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Study reveals companies are
struggling to better optimise,
manage and protect multi-
cloud infrastructures
A
vast majority of enterprises
worldwide have adopted multi-
cloud strategies to keep pace
with the need for Digital Transformation
and IT efficiency, but they face significant
challenges in managing the complexities
and added requirements of these new
application and data delivery infrastructures,
according to a global survey conducted by
the Business Performance Innovation (BPI)
Network, in partnership with A10 Networks.
The new study, entitled Mapping the
Multi-Cloud Enterprise, finds that improved
security, including centralised security and
performance management, multi-cloud
visibility of threats and attacks, and security
automation, is the number one IT challenge
facing companies in these new compute
environments. Among the key survey findings:
• Approximately two-thirds of companies
have now deployed enterprise applications
across two or more public clouds
• 84% expect to increase their reliance
on public or private clouds over the next
24 months
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• 35% have already moved half or
more of their enterprise applications
into the cloud
• Only 11% believe their companies have
been ‘highly successful’ in realising the
benefits of multi-cloud
• Improving multi-cloud security is seen as
their most critical challenge, followed by
a lack of multi-cloud talent and expertise,
the need for centralised visibility, and
the capacity to more effectively manage
application and infrastructure complexity.
“Multi-cloud is the de facto new standard
for today’s software and data-driven
enterprise,” said Dave Murray, Head of
Thought Leadership and Research for the
BPI Network.
“However, our study makes clear that IT and
business leaders are struggling with how to
reassert the same levels of management,
security, visibility and control that existed
in past IT models. Particularly in security,
our respondents are currently assessing
and mapping the platforms, solutions and
policies they will need to realise the benefits
and reduce the risks associated of their
multi-cloud environments.”
Gunter Reiss, Vice President of Worldwide
Marketing at A10 Networks, added: “The BPI
Network survey underscores a critical desire
and requirement for companies to
reevaluate their security platforms and
architectures in light of multi-cloud
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THE RISE OF
5G-ENABLED
EDGE CLOUDS IS
EXPECTED TO BE
ANOTHER DRIVER
FOR MULTI-CLOUD
ADOPTION.
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