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Study reveals companies are
struggling to better optimise,
manage and protect multi-
cloud infrastructures
Research carried
out by the Business
Performance Innovation
(BPI) Network, and A10
Networks, has revealed
a need to re-evaluate
security platforms and
architectures in light of
multi-cloud proliferation.
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.
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This is according to a global survey
conducted by the Business Performance
Innovation (BPI) Network, in partnership
with A10 Networks.
The new study, 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 key survey findings:
• Approximately two-thirds of
companies have now deployed
enterprise applications across two or
more public clouds
• A total of 84% expect to increase their
reliance on public or private clouds over
the next 24 months
• A total of 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 ◊
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