Containers and Kubernetes
Market Dynamics Report, 2021
Key findings
We are excited to publish the findings of a CCS Insight report, commissioned by Red Hat, which explores the current state of containers in organizations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
We asked 574 software developers and IT professionals from 9+ sectors between January and March 2021 about the perceived benefits, challenges, adoption and use cases of container technology.
Read the 2021 report
Top software development priorities in the next 12 months
Container based applications
Improving quality,
performance and
security of applications
Strengthening CI and CD
processes
373 respondents delivering software
46% - Container based applications
43% - Improving quality,performance and security of applications
32% - Strenghtening CI and CD processes
Containers have become the number one IT priority for developers.
Benefits and use cases of containers
Technical benefits for using Containers
Innovation
Modernization
Support for
hybrid IT ops
Technical benefits for using Containers
39% - Innovation
36% - Modernization
34% - Support for hybrid IT operations
Business benefits for using Containers
Cloud adoption
Innovation
Scalable operations
Business benefits of using Containers
574 business and technical respondents
33% - Cloud adoption
31% - Innovation
30% - Scalable operations
Top barriers to adopting containers widely
34% Cost of adoption
40% Lack of skills and training
32% Limited resources for developing
container-based apps
29% Navigating the container technology
strategies from different providers
34% Cost of adoption
40% Lack of skills and training
32% Limited resources for developing container-based apps
29% Navigating the container technology strategies from different providers
574 business and technical respondents
The most common use cases for containers are integration
Simplifying integration
Autoscaling existing
solutions
Development and
delivery of solutions
for external customers
524 business and technical respondents
43% - Simplifying integration
35% - Autoscaling existing solutions
32% - Development and delivery of solutions for external customers
Reputation and trust is the top consideration when choosing a container vendor
Reputation and cost
Usablity of tooling
services
Flexible cost plans
490 respondents who are decision-makers or influencing the choice of container technologies
44% - Reputation and cost
37% - Usablity of tooling services
36% - Flexible cost plans
Read the full report
The full report explores the current state of container use — including the benefits, challenges, adoption and use cases of container technology—in organizations across various industries and regions in EMEA based on responses from hundreds of IT professionals who are involved in architecting, developing, deploying and managing software application code and services.