Overview
Information Services Group (ISG) recently completed a Provider LensTM Quadrant Report of Kubernetes Platform Solutions providers. In this study, they analyzed the various companies providing Kubernetes platforms and solutions and divided them into four categories: Leader, Product Challenger, Market Challenger and Contender.
The eligibility criteria1 for providers includes:
- Unique capabilities that aid enterprises in developing and adopting Kubernetes with special consideration for machine learning (ML) and edge computing use cases
- Technical support capabilities that assist enterprises with the adoption and management of platform solutions
- Support for hybrid and multi-cloud operations
- Clear business benefits tied to use of the Kubernetes platform solution
- Relevant certifications for platforms, including the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s Certified Kubernetes Distribution
HPE is excited to announce that HPE Ezmeral Runtime was recognized by ISG as a Leader in the Kubernetes Platform Solutions Container Services & Solutions category.
Situation
Enterprises around the world have recognized the benefits of adopting containers for developing and deploying workflows. In fact, Gartner estimates that “90% of global organizations will be running containerized applications in production by 2026—up from 40% today. In addition, by 2026 20% of all enterprise applications will run in containers—up from fewer than 10% in 2020”—as estimated in a recent Gartner® report.2
What’s Driving that Trend?
Enterprises are adopting containers and embracing cloud-native microservices architecture to accelerate the speed of application development and innovation, as well as to benefit from greater efficiency and portability. Open-source Kubernetes has emerged as the de facto standard for container orchestration and a fundamental building block for cloud-native architectures.
And while it’s straightforward to deploy modern, cloud-native applications in containers, the reality is that these applications represent a small portion of enterprise applications. Most enterprise applications are still non-cloud-native with a monolithic architecture and persistent data storage. This is one of the major drivers of containerization, as those non-cloud-native, monolithic applications can benefit from the agility and efficiency that containers provide.
The challenge though, is how to run these monolithic applications in containers without rearchitecting them. As enterprise organizations extend the use of containers and Kubernetes beyond development and testing into production environments, they also need to address key considerations, including security and data persistence.
Application modernization is also a driving differentiator in enterprises. The next wave in modernizing the data estate—both on premises and in the cloud—is being driven by the need to support business, infrastructure, and digital transformation efforts. This modernization is needed to deliver greater business agility, improved efficiency, and enhanced innovation. Enterprises must be ready to ride this wave by accelerating their investment in containerized cloud-native infrastructure.
Implementing Containers
How enterprises adopt and integrate containers varies, depending on their familiarity with container technology and the needs of their business. As ISG states, “Enterprises also take different philosophical views on the development of containerized software―some want to focus technical resources on creating these next-generation applications (and plan to train or hire engineers to make that possible), while others look to the service provider community for assistance, including for full containerized software development.”2
This is where HPE Ezmeral Runtime can help.
Regardless where a business is in its containerization journey, HPE Ezmeral Runtime can assist. HPE Ezmeral Runtime is the industry’s first enterprise-grade container orchestration platform that is designed to run modern applications (both cloud-native and non-cloud-native) with persistent data. It deploys 100% open-source Kubernetes for orchestration, provides a state-of-the-art file system and data fabric for persistent container storage, and provides enterprises with the ability to deploy non-cloud-native AI and Analytics workloads in containers. Enterprises can now easily extend the agility and efficiency benefits of containers to more of their enterprise applications—running on either bare-metal or virtualized infrastructure, on-premises, in hybrid- and multi-cloud environments, or at the edge.
As ISG states, “Paid Kubernetes platforms are worth the investment: It may be tempting for enterprises to operate their own Kubernetes platforms based on the upstream open-source project, but the amount spent on maintaining those platforms would, in all likelihood, be better spent elsewhere [emphasis added], unless technical leadership in Kubernetes platform operation is truly a differentiator for a business. The commercially available Kubernetes platforms in the market offer useful features such as simplified management, role-based access controls and improved graphical interfaces that make them worth the expenditure.”1
Summary
The HPE Ezmeral Runtime platform provides your business with the capabilities and features you need to increase the speed of application development, improve productivity, benefit from greater efficiencies and portability, and transform and modernize your applications.
HPE Ezmeral Runtime is the application modernization platform your business has been seeking!
To learn more about HPE Ezmeral Runtime and how it can help your business, visit our website or contact your local sales rep.
1 – Information Services Group, ISG Provider Lens, Container Services and Solutions, Kubernetes Platform Solutions, U.S. 2021 Quadrant Report, published September 2021
2 - Gartner, The Innovation Leader’s Guide to Navigating the Cloud-Native Container Ecosystem,” Arun Chandrasekaran, Wataru Katsurashima, August 18, 2021.
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Richard Hatheway is a technology industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in multiple industries, including computers, oil and gas, energy, smart grid, cyber security, networking and telecommunications. At Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Richard focuses on GTM activities for HPE Ezmeral Software.
