Kubernetes is one of the premier orchestration platforms for deploying distributed systems, and, given its maturity and direction, Oracle is dedicating engineering resources to participate in the Kubernetes project. Oracle is also teaming with CoreOS to bring CoreOS Container Linux to Oracle Cloud infrastructure.
Java in-memory data grids share a common feature, in that they are typically made up of multiple JVMs that form a cluster and distribute data among themselves.
Harvey Raja gives an introduction to distributed lambdas, which are defined in one Java application but launched and executed by one or more remotely deployed others.