As enterprises digitally transform and IT environments become more dispersed across multiple public clouds and on-premises data centers, the process of moving data, applications, and workloads to and from various locations quickly becomes regular practice. Moving just one application to and from a location can be difficult, time-consuming, and expensive, in most cases requiring a week or more. For large environments, the costs can be significant. As a result, organizations must take a more deliberative, evaluative approach to moving data and applications when migrating to the cloud and across clouds.
Infrastructure, Cloud & DevOps
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Reports of the data center’s demise have been grossly exaggerated. On-premises data centers are alive and thriving, with the average number of on-premises locations under management expected to increase over the next five years. The future of the data center, however, will look very different from today. Enterprises in the throes of modernizing their application infrastructure and migrating to the cloud are increasingly realizing they also need a cloud-like experience for on-premises data centers and improved public cloud connectivity with consumption-based procurement models.
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Research Objectives
In order to gain insight into how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives are impacting IT purchases, Enterprise Strategy Group surveyed 400 IT professionals at organizations in North America (US and Canada), UK, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand involved in IT product and service purchase decisions.
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Sporting a new name, the long anticipated in-person event, VMware Explore, was back this year with new innovation, new conversations, and a new theme, “Cloud Chaos.” The Enterprise Strategy Group analyst team was there, on location, and in this video, you will hear from me, as well as Mark Bowker, Bob Laliberte, Paul Nashawaty, and Kevin Rhone, on the most impressive announcements and insights from the event.
Check out the video and hope to see you in person at next year’s event.
And, to read more from Enterprise Strategy Group on VMware Explore 2022, check out the following articles:
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Organizations continue to look for ways to modernize their heritage production applications. Most are employing cloud-native application strategies with multiple public cloud providers. They’ll need unified microservices architectures to achieve the application portability that is essential in managing multiple clouds in hybrid models where on-premises apps still play important roles and to lay the foundation for an entirely cloud-first future.
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Understanding the benefits and challenges of developing and deploying cloud-native applications is key to success. Security, integration, and the developer skills gap are among the biggest microservices hurdles, while developer velocity, app portability, and infrastructure independence lead the list of advantages.
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The clear path to cloud-native applications is to use modern methodologies such as DevOps and agile development on modern application platforms and “developer-ready” infrastructure. However, the self-reported maturity of organizations in their use of modern methodologies is not substantiated by development KPIs, such as hourly code production, and most are hobbled by an IT skills gap. Choosing the right platform and building internal skills are critical in implementing the development methodologies needed for successful cloud-native deployments.
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Developer velocity – the speed at which new applications can be developed and deployed – often determines success for digital transformation and digital business initiatives. Many businesses, however, don’t have the infrastructure in place to optimize application development efforts and fully maximize the potential of these initiatives. Given the prominent role that IT transformation plays in digital transformation initiatives, businesses need to take a holistic “infrastructure-out” approach to their digital transformation journeys, with a focus on regular and constant collaboration between IT operations and application development teams.
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As enterprises digitally transform, business application environments scale at an accelerated pace and become more distributed not only in the cloud, but also on premises. As a result, a siloed approach to infrastructure and operations is no longer viable. The tendency among many organizations is to view migration to the cloud as the sole remedy for simplifying operations and increasing the velocity of app development. However, on-premises application environments are alive and well, and the data center is far from dead. Therefore, standing still is not an option for data center environments, where app modernization strategies need to reflect the transformation activities of existing and net-new applications in multiple environments while overcoming integration challenges in a variety of cloud and on-premises locations.
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IT operations teams continue to strive to improve collaboration with developers on building modern application architectures. As companies accelerate or embark on their digital transformation journeys, what is the expected role of ITSM in enabling businesses to realize the benefits of automation, observability, intelligence, and optimization? Enterprise Strategy Group recently surveyed IT, DevOps, and application development professionals responsible for application infrastructure to find the answers.
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Many large tech companies have already invested heavily in quantum technologies, yet significant adoption of quantum computing has had its share of delays and false starts. However, with some recent announcements in the quantum sector, now seems to be the ideal time for organizations to take a closer look at quantum and consider how this approach could work for their business workloads. Organizations that have been historically focused on classical computing are now positioning quantum for the future.
Recently I covered how many companies are approaching this adoption and how they are starting to shift the market. My recent TechTarget article titled, “What’s the state of quantum computing?” highlights the current vendor position, new acquisitions in the space, and the upcoming horizons for the next generation of adoption.
Paul’s POV
There are many companies trying to get in front of this “wave” because quantum processing is incredibly fast. Solving today’s problems would be completed in a fraction of time. However, not all use cases work with quantum. The traditional systems coexist with quantum systems now and will continue to do so in the future.
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SUSE’s annual global conference, SUSECON, held virtually in June, was jam-packed with initiatives and information essential for the future of SUSE and for the open-source market.
A lot has occurred in the last year for SUSE. For one, SUSE is now listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and was the largest enterprise software IPO in Europe in 2021, according to the vendor. I find this interesting, considering how long SUSE has been in the market. Based on SUSECON, it’s clear that the direction of the business is focused on maturity and growth.
Highlights of SUSECON
The commitment to the open-source community shaped the talk track at SUSECON 2022. SUSE CEO Melissa Di Donato kicked off the event, highlighting the company’s main focus areas with these products and initiatives:
- Business-critical Linux
- Enterprise container management
- Cloud-native edge innovation
In my TechTarget article, I expand on the highlights at SUSECON 2022 and how our related research connects into SUSE’s strategy including growth at the edge:
Paul’s POV
With the announcements at SUSECON, I am interested to see whether SUSE can break through these industry obstacles to help deliver on its promise of business success. It remains to be seen if the technologies, tools, and approaches communicated at this event will provide the capabilities to address these concerns. Will SUSE be able to execute and continue the momentum? Time will tell. Stay tuned for SUSECON 2023.
