Is Docker Dead?

Summary Nic Jackson compares and contrasts the development and deployment flow for both a @Docker and a #Serverless project, attempting to see if Docker has already been made obsolete by serverless. Bio Nic Jackson is a developer advocate and polyglot programmer working for HashiCorp, and the author of “Building #Microservices in Go”. In his spare time, Nic coaches and mentors at Coder Dojo teaching kids 7–14 Swift with Playgrounds, teaches at Women Who Go and GoBridge, speaks and evangelizes good coding practice, process, and technique and works to raise money for a charity he runs with his wife. It's all about #Containers, Serverless and Reactive Programming right now! ProgSCon London will explore these trends through engaging talks delivered by leading industry experts. Several talks will also feature various aspect of Blockchain, Microservices and Big Data. If you are a software developer looking to sharpen your skills and learn from the best in the industry, then ProgSCon London 2017 is the place you need to be at!

https://www.infoq.com/presentations/docker-serverless

IBM Participates in Strategic Investment in Lightbend

SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  #Lightbend — the provider of the world's leading #ReactiveApplication Development Platform for building distributed applications — today announced the close of a $15 million funding round. Investors participating in the round include #BainCapitalVentures, #BlueCloudVentures, #IBM, #IntelCapital, #JuniperVentures and #ShastaVentures. IBM, which is participating in the round, in June announced a strategic collaborative development initiative with Lightbend to help advance the development of artificial intelligence ( #AI ) and cognitive solutions in the enterprise. The resulting joint solutions will be designed to provide a complete toolchain for #Java and #Scala developers to easily build and deploy AI and cognitive applications in both on-premise and cloud environments. The Lightbend #ReactivePlatform is anticipated to be available in the coming weeks through IBM’s Marketplace as an integrated bundled solution with WebSphere Application Server. Enterprises including Credit Karma, Hootsuite, iHeartRadio, LinkedIn, Norwegian Cruise Lines, UniCredit Group, Verizon, Walmart, Weight Watchers, William Hill, and many more (see case studies) have adopted the Lightbend Reactive platform to build low latency, fast data applications based on modern microservice architectures. Lightbend’s platform and professional services have become a popular option for enterprises that leverage the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and JVM-languages like Java and Scala – and that seek the characteristics of application resiliency and extreme scale defined by the Reactive Manifesto. The Lightbend Reactive Platform is powered by an open source core and brings developers important capabilities across reactive programming, data streaming and microservices. IBM will integrate these capabilities across its cloud platform and portfolio of cloud services, including data analytics, cognitive and machine learning, and collaborative data science tools, which will be designed to extend new capabilities to Java and Scala communities. Developers in both enterprises and startup businesses will be able to take advantage of the latest cognitive and AI technologies and to leverage existing Websphere investments. “This investment from IBM and the development work we’re embarking upon is a natural progression of our work to support advanced cognitive application development. As the leader in cognitive and AI, IBM brings important code and tools to our customers and the Java and Scala communities,” said Mark Brewer, President and CEO, Lightbend. “IBM’s support of Lightbend and the Reactive Platform is a validation of our shared vision for helping developers build distributed applications for the new world of cloud computing architectures.” “The use of the Lightbend Reactive Platform is essential to building today’s modern infrastructures. Lightbend represents IBM’s continuous commitment to the Java and Scala communities. Java and Scala are the languages of cognitive and AI development, and cognitive development is the future,” said Bob Lord, Chief Digital Officer, IBM. “The collaboration between IBM and Lightbend will help enterprise developers build cognitive applications and accelerate the era of cognitive computing.” The strategic investment includes a collaboration in which IBM and Lightbend will create new code, tools and documentation that will help developers build Java- and Scala-based applications on the Lightbend Reactive Platform. It is anticipated to integrate WebSphere and key offerings across IBM Cloud, including app management services, the Watson Data Platform and the more than 150 services across cognitive intelligence, data analytics, Internet of Things, security, DevOps, and blockchain available to developers through the IBM Cloud. IBM and Lightbend have a history of collaboration and this strategic investment will allow enterprise developers to both reap the benefits of the Lightbend Reactive Platform while integrating IBM’s leading cognitive development tools, resources and support.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/07/12/1042923/0/en/IBM-Participates-in-Strategic-Investment-in-Lightbend.html

IBM and Lightbend Build Integrated Platform for Cognitive Development

ARMONK, N.Y., June 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- #IBM (NYSE: IBM) today is announcing a collaborative development initiative with #Lightbend, the provider of the world's leading #ReactiveApplicationDevelopmentPlatform, to help advance the development of #artificialintelligence ( #AI ) and #cognitivesolutions in the enterprise. The resulting joint solutions will be designed to provide a complete toolchain for #Java and #Scala developers to easily build and deploy AI and cognitive applications in both on-premise and cloud environments. Developers are turning to Scala for their most complex use cases due its ability to handle streaming data and massive scale. Scala is the language of cognitive development. Modern frameworks such as Spark, Kafka and Akka are written in Scala. The confluence of data volume and the introduction of cognitive/AI technologies is increasing both opportunity and complexity for developers building enterprise applications in the new era of cognitive computing. Lightbend's popular Reactive Platform is powered by an open source core and brings developers important capabilities across reactive programming, data and microservices. IBM will integrate these capabilities across its cloud platform and portfolio of cloud services, including data analytics, cognitive and machine learning, and collaborative data science tools, which will be designed to extend new capabilities to Java and Scala communities. Developers across enterprises and startups will be able to take advantage of the latest cognitive and AI technologies and to leverage existing WebSphere investments. "Working with IBM on an integrated platform for cognitive development is a natural progression of our work to support advanced cognitive application development. As one of the leaders in cognitive/AI, IBM brings important code and tools to our customers and the Java and Scala communities," said Mark Brewer, President and CEO, Lightbend. "IBM's support of Lightbend and the Reactive Platform is a validation of where we think cognitive development is going and what is required by the developers building that future." Bob Lord, IBM's Chief Digital Officer added, "We believe the use of the Lightbend Reactive Platform is essential to building today's modern infrastructures. Lightbend represents IBM's continuous commitment to the Java and Scala communities. Java and Scala are the languages of cognitive and AI development, and cognitive development is the future. The collaboration between IBM and Lightbend can help enterprise developers build cognitive applications and accelerate the era of cognitive computing." IBM has a long history supporting the millions of developers in the Java and Scala communities. IBM spearheaded the creation of an open environment and open tools for Java developers, which resulted in Eclipse and then the Eclipse Foundation. It has also supported the 1.2 million developers in the Scala community for many years, including an ongoing collaboration with Lightbend that has trained hundreds of Scala developers. IBM and Lightbend consider Scala among today's most popular programming languages with major uses at Apple, Verizon, Twitter and more. The strategic collaboration between IBM and Lightbend will create new code, tools and documentation that will be designed to help developers build Java- and Scala-based applications on the Lightbend Reactive Platform. It is anticipated to integrate WebSphere and key offerings across IBM Cloud, including app management services, the Watson Data Platform and the more than 150 services across cognitive intelligence, data analytics, Internet of Things, security, DevOps, and blockchain available to developers through the IBM Cloud. IBM and Lightbend have a history of collaboration but this strategic investment and relationship will allow enterprise developers to both reap the benefits of the Lightbend Reactive Platform while integrating IBM's cognitive development tools, resources and support.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-and-lightbend-build-integrated-platform-for-cognitive-development-300481007.html