Containerization, Microservices and Orchestration Technologies Gain Speed in 2016
This year heralds a number of interesting developments in software and technology. Here’s a list of what I think will transpire in the world of Cloud, DevOps, and Agile architecture based on technologies coming down the road and what we’re talking about with Ness’s clients.
- There will be rapid advances around Containerization to enable greater cloud adoption. Organizations will move more and more towards new apps in the cloud realm and container technologies such as Dockers and Elastic Box will help accelerate this move. As Platforms-as-a-Service (PaaS) gains momentum, developers will increasingly embrace container options to compress the production cycle and accelerate the migration to the cloud.
- Greater adoption will be seen across application orchestration technologies with emphasized focus on portability. Orchestration technologies such as CloudFormations (Amazon), Docker Compose, and Google Kubernotes will get adopted far more rapidly by organizations that want to thrive in the Digital Economy.
- Microservices-based architectures and API orchestration will gain more speed, thus helping organizations create decoupled and scalable applications that keep advanced monitoring, scalability, security and availability in focus. We will see stronger interest in application monitoring technologies as this wave gains momentum.
- API security will be a clear line of focus with rapid adoption of containerization, microservices architecture and orchestration in mind. Architects will need to focus on technologies such as OAuth, API Key provisioning, AWS API security, etc. to keep applications secure. Changing paradigms will evolve within QA/Testing practices to keep API security as a core requirement.
- Organizations will embrace Continuous Delivery best practices and advanced agile practices (e.g SAFe) with greater gusto to enhance frictionless and faster software delivery.
I’m looking forward to observing how exactly these developments play out through the year. Let me know your take.
