The future of infrastructure isn't about choosing between VMs and containers; it's about running both with maximum efficiency.
Introduction
Many enterprise IT organizations today operate in a “split-brained” world. On one hand, you have traditional virtual machines (VMs) powering mission-critical enterprise applications, and on the other you’ve got the accelerating world of cloud native development—driven by containers and Kubernetes.
For years, the prevailing narrative was that containers would replace VMs, but the reality is far more nuanced. Most organizations are continuing to run VMs even as they develop and deploy new microservices apps. The challenge for IT leaders and platform engineers isn't choosing between the two—it’s mastering the simultaneous operation of both without drowning in complexity.
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