Docker Enterprise brings mixed-OS support; DevOps skills & jobs concerns; and more

Modern Infrastructure Digest News and advice for creating tomorrow's data center | August 17, 2017 [TechTarget]( FEATURED STORY [Docker Enterprise Edition supports mixed OS clusters]( By Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer Docker-supported OS profiles grew to include IBM z Systems and Microsoft Windows, along with hybrid cluster and application support. (SearchITOperations.com) Advertisement NEWS [DevOps tools could close IT skills gap]( DevOps tools training makes IT pros more productive, and it will help address the IT skills gap without armies of admins. (SearchITOperations.com) [Top 10 sessions at VMworld 2017]( Still have empty slots on your VMworld 2017 sessions schedule? Check out these top 10 sessions, and see if any interest you. (SearchVMware.com) [IT orgs cultivate DevOps teams amid skills drought]( DevOps competency is hard to find and even harder to keep amid a nationwide mismatch between the number of open jobs and qualified workers. (SearchITOperations.com) [Blockchain in the data center offers few benefits]( Enterprises might have few compelling reasons to run blockchain hardware in a data center, but some vendors want to put it there nonetheless. (SearchDataCenter.com) EXPERT ADVICE [Emerging data center workloads drive new infrastructure demands]( As the IT industry moves forward, emerging data center workloads, such as big data, AI, machine learning and IoT, create some challenges. (SearchDataCenter.com) [How important is VMware as a contributor to OpenStack?]( VMware contributes to a number of OpenStack projects, including Nova Compute, Neutron networking and the NSX plug-in for Neutron networking. (SearchVMware.com) [Decide which vCPUs to assign to specific VMs]( With vCPU affinity and anti-affinity features, you can designate what vCPUs are used by certain VMs and discourage certain vCPU-VM pairings. (SearchServerVirtualization.com) [Factor in the mark DevOps leaves on hardware]( The DevOps process disrupts infrastructure in ways that aren't often discussed. But both the methodology and hardware must adapt for DevOps to succeed. (SearchITOperations.com) [Manage container lifecycles with defined processes]( Container lifecycle management gets specific about all its moving parts, demanding reproducible processes and granular state specifications. (SearchITOperations.com) [The ever-shrinking server farm]( Recent strides in storage and server performance take consolidating servers a step beyond traditional virtualization. (SearchServerVirtualization.com) [How to run Photon OS on vSphere or other platforms]( Photon OS makes it easier to deploy the VMware Photon platform and can be used in a number of environments, including vSphere, GCE and EC2. (SearchVMware.com) [Is Uptime still the go-to tier certification leader?]( New options for data center tier classification look to expand on Uptime's criteria for a more well-rounded certification method. (SearchDataCenter.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Modern Infrastructure Digest, [click here](. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Data Center and Virtualization Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2016 TechTarget. All rights reserved. [TechTarget](