Just as containers are finding their place alongside virtual machines in the application landscape, unikernels are emerging as a container alternative.

Unikernels strip down an application’s execution environment to the barest essentials, increasing efficiency and reducing attack surface.

Adam Wick joins the Datanauts to explain unikernels and how they differ from containers, discuss what kinds of applications they run, and explore issues like networking, security, and orchestration.

Adam is Research Lead, Mobile Security & Systems Software at Galois an R&D company. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Utah. You can follow him on Twitter.

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Show Links:

Unikernel.org

Haskell Lightweight Virtual Machine – Galois