Is Kubernetes becoming the driving force of enterprise IT?

Kubernetes — the open source platform that automates Linux container operations, eliminating many of the manual processes involved in deploying and scaling containerized applications.

Container use will only continue to increase. A recent Red Hat survey found that 62% of organizations have minimal (less than 10%) container use today, but only 20% say that will still be the case in two years’ time. Meanwhile, the percentage with more than half their workloads containerized is expected to almost triple — to 28% — over the same period.

Many organizations start out with a small Kubernetes install. When they want to scale out and start running mission critical workloads, they can find they have underestimated the complexity and overhead of integrating, testing, updating and managing various cloud-native components.

Migrating to Kubernetes works best if your company has already moved its platform to the cloud and has experience with containerization, but is now beginning to have difficulties with scale or stability.

A switch to Kubernetes can also be the right move if your team is having trouble managing your platform because it is spread across different cloud services. While most services offer their own container management tools, using a different one with its command-line interface for each service can quickly become cumbersome. With Kubernetes, you can use the same device for every container, no matter the platform it’s on.

This can make container management easier and reduce training time if your platform relies on a few different cloud services.

Today there are ready-to-use developer services that address needs around service mesh, server less execution and cloud-native continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, all of which are designed to help fuel developer productivity around Kubernetes-based applications.

When beginning the move to containers, it’s important to consider the bigger picture of how you’re going to run them in production over time. Ultimately, what do you want your teams to focus on? If the answer is building world-class services for customers and getting them to market faster than ever before, then Kubernetes would be a potential weapon in your armory.

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