Insights on cloud and security from our broader survey on application services.

1. CLOUDY CHALLENGES AHEAD

2. 2,197TOTAL NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS
FINANCIAL
SERVICES
15%
GOVERNMENT/PUBLIC
11%
HEALTHCARE
5%
MANUFACTURING/
CONSTRUCTION
12%
OTHER
15%
TECHNOLOGY
18%
TELECOM/CLOUD
SERVICE PROVIDER
15%
EDUCATION
9%
INDUSTRY

3. 4%
RESPONDENT ROLE
CLOUD
ARCHITECT/DEVOPS
APPLICATION
ROLES
13%
SECURITY
19%
EXECUTIVE
24%40%
INFRASTRUCTURE/
NETWORK
© 2017 F5 Networks Source: The State of Application Delivery, 2017

4. 01 |
Cloud is not an all or nothing proposition.
Organizations resoundingly opt for multiple
cloud environments.
INSIGHT
CLOUD IS “ALL OF THE ABOVE”

5. 39%
Private cloud
38%
Public cloud
37%
SaaS
41%
Private cloud
32%
Public cloud
29%
SaaS
STRATEGIC
IMPACT
INVESTMENT
PLANS

6. 1.8The average number of
cloud models in use
28%
30%
60%
25%
15%
27%
COLO
OFF PREM PRIVATE
ON PREM PRIVATE
PUBLIC IaaS
PUBLIC PaaS
SaaS
MULTIPLEANSWERSALLOWED
Source: The State of Application Delivery, 2017

7. 02 |
Organizations cite consistency of performance
and security with multi-cloud environments
INSIGHT
CONSISTENT CLOUD

8. 25% 35%27%23%
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IDENTITY SECURITY
RESPONDENTS IMPLEMENTING MULTI-CLOUD CITE CHALLENGES WITH CONSISTENT…
Source: The State of Application Delivery, 2017

9. 03 |
Organizations cite a skills gap as challenge for
multi-cloud
INSIGHT
SKILL SHORTAGE

10. 29%cite readily available expertise
as challenge for multi-cloud
55%
use only one kind of cloud
hint: it’s on-premises
may partially explain

11. 04 |
Organizations know what they want in in terms
of security in the cloud
INSIGHT
SECURITY SMARTS

12. 39%
33%
15%
SECURITY
AVAILABILITY
IDENTITY
Source: The State of Application Delivery, 2017

13. 02 | Encrypt data at rest (40%)
01 | Security and audit parity (50%)
04 | VPN connection (35%)
03 | Encrypt data in flight (37%)
11% of respondents
who said encryption of
data in flight is
important had NO
PLANS to implement
SSL Everywhere.
Source: The State of Application Delivery, 2017

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