--- title: Blog posts tagged "Containerization" description: Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries. url: https://canonical.com/blog/tag/containerization?format=md --- # Blog posts tagged "Containerization" #### [Meet Canonical at Open Source Summit Europe 2024](https://canonical.com/blog/meet-canonical-at-open-source-summit-europe-2024) Join Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, as we attend the upcoming Open Source Summit Europe 2024 in Austria. Hosted by the Linux Foundation, this summit is the premier event for developers, technologists, and community leaders with a keen interest in the innovation that open source enables. Mark your calendars for September 16-18, 2024, --- Ubuntu #### [What is virtualization? A beginner’s guide](https://canonical.com/blog/virtualization) While information technology continues to evolve rapidly, virtualization remains a cornerstone of modern computing, enabling businesses to maximise resource utilisation, enhance flexibility, and reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO). It is a key building block of the cloud computing paradigm, and millions of organisations use it daily --- Cloud and server #### [Containerization vs. Virtualization : understand the differences](https://canonical.com/blog/containerization-vs-virtualization) Containerization vs. Virtualization : understand the differences and benefits of each approach, as well as connections to cloud computing. --- Cloud and server #### [Canonical Kubernetes for Financial Services](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-kubernetes-for-financial-services) To serve today’s on-demand customer, financial institutions must become agile digital enterprises focused on delivering innovative products, services, and customer experiences.  Adopting a container-first approach represents an unrivalled opportunity for financial institutions to increase system efficiency and resource utilisation, improv --- Financial Services #### [Application composability and the shipping container](https://canonical.com/blog/application-composability-and-the-shipping-container) The previous blog post talked about the composability of applications. The key element for composing applications is defining the relations between application elements. And supporting relations is one of the advantages of the Charmed Operator Framework – including its runtime, the Charmed Operator Lifecycle Manager. The shipping containe --- Charms #### [Canonical completes Azure Arc Validation Program, helps increase user confidence in Arc enabled production Kubernetes](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-completes-azure-arc-kubernetes-validation-program) Microsoft Azure has just announced the details of its new Azure Arc Validation Program, aiming to further increase customer confidence in deploying Arc enabled Kubernetes in production workloads, and at scale. Canonical is one of the Kubernetes distribution providers to participate in the program, by completing conformance tests for one o --- Kubernetes #### [Benefits of containers for enterprises](https://canonical.com/blog/containers-enterprise-benefits) Within just five years, Kubernetes and containers have redefined how software is deployed. Researchers expect the container market to grow by 30% year over year to become a 5 billion industry by 2022. But what is the reason behind this mass adoption of container technology in the enterprise?  Get the full picture with our CTO’s --- Kubernetes #### [Innovating and scaling efficiently with Kubernetes and MicroK8s](https://canonical.com/blog/innovating-and-scaling-efficiently-with-kubernetes-and-microk8s) Watch on demand With the benefits of Kubernetes now well established in the containerisation space, its adoption continues to exponentially increase. However, as developers and enterprises alike turn to Kubernetes for more and more types of use cases, available Kubernetes solutions often fail to meet their exact needs. Canonical’s extensi --- Cloud and server #### [A decision maker’s guide to Kubernetes deployment](https://canonical.com/blog/kubernetes-deployment) The container landscape is based on constantly evolving technology, with Kubernetes dominating the ecosystem for automating and managing containerised applications. While a very powerful software, it’s also complex. How do you compare Kubernetes to other options, get started with containers, and maintain over the long-term? In this webina --- Kubernetes #### [How to build a lightweight system container cluster](https://canonical.com/blog/how-to-build-a-lightweight-system-container-cluster) LXD, the system container manager, developed by Canonical and shipped by default with Ubuntu, makes it possible to create many containers of various Linux distributions and manage them in a way similar to virtual machines (VMs) but with lower overhead costs associated with them. Unlike VMs, containers have the benefit of using a shared ke --- Cloud and server