Fifth annual study looks at ways digital transformation is driving strategic decisions about deployment and management of apps
“Applications are now the most valuable asset in the modern enterprise,
defining a new era of
The report reflects input from nearly 2,000 respondents globally across a range of industries, company sizes, and roles. Participants were asked about the challenges and opportunities presented by the ongoing process of digital transformation, resulting in a comprehensive analysis of how IT organizations are transforming to meet the ever-changing demands of the digital economy.
Survey Highlights
The survey shows that as multi-cloud has evolved into a comprehensive strategy for innovation, app services have reclaimed their status as a key player in digital transformation and business success. The report lays out the results through an in-depth examination of four key findings:
1. Nearly 9 out of 10 respondents have multi-cloud architectures, driven by an app-first methodology. App-centric business requires a multi-cloud strategy, with most organizations evaluating cloud decisions based on what environment is best for each application. But it’s still a challenge to enforce consistent security and ensure reliable performance. Nearly half of organizations (48%) undergoing a digital transformation initiative report being hamstrung by the difficulty of achieving consistent security for applications distributed among multiple cloud platforms.
2. Sixty-nine percent of respondents are executing digital transformation—and app data reigns. With more than two-thirds of respondents engaged in ongoing digital initiatives, IT organizations are re-evaluating their structures, processes, and workflows. Organizations are taking advantage of agile development methodologies (52%) and moving applications to the public cloud (48%), as well as exploring new application architectures such as containerization (42%). Taken together, these shifts all point to a changing application landscape: one that is automated, cloud-centric, and influenced by responsiveness to business priorities.
3. Fifty-six percent of respondents are employing containers; gateways, app security, and availability are growing in importance. While the most popular application services remain consistent, changes are coming. Over the past five years we’ve tracked the deployment of application services and noted that there is a consistent set that tops the charts every year: antivirus, network firewall, SSL VPN, and load balancing. But this year there are some newcomers. The rise of containers has also boosted the deployment plans for SDN and API gateways, with reported adoption at 47% and 42%, respectively. Adoption of service mesh is on the rise too, at 27%.
4. Sixty-two percent of respondents are deploying automation
and orchestration initiatives—and developer-oriented solutions are
leading the charge. Automating and orchestrating development and
deployment pipelines help organizations keep up with the rapid rate of
change required for external-facing applications. With silos breaking
down and cross-functional teams speeding innovation, organizations are
standardizing on developer-oriented solutions to implement CI/CD
practices throughout IT. DevOps favorites such as
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F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) gives the world’s largest businesses, service providers, governments, and consumer brands the freedom to securely deliver every app, anywhere—with confidence. F5 delivers cloud and security application services that enable organizations to embrace the infrastructure they choose without sacrificing speed and control. For more information, go to f5.com. You can also follow @f5networks on Twitter or visit us on LinkedIn and Facebook for more information about F5, its partners, and technologies.
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