AWS recognized as Leader in 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management
Containers are crucial for modern application deployment, facilitating the creation of microservices-based architectures. They provide a standardized, lightweight approach to running applications and make efficient use of computing resources.
According to Gartner, container management encompasses “offerings that enable the deployment and operation of containerized workloads.” This process involves orchestrating and overseeing the entire lifecycle of containers, covering deployment, scaling, and operations, to ensure their efficient and consistent performance across different environments.
AWS Container Services enable you to run highly performant, scalable, and secure container-based applications. AWS has the broadest and deepest capabilities making it easier to deploy, orchestrate, operate, and monitor containers while offloading many infrastructure management tasks and enabling you to focus on innovation.
In the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management, Amazon Web Services is recognized as a Leader.
Read the report to learn:
- Insights from Gartner on the current landscape of container management offerings.
- Key factors to consider when evaluating container management solutions.
- The Gartner evaluation of AWS Container Services, such as Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS.
AWS recommends readers use the report as an essential primer when assessing container management solutions.
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Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Container Management, Dennis Smith, Tony Iams, Michael Warrilow, Wataru Katsurashima, Lucas Albuquerque, 09 September, 2024. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.