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 Administration.* That is the second yr in a row that Microsoft has been named a Chief on this Gartner® Magic Quadrant™, and we imagine this recognition displays the continued 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 in depth options of our container providers, together with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Container Apps. AKS offers a sturdy platform for deploying, managing, and orchestrating containerized purposes with customization and suppleness. Azure Container Apps is a totally 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 providers. 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 provide essentially the most safe, dependable, and productive container administration expertise for our clients. This yr, we’ve continued to ship new options to make this expertise a actuality.
- AKS Computerized (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 greatest practices and insurance policies on Kubernetes clusters—enhancing safety and reliability.
- Kubernetes AI toolchain operator (KAITO) add-on for AKS (preview) makes it simpler to run open-source giant language fashions (LLMs) on Kubernetes by optimizing useful resource utilization and automating configuration.
- Dynamic periods in Azure Container Apps (preview) offers quick entry to safe, sandboxed environments that are perfect for operating code or purposes that require robust isolation from different workloads.
Be taught extra concerning the newest bulletins for AKS and Azure Container Apps from Microsoft Construct 2024.
Constructing options with our clients
Our persevering with innovation is in service to our clients. We’re thrilled to see how clients are utilizing Azure Container Providers to construct transformational options for his or her companies. Under are only a few latest examples:
- Victoria’s Secret & Co. has reached 99.99% availability and elevated its deployments and releases from 9 per yr to roughly 3,300 yearly with AKS.
- Sapiens has elevated its skill 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 methods 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 Administration. We look ahead to making our providers even higher and persevering with to assist clients 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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