The document discusses several challenges with traditional IT infrastructure including lack of agility due to long development times, aging infrastructure with outdated hardware and software, and high costs associated with monolithic architectures. It then introduces containers and microservices as ways to address these challenges by enabling faster development and deployment, using modern infrastructure, and developing applications in a more modular way. Key concepts covered include containerizing existing applications, rearchitecting apps for scale with containers, and moving to a container platform and microservices.