Container orchestration

When containers start to significantly populate your software environment, orchestration becomes critical. This section looks at the tools, like Kubernetes, that help put container provisioning and container management tasks on track and methods that help them to work in tandem with your applications and each other.

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Container orchestration News

January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20
GraphQL vs. REST choice steers microservices development

GraphQL vs. REST: That is the question as teams tackle microservices architecture design, and at Pantheon, the choice came with both business boons and technical debt.
July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19
Pivotal tools aim to ease Kubernetes complexity for developers

Pivotal has released several tools to help developers and operators address Kubernetes complexity, as enterprises increasingly adopt the popular container orchestration system.
February 21, 2017 21 Feb'17
Microsoft engineer explains his love for hallways at Container World

As part of our coverage of Container World in Santa Clara, Calif., we spoke with a presenter from Microsoft about what he expects from this year's conference.
January 11, 2017 11 Jan'17
Popularity of application containers begins to shadow DevOps, PaaS

The application container market is growing at an astounding pace, mimicking its rapidly rising popularity in the enterprise. What are the drivers and implications of that trend?

Container orchestration Get Started

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Multi-cloud adoption is the future, so be prepared

The move towards multi-cloud is imminent for most enterprises, according to IDC. Find out what this means for organizations and how they will need to adapt. Continue Reading
To succeed with containerized applications, nail the details

Containers can help an organization smoothly deploy applications, but the design aspects are complicated. Follow best practices to size and package app components. Continue Reading
Follow this AWS Fargate tutorial to deploy a containerized app

New to containers on AWS? Learn how to navigate the Amazon ECS Management Console to configure the proper container orchestration in this simple AWS Fargate example. Continue Reading

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Container backup tips and trends for proper protection

You may need better backup for your container data. Take a look at top news and best practices for container protection, as that data could be critical. Continue Reading
4 trends for Kubernetes cloud-native teams to watch in 2020

Today's software architectural landscape seems to change like the weather. Stay ahead of the curve with these cloud-related trends, including GitOps and service meshes. Continue Reading
What is container management and why is it important?

Container management refers to a set of practices that govern and maintain containerization software, and automate the creation, deployment, destruction and scaling of software or systems containers. Continue Reading

Manage Container orchestration

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Illustrated guide to containerization security

Container security concerns are keeping IT pros up at night. Discover why and what they're doing to secure containers as well as the applications and data that run within them. Continue Reading
Time to rethink IT for containerized workloads

Employing IT tools that span on- and off-premises hybrid environments is a first step toward optimizing infrastructure design and management for container-based environments. Continue Reading
The future of the Kubernetes ecosystem isn't all about cloud

Developers still lean on the public cloud to simplify Kubernetes deployments, but that won't always be the case. See how lingering complexity issues have opened the door for on-premises vendors. Continue Reading

Problem Solve Container orchestration Issues

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The pros and cons of container platforms for portability

Container platforms enable high degrees of portability, but there are some container portability limitations related to persistent storage, different container formats and more. Continue Reading
Creating a cloud model with governance, services architecture in mind

Organizations considering a move to cloud-centric applications should think about their cloud model, not applications architecture. Continue Reading