Preface

With mounting evidence (https://www.docker.com/why-docker), such as a 300% faster time to market, a 1,300% increase in developer productivity, and a 40% reduction in infrastructure cost, it is no wonder enterprises are taking an interest in container technology. However, it much more than a new virtualization technology. Effective adoption of a container platforms transform the way software is designed, built, delivered, and deployed. Ultimately, containerization impacts the entire software supply chain, and therefore container platform adoption, when done right, improves enterprise applications, platforms, pipelines, and governance. This represents a significant enterprise transformation.

This book is serves as a companion guide for application, platform, DevOps/pipeline, and governance teams as they travel along their container adoption journey with Docker EE. We introduce a broad body of knowledge and experience through an agile and evolutionary adoption approach, starting with a proof of concept and then taking an application through a pilot and onto production. The knowledge shared in this book comes from two years as a Docker-accredited instructor and a consultant working with customers during their adoption journey. 

In this book I use we, the first-person plural pronoun, as a reminder to myself and the readers that the knowledge shared within goes way beyond me. As a Docker consulting partner and training partner, we get the privilege to collaborate with Docker's services team, engineers, and product managers—some of the brightest minds in the container space. Without their shared knowledge and insights this book would not be interesting or useful. I am very grateful for my informative interactions with students, clients, other Docker partners, and Docker, Inc.