Ten Priorities for Container Management and DevOps in 2018
Based on 300 surveyed enterprises and hundreds of vendor briefings and enterprise customer consults, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) arrived at the 10 Priorities for Container Management and DevOps in 2018. The full report is available on the EMA website for a deep dive, but here are some "nuggets" taken mostly from the full report:
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Priority #1: Integration with Existing Enterprise IT
VMware vSphere Integration Turned out to be the Key Container Management Requirement in 2018
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Priority #6 – Transitioning to Microservices
All Types of Applications Are Running on Containers Today
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Priority #2: Consistent Security and Compliance Framework
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Priority #7: Application-Centric Container Management
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Compliance and Security Are the Critical Pain Point in Container Management
Priority #3: Bring Back Control for Corporate IT Operations
Hiring new Staff to Manage Containers Is Not an Option
Priority #4 – Support Hybrid Infrastructure
Priority #5 – Optimal Kubernetes Management
Kubernetes Needs a Management Layer to Run in Production
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Containers Are Disconnected from their Underlying Infrastructure
Priority #8 – Transition to Declarative Automation and Management
 The Transition to Declarative Management Is Hard, but Necessary
Priority #9 – Combining VMs, Containers, PaaS, and FaaS
IaaS, CaaS, PaaS and FaaS Will Co-exist
Priority #10 – Prioritize Containerization
Containerization Requires a Clear Economic Analysis
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