1.7 IBM Cloud Paks One key technology contributing to the ability to run software components more efficiently,  with improved lifecycle management, scalability and resilience, is known as containerization.  IBM delivers Kubernetes as part of its IBM Cloud Private offering as well as in its IBM Cloud  Kubernetes Service. IBM is committed to containerization across its enterprise software  portfolio.  While still supporting traditional packaging and deployment models (installing software as  usual on a supported operating system), an increasing number of products are available as  container images. As mentioned, deploying containerized software in a manner suitable for  production requires more than an image.  IBM Cloud Paks provide enterprise software container images that are pre-packaged in  production-ready configurations that can be quickly and easily deployed to IBM’s container  platforms, with support for resiliency, scalability, and integration with core platform services,  like monitoring or identity management. For customers who don’t want to operate the  software and its underlying infrastructure, in containers or otherwise, IBM also makes many of  its products available as-a-Service, where they are hosted and maintained by IBM in its public  cloud. Figure 1-17 shows the three ways IBM software is delivered and consumed as containers.  Not all IBM products are available in all three delivery models. Figure 1-17 IBM software as containers IBM Cloud Paks use Helm charts to describe how IBM software should be deployed in a  Kubernetes environment. These resource definitions can be easily customized during  deployment, and upgrades can be easily rolled out or rolled back using the management  interfaces provided by IBM Cloud Private or IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service. An IBM Cloud Pak is more than a simple Helm chart. IBM Cloud Paks accelerate time to  value and improve enterprise readiness at lower cost than containers alone. 22  IBM Cloud Private System Administrator’s Guide