Containers are the technology used to bundle an application with all its necessary files into a runtime environment. As a unit, a container can be easily moved and run on any operating system in any environment.

Efficient and seamless environment transition

The use of containers isolates software so that it can run independently across different operating systems, hardware, networks, storage systems, and security policies. This allows container-based applications to seamlessly transition between development, testing, and production environments. Because the operating system is not packaged into the container, each container uses very few computing resources, takes up very little space, and is easy to install.

containersWhat are the advantages?

By using containers, users can avoid crashes caused by incompatible environments and get consistent performance across machines. Developers can focus on the application itself without having to divert their efforts from debugging or rewriting for different server environments. Because containers are OS-agnostic, developers can efficiently deploy containers in clusters, each of which can be responsible for retaining a single component of a complex application. By placing components in separate containers, developers can also make updates to individual components without rewriting the entire application.

Containers offer many advantages to developers:

• magnitude - The size of the container is only a few tens of MB.
• tempo - The container can be run almost immediately.
• portability (programming language) - The container can run in any environment.
• modularization - Developers can split containers into smaller modules.
• autarchy - The application actually runs inside its own little container.
• (manufacturing, production etc) costs - The cost of containers is minimal.

Docker How does it work with containers?

Docker is a widely known software platform that supports containerization. On Docker, developers can design and build applications inside containers, test them, and deliver them to other machines and environments.

Since its launch in 2013, Docker has contributed significantly to the popularity of containerization technology, enabling developers to easily separate applications from infrastructure. As a result, organizations can split large development projects into several smaller teams, spreading the workload and speeding up final deployment. In fact, studies show that IT departments with efficient DevOps workflows deploy software more frequently, recover faster, and have lower change failure rates.

Additionally, the Docker container itself is simple to deploy in the cloud, allowing developers to create development environments in the cloud that mimic functioning servers. With this, developers can quickly test any changes and see if the application is still functioning properly.

Industries using containerized technology

AI is catching fire on every continent. In North America alone, the AI market is expected to grow to approximately $203 billion by 2026. AI plays an integral role in everything from self-driving cars to digital voice assistants to sentiment analysis. In short, many companies are recognizing the enormous potential of AI and are choosing to use containerized architectures and platforms as the foundation of their new IT strategies.

Here are two major industries that have recently benefited from containerization technology:

Retail:Containerization helps retailers cope with the continued surge in e-commerce. As e-commerce sales double or even triple, retailers are building cloud-native platforms that are reliable, fast, efficient, and scalable to better cope with the ever-increasing number of workflows. Containers are essential to gaining the speed and agility needed to handle this.

Transnational services:Organizations serving global customers are also turning to the containerized model. The speed and efficiency benefits of deploying containers across clouds make it a logical choice due to the need to deploy, manage and maintain services across multiple geographies.

In fact, many industries have realized that by running these containers across local and public cloud environments, they are able to eliminate the complexity associated with portability and siloed environments. Today, containerization technology is widely deployed in almost every industry and serves different purposes.

The manufacturing and automotive industries use containers to optimize the value chain. The video game industry uses containerization to help accelerate the creation and expansion of new games. The healthcare and life sciences sectors use this technology to improve the patient experience, not only by tracking millions of patients and experiments on a cloud platform, but also by utilizing rapid iteration based on customer/patient feedback to improve services. Media and entertainment companies utilize microservices to manage content as well as distribution.

The adoption of container technology is growing rapidly. This can be attributed to the fact that containers shorten development cycles and time-to-market, reduce CAPEX requirements, conserve IT resources, and significantly reduce unplanned downtime. As more companies learn the benefits of containerization technology, more and more containerization use cases are expected to emerge.

HPE and the growing prevalence of container management

Today, adopting agile processes to handle application development and deployment has become critical to enterprise success. Since the inception of AI technology, HPE has been at the forefront of containerization technology with several industry-first container solutions.

leverage HPE GreenLakeYou can update and transform your local applications with a container platform delivered as a service. This platform helps you accelerate application change and development while reducing complexity and optimizing costs. And because HPE GreenLake is delivered on a pay-as-you-go model, you can get up and running quickly, adding or removing capacity as you need it, and paying only for the capacity you use.

HPE Ezmeral Container Platform Leverages Open Source Kubernetes and Acquired Technologies in Hybrid Cloud EnvironmentsApplication Containerization. This is a secure multi-tenant control platform for deploying multiple local or cloud-based Kubernetes clusters, which is critical for supporting both traditional and cloud-native workloads. This platform enables both cloud-native microservices applications and non-cloud-native monolithic applications to enjoy the speed and efficiency benefits of containers.

HPE HPE Ezmeral Container Platform enables the deployment of application containers on bare metal, virtual machines or cloud instances, reducing complexity and cost while balancing enterprise-grade security with bare metal performance.

HPE Ezmeral Container Platform and ML Ops 5.3, also launching in 2021, focus on refining AI, analytics, DevOps and hybrid cloud capabilities for HPE customers. This new iteration makes it easy to apply industrialized data science methods.

If we are viewed only as a large infrastructure that wants to get a piece of the container market, we will be a major player in the container market.Facility providersHPE is a big underestimator! We're more interested in capturing the new wave of cloud-native applications and helping organizations get on the path to Kubernetes.