5 signs that we are in a post-virtualization world

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Fast forward to 2015, dotCloud Inc. has become Docker Inc., a billion-dollar startup that is a darling of Silicon Valley; it is also redefining the way software is developed and deployed. Canonical, the creator of Ubuntu (which happens to be the most successful Linux distribution), has created a lightweight hypervisor called LXD (pronounced Lex-dee). Through its partnership with Docker and Google, the company embedded containers and orchestration tools in its PaaS offering called OpenShift. VMware announced a partnership with Docker and Google to integrate containers and orchestration tools with vSphere and vCloud Air. Cloud Foundry Foundation, OCI, and CNCF have a common goal: drive the adoption of the contemporary technology stack in the enterprise.

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dotCloud
$50M to $100M
Canonical, Ltd.
$50M to $100M
OpenStack
$10M to $25M
Cloud Foundry
$1M to $5M
Docker
$50M to $100M
Weaveworks
$5M to $10M