help his clients in the current business climate. Network management must evolve in order to scale container deployments

Applications used to be vertically integrated, monolithic software. Today, that’s changed, as modern applications are composed of separate micro-services that can be quickly brought together and delivered as a single experience. Containers allow for these app components to be spun up significantly faster and run for a shorter period of time providing the ultimate in application agility.  The use of containers continues to grow. A recent survey from ZK Research found that 64 percent of companies already use containers, with 24 percent planning to adopt them by the end of 2020. (Note: I am an employee of ZK Research.) This trend will cause problems for network professionals if the approach to management does not change.In a containerized environment, the network plays a crucial role in ensuring the various micro-services can connect to one another. When connectivity problems happen, data or specific services can’t be reached, which causes applications to perform poorly or be unavailable. As the use of containers continues to grow, how networks are managed needs to be modernized to ensure the initiatives companies are looking to achieve with them are met. The current model for managing networks, which has been in place for decades, uses sampled data from protocols such as Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and NetFlow. That means data is collected periodically, such as every 30 seconds or every minute, instead of being updated in real time.