Cloud containers

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Abstract away differences in OS and infrastructure

Containerization can play a key role in technology revitalization efforts. Why? Containers generally have lower overhead than virtual machines, and container systems can provide isolation between containers, potentially enhancing speed, improving security, and offering stability benefits since numerous containers can be brought to life (or shut down) quickly. Even if you don't take the plunge today, looking to adopt containerization into your emerging architecture principles should be a consideration.

Spin them up, spin them down, but plan for workload

Containers can help developers break services into small, manageable pieces whether on-premise or cloud-native. And the more you can put into a shared environment, the less application and infrastructure resources you're likely to need—which can translate to cost, speed, and even stability advantages. The real challenge? Workload scheduling and management can get exceedingly complex, so one key to taking full advantage of containers is knowing how to script Kubernetes for various workload types, as well as scaling up and down.

Compliance and security

Virtualization and containerization may require abandoning certain long-held systems architecture design principles. New tooling around new issues is a critical conversation to have if you plan to get to a shared, confident understanding of containers in the context of security and compliance imperatives—particularly in public cloud deployments. The cost, speed, and flexibility benefits can be enticing, but should be considered in light of new and different compliance, risk, and security approaches.

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Disrupt. Transform. Repeat.

That's the new normal. Done right, the cloud not only drives that reality—it can turn it into your advantage. Deloitte's end-to-end capabilities and deep understanding of you—your business, industry, and dynamics—help to amplify the transformative value of the cloud, beyond cost cutting. You can become agile and disruptive. You're not just using the cloud. It's helping to advance your business in ways you never imagined.

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Unveiling what's next

With ever-growing troves of data still unexplored, and with the cloud tools powering new ways to find, assess, and act on that data in the moment, the allure of big data, analytics, and IoT is anything but misplaced. At the same time, it's important to stay grounded in specific business challenges, questions, and opportunities. Focus on establishing bounded scope and measurable, attributable value—without wandering into risk, compliance, and security minefields.

Every enterprise needs to map out how to blend business strategy with technology opportunity: innovate, or face inevitable disruption. What’s the reward on the horizon for those who succeed? The more you can move to the cloud securely and compliantly, the faster your speed to market, the greater your control of scalability and costs. And the more you can reduce time spent on configuring and increase time spent on innovative new releases and enhanced customer experience.

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