Kubernetes Surges in Enterprises, But What Can Take It Mainstream?

Kubernetes adoption has experienced explosive growth over the past decade. Ninety-three percent of respondents to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) 2024 Annual Survey reported that they either use Kubernetes in production, or are piloting/actively evaluating Kubernetes. Further, production use of Kubernetes reached 80% in 2024, up from 66% in 2023.

Kubernetes is well on its way to becoming mainstream, driven by modern application development processes, the rise of generative Artificial Intelligence development and deployment, and…