The cloud services division at EOH is bringing containers to its enterprise public cloud platform.
Containers and container orchestration are top of mind in the IT world, and for good reason, says Richard Vester, group executive for EOH's cloud division.
"Containers solve the problem of how to get software to run reliably when moved from one computing environment to another. It also is a foundational building block for cloud native and microservice-based architectures. The container platform will be a key part in enabling the digital revolution."
Organisations are looking for ways to modernise their technology stacks but are battling to get a grip on their legacy technologies inside their data centres, says Vester. Containers will help to solve this problem and allow them to transform legacy applications into modern architectures, he adds.
The cloud division has partnered with fellow EOH company LSD Information Technology to enable companies to access open source containerisation technology.
LSD provides a number of open source tools, including Git, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker and OpenShift.
EOH acquired LSD Information Technology, a company specialising in Linux and enterprise open source technology, for an undisclosed amount in January.
"LSD has helped enterprises set up container platforms in countries ranging from the US to Japan, and on a variety of platforms, including Azure, Google Cloud Engine and Amazon EC2," says Vester.
Containers are another great innovation from the open source world, notes LSD founder Stefan Lesicnik.
"This collaboration will help companies quickly realise the value of open source technologies, and also bring the benefits of containerisation to a wider audience, enabling the digital revolution in their businesses."
According to the Portworx Annual Container Adoption survey, in 2017 companies took an increased interest in container technologies. Thirty-two percent of companies spent $500 000 or more a year on licence and usage fees for container technologies, up from a reported 5% in 2016.
In the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, the container technology market is expected to cross $2.4 billion by 2024, says Global Market Insights.
Cloud container market growth in the region can be attributed to an increasing inclination of enterprises towards shifting to cloud computing platforms, it adds.
Increasing need for improving developer efficiency and resource utilisation, the need for improving scalability and lowering costs, as well as demand for supporting microservices architectures is also driving the market growth, it says.
With many large global players such as IBM and Microsoft focusing on aggressive expansion in the region, the competition is expected to become fierce over the 2017 to 2024 period as new entrants make their way into the market, says Global Market Insights.
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