We’re excited to share that Microsoft has been named a Chief within the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Administration.
We’re excited to share that Microsoft has been named a Chief within the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management.* That is the second 12 months in a row that Microsoft has been named a Chief on this Gartner® Magic Quadrant™, and we imagine this recognition displays the continuing funding Microsoft has made to assist operating a broad vary of containerized workloads at scale. We wish to make Azure the perfect cloud to run containers, Kubernetes, and assist adaptive cloud use circumstances like hybrid and edge.
Gartner® recognition of Microsoft as a Chief on this Magic Quadrant™, we really feel, highlights the intensive options of our container companies, together with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Container Apps. AKS supplies a strong platform for deploying, managing, and orchestrating containerized purposes with customization and adaptability. Azure Container Apps is a completely managed, serverless container service that gives a developer centric expertise. All of Azure Container Providers have robust integration with the Azure and Microsoft ecosystem, together with developer instruments, databases, and AI companies. Azure’s software platform delivers essentially the most complete set of capabilities for constructing clever apps, underpinned by sturdy safety and governance.
A greater container administration expertise
We wish to supply essentially the most safe, dependable, and productive container administration expertise for our prospects. This 12 months, we’ve continued to ship new options to make this expertise a actuality.
- AKS Automatic (preview) automates AKS cluster setup and administration to supply the simplest managed Kubernetes expertise for builders, DevOps, and platform engineers.
- Deployment safeguards for AKS (preview) can implement finest practices and insurance policies on Kubernetes clusters—bettering safety and reliability.
- Kubernetes AI toolchain operator (KAITO) add-on for AKS (preview) makes it simpler to run open-source massive language fashions (LLMs) on Kubernetes by optimizing useful resource utilization and automating configuration.
- Dynamic sessions in Azure Container Apps (preview) supplies quick entry to safe, sandboxed environments that are perfect for operating code or purposes that require robust isolation from different workloads.
Be taught extra in regards to the latest announcements for AKS and Azure Container Apps from Microsoft Construct 2024.
Constructing options with our prospects
Our persevering with innovation is in service to our prospects. We’re thrilled to see how prospects are utilizing Azure Container Services to construct transformational options for his or her companies. Beneath are only a few latest examples:
- Victoria’s Secret & Co. has reached 99.99% availability and elevated its deployments and releases from 9 per 12 months to roughly 3,300 yearly with AKS.
- Sapiens has elevated its capability to innovate with AI and decreased growth time by adopting AKS and Azure-managed databases.
- Finastra has achieved extra frequent product updates and higher efficiency by migrating from on-premises programs to Home windows containers on AKS.
- Fujitsu’s DXP Cloud, an in-house cloud platform, surfaces Azure capabilities to its customers, together with Azure Container Apps, to enhance developer productiveness.
Innovate with Microsoft
We’re honored to be a Chief within the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management. We look ahead to making our companies even higher and persevering with to assist prospects to innovate with Azure.
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Container Administration, By Dennis Smith, Tony Iams, Michael Warrilow, Wataru Katsurashima, Lucas Albuquerque, 9 September 2024.
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