Beyond Chicken Nuggets - Container Adoption in Enterprise After 1 Year and 1,000+ Containers

Explore container adoption in an established enterprise with legacy code and unique client challenges in this 42-minute conference talk by James Ford, Chief Architect at ADP. Discover how ice cream cones and chicken nuggets help visualize the break-up of monolithic systems. Learn about the benefits for cloud immigrants, challenging the perspectives of 12-factor advocates and cloud nativists. Gain insights into ADP's journey, including progress to date, the idealized automation pipeline, and the desired end state after deploying over 1,000 containers in one year. Understand the complexities of modernizing legacy systems and the practical considerations for container adoption in a large-scale enterprise environment.