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| Source: F5 Networks. Australia, New Zealand and India are prioritising both public and private clouds whereas ASEAN is prioritising private clouds. |
As an increase in application services often requires additional resources, respondents also indicated a shift toward DevOps methodologies to gain operational efficiencies through automation and programmability. This need for scalability replaces speed to market as the prime driver of DevOps adoption.
“Applications are becoming central to Asia Pacific’s business strategies as the on-demand economy increasingly calls for speed and efficiency,” said Emmanuel Bonnassie, Senior VP, Asia Pacific, F5 Networks. “More than ever, the 2017 State of Application Delivery study shows that a new dynamic has emerged as this shift towards faster, smarter and safer customer experiences means that businesses are increasingly relying on a mobile- and application-centric IT for a tech savvy workforce.”
In its third year, the State of Application Delivery report examines the vital role application services play, enabling enterprises to deploy applications faster, smarter, and more safely. Over 2,000 IT, networking, application, and security professionals from around the world weighed in on application delivery topics ranging from cloud adoption, to rising security challenges, to DevOps, software-defined networking (SDN), and the future of enterprise application services.
Key takeaways include:
Security is the No. 1 priority, and the increasing sophistication of attacks is the top challenge
“Applications are becoming central to Asia Pacific’s business strategies as the on-demand economy increasingly calls for speed and efficiency,” said Emmanuel Bonnassie, Senior VP, Asia Pacific, F5 Networks. “More than ever, the 2017 State of Application Delivery study shows that a new dynamic has emerged as this shift towards faster, smarter and safer customer experiences means that businesses are increasingly relying on a mobile- and application-centric IT for a tech savvy workforce.”
In its third year, the State of Application Delivery report examines the vital role application services play, enabling enterprises to deploy applications faster, smarter, and more safely. Over 2,000 IT, networking, application, and security professionals from around the world weighed in on application delivery topics ranging from cloud adoption, to rising security challenges, to DevOps, software-defined networking (SDN), and the future of enterprise application services.
Key takeaways include:
Security is the No. 1 priority, and the increasing sophistication of attacks is the top challenge
Security teams are expanding beyond traditional firewalls and the legacy enterprise perimeter as a response to hackers increasingly targeting the application. Globally, the top security services being planned for deployment are DDoS mitigation (21%), DNSSEC protection (25%), and WAF services (20%). According to the survey, companies - including those identifying as cloud-first organisations -that are most confident in their ability to withstand an application-level attack have a WAF installed.
2017 will usher in an era of cloud expertise
2017 will usher in an era of cloud expertise
It’s a multi-cloud world today, with four out of five respondents adopting hybrid cloud, and nearly one-third (32%) of respondents stating they will purchase public cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solutions this year, up from 25% in 2016. Furthermore, the more apps a company has deployed, the greater the motivation to reap the operational benefits of the cloud, with respondents running the largest number of applications (3,000+) reporting the highest percentage of apps in the cloud.
The number of deployed app services continues to rise. On average, organisations report that they have 14 app services deployed today (up from an average of 11 app services in 2016) — and they plan to deploy an average of 17 in the next 12 months.
Operational scale and programmability rise to the top for DevOps. With the increases in app services and the continued expansion of cloud, organisations are turning to automation and orchestration to scale operations across environments. As a result, over half of respondents now view API-enabled infrastructures and templates as important, up from 31% and 22% last year, respectively. Scalability and operational expenditure (opex) reduction remain the top two drivers for use of SDN frameworks, and companies are increasingly showing a tendency toward standardisation, with 39% relying on only one framework in 2017, compared to 32% in 2016.
The number of deployed app services continues to rise. On average, organisations report that they have 14 app services deployed today (up from an average of 11 app services in 2016) — and they plan to deploy an average of 17 in the next 12 months.
Operational scale and programmability rise to the top for DevOps. With the increases in app services and the continued expansion of cloud, organisations are turning to automation and orchestration to scale operations across environments. As a result, over half of respondents now view API-enabled infrastructures and templates as important, up from 31% and 22% last year, respectively. Scalability and operational expenditure (opex) reduction remain the top two drivers for use of SDN frameworks, and companies are increasingly showing a tendency toward standardisation, with 39% relying on only one framework in 2017, compared to 32% in 2016.
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Watch the video introducing the 2017 State of Application Delivery report
Read the TechTrade Asia blog posts on 2017 predictions for securing the enterprise and cloud computing
*Survey responses came from around the globe, spanning industries like government, financial services, technology, and education. Respondents’ roles ranged from infrastructure, IT security, application development, and DevOps to the executive suite.
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