Benefits of using Containers to process your IT workloads

If you are like most people, the concept of a software container is difficult to wrap your head around. Simply put, a container is a unit of software that packages up code along with everything needed to run an application. It’s unique because of its independence. A container contains the application code, runtime and system libraries, among other tools to run the application.

Containerization enables you to create and deploy
applications faster and more securely than traditional methods.  Its independence
provides users with improved flexibility, efficiency and cost savings when building
an IT environment.    

Flexibility

Containers can be used in combination with
virtual machines (VMs) in order to offer a company more flexibility in managing
its IT infrastructure.  Containers are
also very portable.  Developers can move
applications from one server to another without anticipating integration issues
between operating systems.  In the same way one single computer can become multiple computers through
virtualization, one single OS can become multiple OS’s to be used for
application development and deployment through containerization.

Efficiency

One of the key benefits of containerization
is efficiency in processing workloads. 
Unlike VMs which require its own software and operating systems,
containers share resources from the host operating system.  This results in faster processing ability
utilizing less processing power. 

Cost Savings

Containers significantly reduce the amount
of memory needed to process your workloads and users can utilize much smaller
container packages compared to virtual machines.  A container is also self-documenting.  This means that IT staff do not have to spend
valuable time repeating configuration processes which saves time and money.    

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