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proliferation. The rise of 5G-enabled edge
clouds is expected to be another driver for
multi-cloud adoption. A10 believes
enterprises must begin to deploy robust
Polynimbus security and application delivery
models that advance centralised visibility
and management and deliver greater
security automation across clouds, networks,
applications and data.”
The study found that 38% of companies
have or will reassess their current
relationships with security and load balancer
suppliers in light of multi-cloud, with most
others still undecided about whether a
change in vendors is needed.
Benefits and drivers of multi-cloud
IT and business executive respondents point
to a number of benefits and business and
technology forces that are driving their move
into multi-cloud environments.
The top-four drivers for multi-cloud:
• The desire to improve efficiency and cut
costs (47%)
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• The need to move applications and data
closer to users (43%)
• Safeguards against single-vendor cloud
failures (32%)
• The desire to access new solutions and
technologies (28%)
The top-four benefits for multi-cloud:
• Redundancy and disaster
recovery (61%)
• Cost optimisation (50%)
• Performance optimisation (47%)
• Using the best cloud environment for
specific workloads (34%)
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RESPONDENTS
REPORT FACING
A LONG LIST OF
CHALLENGES.
• Dealing with increased management
complexity (33%)
• Achieving centralised visibility and
management across clouds (33%)
Respondents report facing a long list
of challenges in managing multi-cloud
compute environments, with security at
the top of their agenda. The top-four requirements for improving
multi-cloud security and performance:
• Centralised visibility and analytics into
security and performance (56%)
• Automated tools to speed response times
and reduce costs (54%)
• Centralised management from a single
point of control (50%)
• Greater security scale and performance to
handle increased traffic (38%)
The top-four challenges for multi-cloud:
• Ensuring security across all clouds,
networks, applications and data (63%)
• Acquiring the necessary skills and
expertise (37%) The top-four security-specific solution needs:
• Centralised authentication (62%)
• Centralised security policies (46%)
• Web application firewalls (40%)
• DDoS protection (33%) n
Security tops IT to-do list
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