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Contributed by Simon Bramfitt, Chief Technologist at Sphere 3D
Application containerization fuels uptake in Next Cloud adoption
We
are seeing the implementation of more and more applications containers at a
very high growth rate. We believe that this is because we are experiencing the
confluence of two trends - the move to the Cloud and the desire - or need - for
total mobility.
Today,
IT seems an outdated term. People are used to being able to access the world's
information via their iPhone, phablet or tablet: these aren't regarded as
pieces of IT equipment, they are everyday consumer items. In many instances,
the devices we carry around in our pocket are more powerful than our office
desktop computers; they have freed us up to be able to work anywhere, on the
move.
The
Cloud frees companies and organisations from
having large amounts of hardware and expensive support personnel who know how
to keep it performing. It also removes the need for companies to invest
regularly in updated equipment.
But
to ensure we maximise the mobility delivered by our smart devices which are
often facilitated through Cloud services, we need efficient containerization
technology solutions that are simple and quick to implement. Technologies such
as Glassware 2.0TM from Sphere 3D, enable Cloud users to access native Windows
applications on any OS device, anytime, anyplace as long as they have an
internet connection. It's one of today's most enabling technologies and why
it's such an exciting time to be working in this space.
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About
the Author
Simon Bramfitt,
Chief Technologist at Sphere 3D
With
over thirty years' experience in technical, senior management, and industry
analyst positions in North America, Europe and the Middle East, Simon has
long been recognized as a thought leader in end user computing space and
includes VMware, Citrix, Dell, and Cisco amongst his past clients. Simon
writes for The Virtualization Practice and Gigaom Research, and is a regular
speaker at virtualization, datacenter and cloud computing events, presenting
IT strategy and in-depth technical sessions, chairing panel sessions, and
hosting all day workshops, as well as delivering webcasts and podcasts. An
experienced solutions architect with unmatched insight into the challenges of
designing large high availability presentation and desktop virtualization
systems, Simon has held key technical roles in three startups and has also
served as a member of the advisory board of several other startups. In 2010
Simon founded Entelechy Associates, an independent technology analysis
consultancy, and in 2015 joined virtualization and data management vendor
Sphere 3D Corp. as Chief Technologist.
