Developing apps in containers: 5 topics to discuss with your team

Sometimes talking to your development team can be difficult. You might be asking a lot from your developers with a limited budget, maintenance of existing systems, and tight deadlines. While you empower them to learn new technologies and approaches and give them the tools they need for success, the myriad of new information can be daunting.

Red Hat can help in your journey to containers and containerized application services and middleware, allowing you to be more efficient, innovative, and responsive to business needs. LogistiCare, for example, had systems that could not keep up with its growth. The company came to Red Hat looking for innovative ways to increase the speed of development and deployment while increasing system performance. With Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform and Red Hat Middleware, LogistiCare created a new app development environment that resulted in increased release cadence and reduced operational costs.

Here are five topics to bring to your app dev team to gauge how moving to containers and containerized application services and middle-ware can help increase productivity and deliver solutions to the business faster. When asking the questions for each topic, consider the list of keywords or phrases the developers might use in their answers. If you hear these phrases, it is probably time to start looking into a Red Hat container deployment model.