Pensa 2018 Predictions: The Growing Mandate for "noOps" Intelligent Automation

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David Marshall | Published: December 19, 2017

Industry executives and experts share their predictions for 2018. Read them in this 10th annual VMblog.com series exclusive.

Contributed by Tom Joyce, CEO of Pensa

The Growing Mandate for “noOps” Intelligent Automation

Our industry has embarked on an exciting journey towards software-defined everything, but it is a journey fraught with countless challenges and roadblocks for IT teams.

Intense interest is growing for advanced automation systems that can run in hybrid clouds, but many IT managers are still trying to figure out the best strategies for getting there. Here are five clear trends that we expect will unfold over the course of 2018:

1) DevOps will be replaced by “noOps” as the hot topic

DevOps is in the process of going mainstream. Advanced automation is simplifying infrastructure deployment. The next step is for application developers to deploy directly to production without operations involvement.

2) More than half of companies doing DevOps will be using hybrid cloud

DevOps has emerged in conjunction with public cloud. Most early advocates of DevOps used public cloud to prove the case. But most production IT organizations require hybrid environments. Mainstream DevOps will be hybrid.

3) Practical Artificial Intelligence

Nearly all IT management product companies are now claiming to be AI driven. Analysts are declaring AI to be a strategic requirement. CIOs are demanding AI products. The market will start to go beyond buzzwords and hype, and focus on how intelligent automation can be used.

4) VMware NSX growth will stall (again)

NSX has achieved mainstream interest but it is very complex. Customers are struggling to develop skills in many areas. NSX will require automation to be widely successful.

5) OpenStack re-emerges

OpenStack was hyped five years ago as a possible winner in the public cloud battle. That didn’t happen because OpenStack was complex and incomplete. But progress has been made and OpenStack will re-emerge as a real option for lower cost SDDC and NFV.

About the Author

tom joyce

Tom Joyce joined Pensa as CEO in July, 2017. He has 30 years of experience in management, strategy, marketing, sales, product development and M&A in both large companies and startups. Prior to joining Pensa, he had senior management roles at Dell Software, Hewlett-Packard, Akorri, and EMC. Tom holds an MBA from Bentley University and a BA from Middlebury College. Outside of work, he enjoys riding his Triumph motorcycle in the Santa Cruz mountains.

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David Marshall

David Marshall is the founder of VMblog.com, one of the industry's longest-running independent publications covering modern data center technologies. What began as a focus on virtualization and cloud computing has expanded to cover the full spectrum of enterprise IT, including AI, security, and DevOps, making VMblog a trusted destination for vendor news, technology analysis, and industry commentary.Beyond publishing, David has spent his career at the intersection of technology and business, inventing, marketing, and launching a number of successful software companies and products, and building a reputation as a skilled marketing executive in the enterprise IT space.David is also a published author, having written two well-regarded books on virtualization and served as technical editor for two "For Dummies" titles covering virtualization and cloud computing. He co-founded CloudCow.com, a publication focused on cloud computing, and has been named a VMware vExpert every year since 2009, one of the longest continuous honoree streaks in the program's history.Connect with David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmarshall/