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The manufacturing and industrial sectors have faced numerous challenges over the decades, including the availability of skilled labor, cybersecurity issues, and plant downtime due to asset failures. The traditional non-containerized environments used for building SCADA systems are becoming less effective in recent days to solve industrial challenges as they have issues with portability, scalability, security, stability, agility, responsiveness, and resource consumption. It will also become difficult in future to provide innovative solutions to industrial customers using traditional SCADA systems that use traditional non-containerized applications. The demand for the implementation of advanced technology to optimize industrial and manufacturing plants has always been high. With the advent of Industry 4.0 (the Fourth Industrial Revolution), these challenges are being addressed through the integration of advanced technologies such as IIoT, Cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Containerization, and other digital innovations. Industry 4.0 enables the creation of smarter, more efficient solutions that enhance productivity and reduce costs, thereby ensuring business sustainability. The combination of industrial automation with Industry 4.0 technologies results in more reliable and powerful end-to-end automation solutions, allowing digital systems to make autonomous decisions and assisting workers in making faster, more informed choices. Additionally, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality expand human capabilities to interact with machinery, providing greater control over assets. Containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes further enhance the efficiency of application by enabling consistent and isolated environments for applications, ensuring seamless deployment and scalability. These advancements collectively help to overcome traditional industrial challenges faced by traditional industrial applications and drive the sector towards a more optimized and sustainable future.