O'Reilly today released the survey findings of its latest report, "Cloud Adoption in 2020,"
that captures the latest trends in cloud, microservices, distributed
application development, and other critical infrastructure and
operations technologies. The report found that more than 88% percent of
respondents use cloud infrastructure in one form or another, and 45% of
organizations expect to move three quarters or more of their
applications to the cloud over the next twelve months.
The
report surveyed 1,283 software engineers, technical leads, and
decision-makers from around the globe. Of note, the report uncovered
that 21% of organizations are hosting all applications in a cloud
context. The report also found that while 49% of organizations are
running applications in traditional, on-premises contexts, 39% use a
combination of public and private cloud deployments in a hybrid-cloud
alternative, and 54% use multiple cloud services.
Public
cloud dominates as the most popular deployment option with a usage
share greater than 61%, with AWS (67%), Azure (48%), and Google Cloud
Platform (GCP) (32%) as the most used platforms. However, while Azure
and GCP customers also report using AWS, the reverse is not necessarily
true.
"We
see a widespread embrace of cloud infrastructure across the enterprise
which suggests that most organizations now equate cloud with "what's
next" for their infrastructure decisions and AWS as the front-runner
when it comes to public cloud adoption," said Mary Treseler, vice
president of content strategy at O'Reilly. "For those still on the
journey to cloud-based infrastructure migration, ensuring that staff is
well-versed in critical skills, such as cloud security and monitoring,
will be incredibly important for successful implementations. Enterprises
with solid footing have the potential to leverage this infrastructure
for better software development and AI-based services, which will put
them at an advantage over competitors."
Other notable findings include:
- Cloud-based
security was cited as the number one critical skill area needed to
migrate to or implement cloud-based infrastructure (65%), followed by
monitoring (58%) and Kubernetes (56%).
- 37%
of organizations have developed production for AI services with 47%
expected to deploy AI-based services at some point over the next three
years.
- 52% of respondents say they use microservices concepts, tools, or methods for software development.
- 35%
have adopted Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) with 47% of
organizations expect to implement an SRE function at some point in the
future.
To view the full survey results and report, please visit: https://www.oreilly.com/radar/cloud-adoption-in-2020/