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title: News
description: Windocks news highlights, analyst highlights, and news archive.
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# News
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
"...there’s no doubt there will be a corresponding rise of interest in database virtualization technologies that promise to make it simpler to build those types of applications."
[Read more](https://containerjournal.com/editorial-calendar/windocks-extends-reach-of-cloud-native-data-repository/)
"A new DevOps database platform can allow the databases to be treated like any other DevOps artifacts that are orchestrated and automated within the DevOps toolchains."
[Read more](https://devops.com/devops-database-platforms-slash-dx-bottlenecks/)
"WinDocks provided users with the features they were waiting for from Microsoft, such as the ability to support .NET and SQL Servers in containers while running Windows Server."
[Read more](https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/feature/The-history-of-Dockers-climb-in-the-container-management-market)
"And one of the key differences between the Windocks container technology and Microsoft’s official container support for Windows turns out to be quite surprising: compatibility with existing applications and processes."
[Read more](https://www.nextplatform.com/2019/02/07/microsoft-is-not-the-only-way-to-shrink-wrap-sql-server-in-containers/)
ANALYST HIGHLIGHTS
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"Deploy Windocks to reduce relational DBMS (RDBMS) release cycles and operational costs, and to improve operational efficiency and to deliver a continuous integration strategy."
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NEWS ARCHIVE
October 2021
#### DevOps Needs SQL Server Containers for Windows
[Read more](https://containerjournal.com/features/devops-needs-sql-server-containers-for-windows/)
August 2021
#### Windocks Extends Reach of Cloud-Native Data Repository
[Read more](https://containerjournal.com/editorial-calendar/windocks-extends-reach-of-cloud-native-data-repository/)
July 2021
#### DevOps Database Platforms Slash DX Bottlenecks
[Read more](https://devops.com/devops-database-platforms-slash-dx-bottlenecks/)
July 21, 2021
#### Windocks releases first DevOps data repo for Oracle, SQL Server, Postgre and MySQL. Providing for data what Docker provides for applications
[Read more](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/release-oracle)
January 2021
#### IRI and Windocks Partner to Provide Container-based Virtualized Test Databases
[Read more](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/iri-and-windocks-partner-to-provide-container-based-virtualized-test-databases-301213210.html?tc=eml_cleartime)
December 2020
#### Curiosity Software Ireland and Windocks announce Containerised Test Data Automation
[Read more](https://www.prlog.org/12851104-curiosity-software-ireland-and-windocks-announce-containerised-test-data-automation.html)
August 2020
#### PostgreSQL and MySQL containers now supported on Windows
[Read more](http://techgenix.com/postgres-and-mysql-windows-containers/)
September 11, 2019
#### Windocks Announces Rancher Labs Partnership for SQL Server Cloud Native Support
[Read more](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/rancher)
July 2019
#### The history of Docker's climb...
"Windocks provided users with the features they were waiting for"
[Read more](https://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/feature/The-history-of-Dockers-climb-in-the-container-management-market)
March 2019
#### Are containers the answer for your SQL Server database environment?
[Read more](http://techgenix.com/sql-server-containers/)
February 2019
#### SQL Server in containers
[Read more](https://www.nextplatform.com/2019/02/07/microsoft-is-not-the-only-way-to-shrink-wrap-sql-server-in-containers/)
October 2018
#### Embrace DevOps innovation to modernize legacy applications
[Read more](https://searchitoperations.techtarget.com/news/252450326/Embrace-DevOps-innovation-to-modernize-legacy-applications)
July 2018
#### Storage is coming home
[Read more](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/16/week_in_storage_ending_july_16/)
May 2018
#### Windocks Addresses the Container Conundrum for Windows Server Users
[Read more](https://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/windocks-addresses-the-container-conundrum-for-windows-server-users.html)
May 21, 2018
#### Windocks Introduces Data Delivery for any Storage Area Network (SAN) to SQL Server Containers, Instances, and Kubernetes Clusters
[Read more](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/release-san-2018)
May 15, 2018
#### Gartner Group Recognizes Windocks, as SQL Server Containers go Mainstream
[Read more](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/release-gartner-2018)
August 28, 2017
#### Test: Windocks
[Read more](http://www.it-administrator.de/themen/virtualisierung/fachartikel/241879.html)
June 2017
#### Database DevOps
[Read more](https://searchitoperations.techtarget.com/feature/Database-DevOps-contradictions-snarl-enterprise-IT-automation)
April 18 , 2017
#### Windocks Now Supports Database Cloning for SQL Server
[Read more](https://www.itprotoday.com/sql-server/windocks-now-supports-database-cloning-sql-server)
April 17, 2017
#### Windocks delivers Docker's open source implementation and database cloning
[Read more](https://appdevelopermagazine.com/5136/2017/4/17/windocks-delivers-docker-implementation-and-database-cloning/)
April 12, 2017
#### Windocks delivers first port of Docker’s open source for SQL Server containers with database cloning
[Read more](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/release-cloning)
February 10, 2017
#### ANALYST BRIEF - The Challenges Facing Docker on Windows
[Read more](https://storageswiss.com/2017/02/10/challenges-facing-docker-on-windows-windocks/)
June 13, 2016
#### Windocks Releases No-cost Community Edition port of Docker Inc's open source container project for Windows 8, 10, Server 2012, and Server 2016
[Read more](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/release-community)
June 6, 2016
#### Windocks releases container support for Windows through Amazon Web Services
[Read more](http://www.geekwire.com/2016/windocks-releases-products-aws/)
June 4, 2016
#### Windocks Comes to the Amazon Cloud
[Read more](https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2016/06/04/windocks-comes-to-the-amazon-cloud.aspx)
May 16, 2016
#### .NET and SQL Server Containers with Docker Commands available on Amazon Web Services Marketplace, and as No-Cost Downloadable Community Edition
[Read more](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/release-awsmarketplace)
May 13, 2016
#### Windocks Community Edition is no-cost version of the firm's container engine port for Windows Server 2012
[Read more](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/hubfs/windocks-v3-article.png)
April 4. 2016
#### Windocks does what Docker and Microsoft can't do
[Read more](http://www.infoworld.com/article/3051588/application-virtualization/windocks-does-what-docker-and-microsoft-cant-do.html)
April 4, 2016
#### Startup se adelanta a Microsoft con motor para Docker en Windows Server
[Read more](http://diarioti.com/startup-se-adelanta-a-microsoft-con-motor-para-docker-en-windows-server/96775)
April 4, 2016
#### Først med kommersiell Container-motor til Windows Server
[Read more](http://www.digi.no/bedriftsteknologi/2016/04/05/forst-med-kommersiell-docker-motor-til-windows-server)
April 4, 2016
#### Windocks releases the first Container Engine based on Docker Inc's open source project for Windows Server
[Read more](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/release-v1)
August 28, 2015
#### Startup Working to Bring Container Support based on Docker Inc's open source project to Windows Server 2012
[Read more](http://bit.ly/1KSS9bN)
August 28, 2015
#### Windocks to bring container support based on Docker Inc's open source project to Windows
[Read more](http://techspective.net/2015/08/28/windocks-launches-kickstarter-to-bring-docker-to-windows-server-2012/)
August 25, 2015
#### Startup Targets Early Container Support based on Docker Inc's open source project
[Read more](https://www.enterpriseai.news/2015/08/25/startup-targets-early-docker-support-on-windows-server/)
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