The State of Kubernetes: The Far-reaching Roots That Change the Technology Ecosystem
It is extraordinary to observe how Kubernetes has changed the shape of the cloud native landscape and completely redefined the developer experience for shipping a product to consumers. This year, Kubernetes marks its 7th anniversary and this is a great opportunity to reminisce on the impact it has had on the wider technology ecosystem. As a result, a suite of insightful takeaways is presented by the State of Kubernetes report released by VMware Tanzu in May 2021.
This article aims to highlight the principal takeaways of the impact that Kubernetes had on the application deployment strategies.
1. Continuous and growing adoption year over year
Kubernetes momentum has traction within the wider cloud native ecosystem, and organizations across different industries and sectors are integrating containers within the customer-facing infrastructure setup. This is demonstrated by the 7% growing adoption of Kubernetes in the production environment, hitting 65% in 2021.
2 . Multi-cloud strategy for resilience
Platform agnosticism is a core feature for Kubernetes, but this functionality has yet to be fully explored in the multi-cloud strategy. Only 36% of…
