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A (Very) Brief Explanation of Virtualization, Containers, and Serverless

Written by Shaun Behrens | May 29, 2019

Previously on our blog, we took a look at the evolution of IT, and the subsequent rise of observability to monitor it. In it, we covered the concepts of virtualization, containers, and serverless, all of which have driven or are driving the evolution of IT infrastructure. As a companion to the blog posts, and the video interview we did with Greg Campion, we produced a short video to explain these concepts as simply as possible. Take a look:

 

 

Be sure to also check out the video interview where our own Cloud Engineer, Greg Campion, discusses these topics and more in much greater detail: