The rapid adoption of container technology, DevOps practices and principals, microservices application architectures, and the rise of Kubernetes as the de facto standard for container orchestration are the key drivers of modern digital transformation. Whether an application is built in the cloud, on-premises, or in hybrid environments using container technologies, or it's being ported to a containerized infrastructure, containerization has clear advantages in terms of scalability, portability, and continuous development and improvement.
In a medium article, Tinder's Engineering Team recently announced their move to Kubernetes to solve scale and stability challenges. Twitter is another company that has announced their own migration from Mesos to Kubernetes. New York Times, Reddit, Airbnb, and Pintrest are just a few more examples.