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Welcome to a new season of the Oracle University Podcast, where we delve deep into the world of OCI Container Engine for Kubernetes. Join hosts Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham as they ask senior OCI instructor Mahendra Mehra about the transformative power of containers in application deployment and why they're so crucial in today's software ecosystem. Uncover key differences between virtualization and containerization, and gain insights into Docker components and commands. Getting Started with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: https://oracleuniversitypodcast.libsyn.com/getting-started-with-oracle-cloud-infrastructure-1 Networking in OCI: https://oracleuniversitypodcast.libsyn.com/networking-in-oci OCI Identity and Access Management: https://oracleuniversitypodcast.libsyn.com/oci-identity-and-access-management OCI Container Engine for Kubernetes Specialist: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/course/oci-container-engine-for-kubernetes-specialist/134971/210836 Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/oracle-university/ X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/Oracle_Edu Special thanks to Arijit Ghosh, David Wright, Radhika Banka, and the OU Studio Team for helping us create this episode. --------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript:

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Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast, the first stop on your cloud journey. During this series of informative podcasts, we'll bring you foundational training on the most popular Oracle technologies. Let's get started!

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Lois: Hello and welcome to the Oracle University Podcast! I'm Lois Houston, Director of Innovation Programs with Oracle University, and with me is Nikita Abraham, Principal Technical Editor.

Nikita: Hi everyone! Welcome to a new season of the Oracle University Podcast. This time around, we're going to delve into the world of OCI Container Engine for Kubernetes, or OKE. For the next couple of weeks, we'll cover key aspects of OKE to help you create, manage, and optimize Kubernetes clusters in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

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Lois: So, whether you're a cloud native developer, Kubernetes administrator and developer, a DevOps engineer, or site reliability engineer who wants to enhance your expertise in leveraging the OCI OKE service for cloud native application solutions, you'll want to tune in to these episodes for sure. And if that doesn't sound like you, I'll bet you will find the season interesting even if you're just looking for a deep dive into this service.

Nikita: That's right, Lois. In today's episode, we'll focus on concepts of containerization, laying the foundation for your journey into the world of containers. And taking us through all this is Mahendra Mehra, a senior OCI instructor with Oracle University.

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Lois: Hi Mahendra! We're so glad to start our look at containerization with you today. Could you give us an overview? Why is it important in today's software world?

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