Understanding containers
Applications are getting more complex, and the demand to develop faster puts stress on your infrastructure, IT teams, and processes. Containers help you alleviate pain points and iterate quickly—across multiple environments.
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What are containers?
Containers are a technology that allow applications to be packaged and isolated with their entire runtime environment. This makes it easier to maintain consistent behavior and functionality while moving the contained application between environments (dev, test, production) and across public, private, hybrid cloud, and on-premise. Because they are lightweight and portable, containers provide opportunities for faster development and meeting business needs as they arise.
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