EMC and smaller players planning open-source storage middleware

#EMC Corp. recently emphasized its open-source container strategy, but the company isn't neglecting open-source projects for its bread-and-butter products in the storage industry.

Containers are like fences that let applications or processes run undisturbed on virtual machines. Many of EMC's current and upcoming open-source contributions involve containers for storage products, with a focus on integrating the storage — especially software-defined storage — into other company's applications.

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