350 Global CIO’s Confirm Multi-Cloud Not an All-Or-Nothing Proposition for Applications
Summary
The report is a compilation of industry findings from ZK Research, with 200 respondents from the US and UK, as well as Forrester Consulting survey data of 150 IT and business leaders across five APAC markets. “The one constant that remains is the need for a highly-flexible, load balancing interconnect to not only serve as the foundation for app experience, but to be the conduit for the cloud adoption lifecycle.” “Application experience, which focuses on outcomes, will resonate with customers that want to provide value to the business through the application of technology, and opens the door to talk about more than just load balancing – AX is about the entirety of the experience, including performance, reliability, consistency and security capabilities.” - Mike Fratto, senior analyst, applied infrastructure and DevOps for 451 Research “Enterprises are increasingly deploying hybrid cloud and multi-cloud architectures to support digital initiatives and IT transformation. In addition, the average enterprise claims that 45 percent of its network traffic is attributable to public cloud applications.” - Shamus McGillicuddy, Research Director, EMA “Application delivery controller (ADC) functionality has evolved to meet the challenges of the multi-cloud world. Per-application or per-workload ADC deployment means that each environment can be scripted, automated and secured in a customized manner for optimal operationally efficiency.” - Lee Doyle, Doyle Research About the State of AX report This report reflects insights from 350 CIO’s from North America, the UK, and across the APAC region (where revenue exceeds $100 million) ranging from small medium enterprises to large corporations. Leveraging an agile per-app ADC/load balancing consumption model, predictive analytics, and automated issue resolution, Kemp is radically simplifying how customers optimize, analyze and secure their applications across private and multi-cloud environments.