, a leading open-source container orchestration platform, was engineered at Google in 2013 to automate the deployment, management, and scaling of containerized apps. It revolutionized cloud-native infrastructure, despite originating from traditional IT and virtual IT infrastructure. Kubernetes’ history includes the development of its predecessor, Borg, and the incorporation of Docker’s open-source containerization. Today, it is used by 71% of Fortune 100 companies and it’s predicted over 90% of worldwide organizations will be employing containerized applications by 2027.
The history of Kubernetes
, a leading open-source container orchestration platform, was engineered at Google in 2013 to automate the deployment, management, and scaling of containerized apps. It revolutionized cloud-native infrastructure, despite originating from traditional IT and virtual IT infrastructure. Kubernetes’ history includes the development of its predecessor, Borg, and the incorporation of Docker’s open-source containerization. Today, it is used by 71% of Fortune 100 companies and it’s predicted over 90% of worldwide organizations will be employing containerized applications by 2027.