, there are many questions that still need to be answered — such as how a company provides for notice and consent in a device that doesn’t have a direct user interface. But in general, it appears that the architecture for protecting IoT consumer data will follow the format of current regulatory regimes for data privacy and security overall. 
At the end of the post, the blog’s author recommended FTC regulation will likely keep companies in line with consumer privacy concerns.

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