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The updated collaboration aims to simplify the processes of container adoption as enterprises continue to digitally transform their infrastructures using the hybrid cloud.
The companies’ continued support of each other’s technology allows all their customers to benefit from both technologies to help enhance their IT infrastructures.
Cloud native applications are developed and deployed in the cloud. Containing cloud native applications makes the apps faster and more efficient because they are isolated with their own resources.
“Cloud-native applications and the container platforms that power them are critical components to digital transformation, but managing the infrastructure for these technologies can be complex and time-consuming for already-stretched IT teams,” Red Hat and Microsoft stated.
Windows Server containers on Red Hat OpenShift allows organizations to natively support Windows Server containers on OpenShift. OpenShift is a Linux-based and traditionally cannot be natively hosted on a Windows server.
The updated collaboration supports Linux and Windows container workloads in a single platform that can span multiple environments. This makes it easier for enterprises to deploy cloud-native container applications.
Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated is a cloud service delivered container platform managed by Red Hat. The expanded collaboration revealed that Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated will be available on Azure. The availability of OpenShift Dedicated on Azure will allow IT administrators to spend more time using the technology to improve business value, rather than managing and maintaining infrastructure resources.
The companies also plan to bring SQL Server for Linux to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Healthcare organizations implementing cloud platforms and tools find themselves in a hybrid cloud environment and can benefit from the ease of management and security virtual containers offer.
The transition to hybrid cloud, faster and more flexible deployment, and cost savings are the main driving factors for container adoption. Increased adoption over has driven vendors to develop better and more flexible tools.
The healthcare industry has a particular interest in containers as organizations build more apps for workflow operations and mobile initiatives. Containers are more secure by design which makes them appealing for HIPAA compliance and protecting patient information. Containers can be duplicated, moved, and act independently of each other. Isolating information in containers gives it an extra level of security that appeals to healthcare organizations.
Virtual containers act much like they do in the physical world, by separating data from other data based on predetermined characteristics. When migrating from one cloud storage model to another, it’s much easier to move data if it is contained in one place or separated from data that does not need to be moved. This gives entities much needed flexibility.
Containers provide naturally increased security by separating data. Containing access to PHI by clearance level or department protects data in other containers. While the data in the breached container is still compromised, the other containers are virtually separated and unaware of each other, making cross-penetration nearly impossible.
Container solutions can include private and fully managed public cloud offerings to support the different stages of application development. Easing the process of deploying containers in the cloud will make them more appealing to healthcare organizations because they do not need to spend as much time initiating and deploying the containers.
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