priorities of those pockets of the enterprise – they may not all be the same. As such, we can  focus on the right actions to ensure we get the right type of benefits at the earliest point in the  initiative.  It is beyond the scope of this book to delve into this in much detail, but in the next section, we  summarize and reference some material that might help in this prioritization It might be tempting to view containerization simply as an infrastructure upgrade. Perhaps  likening it to hardware upgrades of the past, or even compared to the move to VMs over the  last decade or so.  This would be a mistake . Such a simplistic view of containers often leads to  a “lift-and-shift” approach, which misses the whole premise of what containers bring to the  table. At the very least, it results in poor execution of the containerization exercise. At worst, it  results in the failure of an entire modernization program.  Before we start sounding too negative, let us recognize that containerization offers  wide-reaching benefits across the following areas: GLYPH<SM590000> Agility and productivity : Accelerated development, improved consistency across  environments, and empowered autonomous teams improve productivity and quality. GLYPH<SM590000> Fine-grained resilience : Independent deployment of HA components remove single points  of failure. GLYPH<SM590000> Scalability and infrastructure optimization : Fine-grained dynamic scaling and maximized  component and resource density make the best use of infrastructure resources. GLYPH<SM590000> Operational consistency : Homogeneous administration of heterogeneous components  reduces the range of skillsets that are required to operate the environments. GLYPH<SM590000> Component Portability : Portability across nodes, environments, and clouds ensures  choice when you select platforms. Figure 4-9 shows the benefits of containerization. Figure 4-9 Benefits of containerization You should not be surprised to see similarities in the first few of these benefits when you  compare them to the benefits of microservices architecture described earlier in the chapter.  The two initiatives are related, though not intrinsically linked.  112  Accelerating Modernization with Agile Integration 4.6 Realizing the true benefits of containerization Build Agility Team  Productivity Fine-grained  Resilience Scalability  and  Optimization  Operational  Consistency Component  Portability