F5 Networks report on how Apps delivery is shaping Cloud Landscape
F5 asked nearly 2,200 customers across the globe about their application environments, the services they use, and the challenges they face.As pressure mounts to deliver applications faster, smarter, and more securely, businesses are responding with increased usage of key application services. Three-fourths of respondents have 10 or more services deployed–up from 60 percent who reported 10 or more services in 2016. The average organization is planning 17 deployments in the next 12 months.
With one out of five respondents planning to have more than half of their applications in the cloud by 2017, and four out of five adopting multi-cloud environments, organizations are expanding cloud computing deployments in the face of a continuing gap in related skills.
Globally, organizations with the most confidence in their ability to withstand an attack have expanded beyond a simple perimeter approach to security. Many plan to deploy DDoS mitigation, DNSSEC protection, and a web application firewall in the next year.
Scalability and operating expense reduction are the top two drivers for the interest in DevOps and programmability. This scale is necessary to thrive in the digital economy
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