Containers
10 Facts the Channel Should Know About Containers
Solution providers should take note of how containers are enabling the development of microservices that will change how apps are built, deployed and managed.
Adoption of Containers
35% are making broad use of containers or have standardized on them. Another third are either using them in isolated instances or evaluating them in a lab.
Container Adoption Plans
A full 79% whose companies are not using containers anticipate doing so within the next year.
Where Do Containers Run
More than half (54%) are running containers on VMware—followed by Microsoft Azure, at 32%; Microsoft Hyper V at, 31%; and VMware vCloud Air, at 29%. Bare-metal servers are at 18%. Just over 60% report running many containers on top of an instance of a virtual machine.
Use of Containers
55% are running more than 100 containers during normal IT operation hours; 12% are running 1,000 or more. Meanwhile, 57% said that would be very likely to use containers in conjunction with virtual machines.
Number of Images Deployed
Almost half (49%) have deployed more than 100 to 1,000 images on top of containers; 8% have deployed more than 1,000.
Registry in Use
Almost half (49%) are using both Docker Hub and the Docker Trusted Repository on premise and in the cloud.
Container Security Strategy
A surprising 40% have little or no container security strategy in place. Only 26% have comprehensive security standards and the tools needed to implement them.
Level of Container Security Concerns
A full 91% are concerned about the security of containers, and 50% are very or extremely concerned.
Interest in In-Container Security TechnologiesMore than four out of five (81%) said the addition of in-container security would push their companies to adopt more containers.
Biggest Benefits of Container Security
Ensuring all containers have a consistent security model from development through production (83%) tops the list, followed by preventing development mistakes from reaching production (82%) and detecting vulnerabilities in Docker containers (80%).