As your organization increases its release velocity, the VM-based (Digital Leader)

Correct answer: B) Convert your applications into containers.
By converting your applications into containers, you can leverage container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes to perform faster and more efficient deployments. Containers provide a lightweight and portable way to package and run applications, and they can be started almost instantly compared to the boot times of virtual machines. Container orchestration tools allow you to automate the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications, making it easier to achieve faster release velocity.
Options A and C might provide some improvements, but they may not address the issue of long deployment times effectively. Migrating to the cloud (Option A) can provide scalability benefits, but it might not solve the boot time problem associated with traditional VMs. Increasing resources of VMs (Option C) may help to some extent, but it might not be as efficient as containerization when it comes to achieving fast deployment and scaling. Option D, automating upgrade rollouts, is a good practice but might not be sufficient if the underlying deployment mechanism is still slow, as in the case of VM-based deployments.