WHY IS MULTI-CLOU
BECOMING SO SUCCE
THE EMEA REGION?
esearch from F5
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Networks revealed
earlier this year that
the EMEA region leads
the way for multi-cloud
adoption, although
security and skill gap challenges remain.
According to the sixth annual State of
Application Services (SOAS) report, 88%
of surveyed EMEA organisations were
leveraging multi-cloud environments,
compared to 87% in the Americas and
86% in the APCJ region.
A total of 27% of EMEA respondents also
claimed they will have more than half of
their applications in the cloud by the end
of 2020. Meanwhile, 54% agreed that
cloud in all its forms is the top strategic
trend for the next two to five years.
The SOAS report goes on to note that
EMEA organisations were more likely
than any other region to choose cloud
platforms that support applications on
a case-by-case basis, with 43% opting
for the increasingly popular approach
(compared to 42% worldwide). This
chimes with the fact that 70% stated that
it is ‘very important’ to be able to deploy
and enforce the same security policies
on-premises and in the cloud. In the
Americas, 69% of respondents concurred,
with APCJ slightly behind on 65%.
“Inflexible, one-size-f
won’t work anymore
encouraging to see t
strategies are becom
in EMEA,” said Brett
Cloud Director, F5 Ne
“Every application is u
specific function, suc
or production. Each w
that scale from less th
the millions. And each
exposure that can spa
simply embarrassing
billions of dollars’ wor
A total of 33% of EM
cited regulatory com
challenge when man
in multi-cloud enviro
once again higher th
and partly due to com
from the EU General
Regulation (GDPR).
Other pressing conce
consistent security p
applications (30%),
emerging threats (28
applications between
centres (28%).
When it comes to se
respondents reporte
levels in their ability
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