边缘和嵌入式系统的容器和虚拟化解决方案

由于云端原生开发流程、隔离需求以及嵌入式系统日益复杂的特点，边缘和嵌入式容器及虚拟化解决方案市场预计在未来五年内将大幅成长。

本报告研究了物联网和嵌入式应用的容器和虚拟机管理程序解决方案及相关服务的市场，并包括对新兴工程趋势、用例、市场动态和供应商策略的详细分析。

它将回答哪些问题？

• 工程公司采用容器和虚拟化解决方案的推动因素是什么？
• 合作伙伴关係和併购如何影响容器和虚拟化解决方案市场？
• 继续采用容器技术面临哪些障碍？
• 哪些技术和开发实务是工程组织使用容器和虚拟化解决方案的先决条件？
• 容器和虚拟化解决方案的当前和预期使用情况在不同行业有何不同？

特色组织

主要发现

• 安全要求仍然是采用容器和虚拟化解决方案以及供应商做出购买决策的关键推动因素。
• 传统上专注于企业/IT 市场和用例的容器技术供应商越来越多地针对边缘、嵌入式和物联网定制其解决方案。
• 资源受限的项目越来越多地使用虚拟化和容器技术。随着嵌入式市场对小尺寸硬体的使用不断扩大，对于这两种解决方案的供应商来说，这个市场机会将持续成长。

报告摘录

用于在部署后增强内容完整性的容器键

如今，嵌入式专案的功能和价值由软体定义。在部署后持续向设备提供软体功能的能力已成为各行业 OEM 的核心竞争策略。为了向客户提供这些功能，开发组织正在转向容器技术和虚拟化/虚拟机器管理程式解决方案。目前专案需要出货后内容支援的嵌入式工程师比没有此类要求的专案的嵌入式工程师更常使用容器和虚拟化/虚拟机器管理程式解决方案（请参阅图表 17）。

目录

本报告的内容

将涵盖哪些问题？

谁该阅读本报告？

本报告中介绍的组织

执行摘要

• 主要发现

全球市场概览

简介

• 系统复杂性推动虚拟机器管理程序的采用
• 瞭解云端原生实践中的虚拟化
• 监理顺风推动货柜使用
• 容器面临采用障碍

近期市场趋势

• 合作与收购
  博通收购VMware Green Hills Software 与 NXP 合作开发 S32 CoreRide 平台 Mirantis收购Shipa QNX 与微软：云端优先，左移开发

关键市场因素

• 组织
  • 云端原生运算基金会
• 标准和法规
  • MOSA（模组化开放系统方法）
  • OCI（开放容器倡议）

垂直市场

航空航太与国防
• 汽车/铁路/交通运输
• 工业自动化

区域市场

• 美洲
• 欧洲、中东和非洲 亚太地区

竞争格局

• 关键供应商见解
  • Canonical
  • Elektrobit
  • Green Hills Software
  • Mirantis
  • QNX, a division of BlackBerry
  • Red Hat
  • SYSGO
  • Wind River

最终用户洞察

• 容器是增强部署后内容整合的关键
• 汽车产业采用容器和虚拟化解决方案
• 安全需求推动容器和虚拟化/虚拟机管理程式解决方案的采用
• 小型设备推动虚拟化和容器化的需求

关于作者

关于VDC Research

Inside this Report

Cloud-native development processes, demand for isolation capabilities, and increasingly complex embedded systems will drive significant growth in the market for edge and embedded container and virtualization solutions over the next five years. This report examines the commercial market for container and hypervisor solutions and related services for IoT and embedded applications. It includes in-depth analysis of emerging engineering trends, use cases, market dynamics, and vendor strategies.

What Questions are Addressed?

• Which factors are driving engineering organizations to adopt containers and/or virtualization solutions?
• How are partnerships and M&A activity creating differentiation in the markets for containers and virtualization solutions?
• Which barriers remain in the way of continued adoption of container technologies?
• Which technologies and development practices aid in preconditioning engineering organizations to the use of containers and virtualization solutions?
• How do current and expected use of containers and virtualization solutions differ across industries?

Who Should Read this Report?

This research program is written for those making critical business decisions regarding product, market, channel, and competitive strategy and tactics. This report is intended for senior decision-makers who are developing embedded technology, including:

• CEO or other C-level executives
• Corporate development and M&A teams
• Marketing executives
• Business development and sales leaders
• Product development and product strategy leaders
• Channel management and channel strategy leaders

Organizations Listed in this Report:

Executive Summary

The markets for containers and virtualization solutions are being influenced by overarching dynamics and trends influencing embedded development practices. Rising security concerns in the IoT are causing engineering organizations to seek out technologies that can provide isolation capabilities. The complexity of modern development practices (characterized by multicore/heterogenous architectures, mixed criticality, and multiple operating systems) are requiring more advanced virtualization solutions that can simultaneously offer opportunities for hardware BoM consolidation. Overall adoption of cloud-native development practices is familiarizing engineering organizations with containerization, leading to hastened adoption rates across embedded industries. Responding to both the demand for product differentiation through software definition as well as regulatory guidance, embedded OEMs have identified containers as a flexible method of deploying both new product capabilities as well as critical software update packages.

Recent market movements including M&A transactions and partnerships by leading vendors are both solidifying the market positioning of some vendors while opening new opportunities for others seeking to capitalize off embedded market adoption rates. Established market players are looking towards these market dynamics for avenues to update and adapt their solutions, paying particular attention to security and safety.

Key Findings:

• Security requirements remain a key factor behind both the adoption of containers and virtualization solutions, as well as purchasing decision when deciding between different vendors.
• Container technology vendors who have traditionally focused on enterprise/IT markets and use cases are increasingly tailoring their solutions for edge, embedded, and IoT applications.
• Resource constrained projects are increasing their use of both virtualization and container technologies. As use of smaller footprint hardware continues to grow within embedded markets, this market opportunity for vendors of both solutions will continue to expand.

Report Excerpt

Containers Key to Enhancing Post-Deployment Content Integration

The functionality and value of embedded projects are now defined by software. The ability to continuously deliver post-deployment software features to devices is central to the competitive strategies of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across vertical markets. In order to deliver this feature to customers, development organizations are turning to the use of containers and virtualization/hypervisor solutions. Embedded engineers facing post-deployment content requirements within their current projects are utilizing both container and virtualization/hypervisor solutions at significantly increased levels [see Exhibit 17], compared to those not requiring continuous post-deployment content integration.

As software definition continues to drive competitive dynamics within embedded markets, and product differentiation becomes a central goal of embedded development, overall use of containers and virtualization/hypervisor solutions will continue to grow. Vendors of container solutions should seek to market their solutions towards the needs of specific industries (e.g., automotive OTA updates). With a growing convergence of domains occurring across software development tool domains, vendors of container solutions should seek to pair their solutions with complementary, adjacent solutions (e.g., continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools) in order to provide development organizations with more wholistic and integrated offerings. Traditionally CI/CD-focused solution providers such as CloudBees and JFrog are increasingly participating in the OTA update market, serving as strong potential partners for container vendors. Industry initiatives and working groups (the likes of the eSync Alliance) can also serve as an additional avenue for container vendors to leverage the growing demand for OTA updates.

Table of Contents

Inside this Report

What Questions are Addressed?

Who Should Read this Report?

Organizations Listed in this Report

Executive Summary

• Key Findings

Global Market Overview

Introduction

• System Complexity Driving Hypervisor Adoption
• Cloud-native Practices Familiarizing Virtualization
• Regulatory Tailwinds Furthering Container Use
• Containers Facing Adoption Hurdles

Recent Market Developments

• Partnerships & Acquisitions
  • Broadcom Acquires VMware
  • Green Hills Software Partners with NXP on S32 CoreRide Platform
  • Mirantis Acquires Shipa
  • QNX and Microsoft Enable Cloud-first, Shift-left Development

Important Market Factors

• Organizations
  • Cloud Native Computing Foundation
• Standards & Regulations
  • Modular Open Systems Approach
  • Open Container Initiative

Vertical Markets

• Aerospace & Defense
• Automotive/Rail/Transportation
• Industrial Automation

Regional Markets

• The Americas
• Europe, the Middle East & Africa
• Asia-Pacific

Competitive Landscape

• Selected Vendor Insights
  • Canonical
  • Elektrobit
  • Green Hills Software
  • Mirantis
  • QNX, a division of BlackBerry
  • Red Hat
  • SYSGO
  • Wind River

End-User Insights

• Containers Key to Enhancing Post-Deployment Content Integration
• Automotive Industry Embracing Containers & Virtualization Solutions
• Security Requirements Drive Adoption of both Containers and Virtualization/Hypervisor Solutions
• Smaller Footprint Devices Increasing Virtualization and Containerization Demand

About the Authors

About VDC Research

List of Exhibits

• Exhibit 1: Global Revenue of Containers, Hypervisors & Related Services for Edge & Embedded Systems
• Exhibit 2: Factors Driving Organizations to Adopt Virtualization/Hypervisor Technology in Current Project
• Exhibit 3: Plans to Use Cloud-based Solutions to Develop Software, by Use of Containers & Virtualization/Hypervisor Solutions
• Exhibit 4: Plans to Use Cloud-based Solutions to Develop Software
• Exhibit 5: Global Revenue of Containers and Related Services for Edge & Embedded Systems, by Vertical Market
• Exhibit 6: Global Revenue of Hypervisors and Related Services for Edge & Embedded Systems, by Vertical Market
• Exhibit 7: Aerospace & Defense Revenue of Containers, Hypervisors & Related Services for Edge & Embedded Systems
• Exhibit 8: Automotive/Rail/Transportation Revenue of Containers, Hypervisors & Related Services for Edge & Embedded Systems
• Exhibit 9: Industrial Automation Revenue of Containers, Hypervisors & Related Services for Edge & Embedded Systems
• Exhibit 10: Global Revenue of Containers and Related Services for Edge & Embedded Systems, by Regional Market
• Exhibit 11: Global Revenue of Hypervisors and Related Services for Edge & Embedded Systems, by Regional Market
• Exhibit 12: The Americas Revenue of Containers, Hypervisors & Related Services for Edge & Embedded Systems
• Exhibit 13: EMEA Revenue of Containers, Hypervisors & Related Services for Edge & Embedded Systems
• Exhibit 14: APAC Revenue of Containers, Hypervisors & Related Services for Edge & Embedded Systems
• Exhibit 15: Global Revenue of Containers and Related Services for Edge & Embedded Systems, by Leading Vendors
• Exhibit 16: Global Revenue of Hypervisors and Related Services for Edge & Embedded Systems, by Leading Vendors
• Exhibit 17: Post Deployment Content Integration Capabilities, by Use of Containers & Virtualization/Hypervisor Solutions
• Exhibit 18: Current and Expected Use of Containers, by Vertical Market
• Exhibit 19: Current and Expected Use of Virtualization/Hypervisor Solutions, by Vertical Market
• Exhibit 20: Factors Driving Organizations to Adopt Virtualization/Hypervisor Technology in Current Project
• Exhibit 21: Factors Driving Organizations to Adopt Container Technology in Current Project
• Exhibit 22: Current and Expected Use of Containers and Virtualization/Hypervisor Solutions within Projects with a CPU/MPU Primary Application Processor
• Exhibit 23: Current and Expected Use of Containers and Virtualization/Hypervisor Solutions within Projects with a MCU Primary Application Processor