Docker Announces Federated Application Management Across Multi-Cloud Environments With Docker Enterprise Edition
June 13 2018 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Company unveils new capabilities across the
application lifecycle from the developer’s desktop through
production at DockerCon 2018
DockerCon 2018 – Docker today announced new capabilities
for Docker Enterprise Edition (EE), the leading enterprise-ready
container platform, and Docker Desktop, an easy-to-install desktop
environment for building applications, that extend the development
and secure management of containerized applications on premises and
across multiple clouds. Federated application management, a new
capability available on Docker EE, provides a single management
plane to automate the management and security of containerized
applications on premises and across hosted Kubernetes-based cloud
services including Azure AKS, AWS EKS and Google GKE. With Docker
EE, IT operations have an aggregated view and automated model for
deploying, migrating and replicating applications. Additionally,
organizations can centrally control and secure the software supply
chain to provide a single “source of truth” for their entire
containerized application portfolio.
“With an estimated 85 percent of today’s enterprise IT
organizations employing a multi-cloud strategy, it has become more
critical that customers have a ‘single pane of glass’ for managing
their entire application portfolio,” said Scott Johnston, Chief
Product Officer at Docker. “Docker Enterprise Edition delivers on
the promise of the cloud by offering customers the portability
benefits of containerized applications and the management of those
containerized applications across all infrastructure. Additionally,
Docker EE is the only container platform to manage and secure both
legacy and modern applications in Linux, Windows and multi-cloud
customer environments, offering customers unparalleled choice and
the flexibility to evolve their environments as their business
requirements change.”
In addition to federated application management, Docker is
previewing two other new capabilities:
- In keeping with its leadership in
Windows containers, Docker is announcing Windows Server containers
on Kubernetes in Docker Enterprise Edition.
- Docker is also extending the power of
containerization to a broader range of enterprise developers with
new template-based workflows for Docker Desktop.
Portable application management on premises and across
multiple clouds
The rise of containers has helped make applications more
portable but the management of these containers is not. With the
increasing global nature of business, most organizations have more
than three clouds brought on by shadow IT and geographic
distribution needs. Each cloud-based application infrastructure and
on-prem data center silo is managed under a separate operational
model, resulting in high cost and inefficiencies. With data
sovereignty issues and the emergence of cloud-hosted Kubernetes
services, the problem is exacerbated as there is no common
operating model or security framework across the clouds.
Docker Enterprise Edition is uniquely positioned to deliver
federated application management by treating the enterprise’s
entire application portfolio uniformly across all environments.
With Docker Enterprise Edition, you can make strategic decisions to
deploy apps for economic reasons, to provide high availability or
to utilize the cloud provider’s specific services. Docker
Enterprise Edition is the only container platform that provides
this flexibility by offering choice, security and agility:
- Freedom of choice: The Docker
container platform is not tied to a single OS or VM model and
provides choice across all cloud providers. Only Docker supports
all leading cloud-hosted Kubernetes services.
- Security: Docker Enterprise
Edition secures control of an organization’s applications and the
ability to audit every step in the application delivery process.
Docker EE includes Docker Trusted Registry, a centralized and
federated source of truth for content of enterprise-grade image
management and integrated security policies across clouds.
- Agile operations:
Standardization means speed and savings with faster development and
faster scalability. Docker Enterprise Edition accelerates
onboarding with a uniform operating model for applications across
clouds with the enforcement of application lifecycle policies.
Docker demonstrates Windows Server containers in Kubernetes
with Docker Enterprise Edition
Docker continues to drive innovation and adoption of Windows
Server containers in collaboration with Microsoft by enabling
organizations to use Kubernetes for orchestrating .NET and Windows
Server-based applications with Docker Enterprise Edition. Docker
provides more choices for organizations as Docker EE is the only
enterprise-ready container platform that supports production-grade
Linux and Windows containers and dual orchestration options with
Swarm and Kubernetes across those mixed environments. Demand for
Windows containers among Docker’s customers is continuing to grow
with more than 50 percent using Windows containers for modernizing
legacy apps.
Docker unveils template-based workflows for Docker Desktop to
extend containerization to a broader range of enterprise
developers
To date, millions of developers are using Docker Desktop, with
more than a million new users leveraging Docker Desktop in the last
year alone. Furthering Docker’s mission to continue to make
containerization technology easier to use, the company has
channeled the best practices from its developer installed base to
provide a template-based workflow that makes Docker even more
accessible to the broader market. These new templates presented via
a GUI allow developers to create new containerized applications
without requiring them to learn Docker commands or write
Dockerfiles and Compose files from scratch – bringing the agility
benefits of Docker even more quickly to those using it.
This template-based approach will also evolve to support greater
collaboration by allowing teams to share their own best practices
within their organization.
Availability
Docker federated application management capabilities for Docker
Enterprise Edition will be in beta in 2H 2018. Support for
Kubernetes on Windows Server will be available in Docker Enterprise
Edition in 2H 2018. To sign up for the respective betas, register
at https://beta.docker.com.
The new template-based workflows for Docker Desktop will be
available in 2H 2018. To sign up for the beta, register at
https://beta.docker.com.
Additional Resources
- Lean more about federated application
management with Docker Enterprise Edition
- Read the blog on Windows Server
containers in Kubernetes with Docker Enterprise Edition
- Check out the Docker blog on an easier
way to design applications in Docker Desktop
- Try Docker Enterprise Edition 2.0 with
our Hosted Trial
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