ISG to Publish Study on Container Services

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Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III) has initiated a research study on container services and cloud-native application development. The findings will be detailed in the upcoming ISG Provider Lens™ report, set for release in September. This report will cover various aspects of container services including managed services, Kubernetes solutions, and hyperscale cloud platforms. It aims to assist enterprise buyers in evaluating vendor relationships and optimizing costs while enhancing customer experiences in product development.

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• Launch of a comprehensive research study on container services which may boost ISG's market credibility.
• Upcoming ISG Provider Lens™ report expected to attract enterprise buyers, enhancing potential consulting opportunities.
• Collaboration with over 180 providers indicates a robust and comprehensive market analysis.

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• None.

Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a leading global technology research and advisory firm, has launched a research study examining providers of container services, the cloud-native approach to building applications.

The study results will be published in a comprehensive ISG Provider Lens™ report, called Container Services & Solutions, scheduled to be released in September. The report will cover a range of container services offered by providers, including managed container services, Kubernetes platform solutions and hyperscale cloud container platforms.

Enterprise buyers will be able to use information from the report to evaluate their current vendor relationships, potential new engagements and available offerings, while ISG advisors use the information to recommend providers to the firm’s buy-side clients.

The new report will look at ways container services providers are helping enterprises lower costs and improve customer experience through the faster development of new products and services, said Jan Erik Aase, partner and global leader, ISG Provider Lens Research.

“By decoupling applications from the underlying infrastructure, container solutions offer some major advantages over traditional on-premises applications,“ he said. “These benefits include light-touch updating of applications, faster scaling of compute and other resources to accommodate peaks in demand, and the freedom to work in web-based programming languages.“

ISG has distributed surveys to more than 180 container services providers. Working in collaboration with ISG’s global advisors, the research team will produce five quadrants representing the services and products the typical enterprise customer is buying in the container space, based on ISG’s experience working with its clients. The five quadrants that will be covered are:

• Managed Container Services, analyzing service providers that offer a suite of capabilities to assist enterprises with the creation and operation of container platforms, along with the development of applications atop those platforms. Service providers in this quadrant must offer a structured methodology to help enterprises containerize existing applications. These offerings assist enterprises with setting up Kubernetes, service mesh, observability and security functionality.
• Kubernetes Platform Solutions, focused on independent software vendors that offer enterprise software distributions of Kubernetes. These distributions should be based on the upstream open-source project and provide additional capabilities necessary for enterprises to maximize their Kubernetes use, such as multi-cluster management, compliance management and patching. This software should be able to run under a hybrid cloud model.
• Hyperscale Cloud Container Platforms, including hyperscale cloud providers that offer managed public cloud platforms for containerized applications. Players in this space own globally distributed infrastructure with datacenter regions available in the relevant geographies for this study. They also offer fully automated managed services dedicated to deploying and operating Kubernetes on this infrastructure on the customer’s behalf.
• Cloud Native Observability Solutions, covering software vendors that provide dedicated solutions for observability of containerized applications. Understanding the behavior of these applications can be more complex than with a traditional monolith. Developers and operators must understand the behavior of each containerized app or service as well as how they communicate with one another.
• Kubernetes Training Services, focused on companies that offer bespoke training in the skills needed to safely deploy, scale and manage containerized applications and Kubernetes. Typically, these co

FAQ

What is the focus of ISG's new research study on container services scheduled for September 2023?

The study focuses on evaluating providers of container services and their cloud-native approaches to application development.

When will the ISG Provider Lens™ report on container services be released?

The report is scheduled for release in September 2023.

How many container services providers has ISG surveyed for its upcoming report?

ISG has distributed surveys to over 180 container services providers.

What are some key topics covered in the ISG Provider Lens™ report on container services?

The report will cover managed container services, Kubernetes platform solutions, and hyperscale cloud container platforms.

How will the findings of the ISG report benefit enterprise buyers?

The findings will help enterprise buyers evaluate vendor relationships and improve customer experience through better product development.