CloudBolt Software released its latest CloudBolt Industry
Insights report, The Truth About First-Generation Cloud Management
Platforms (CMPs). During the summer of
2021, CloudBolt commissioned a global survey to explore the
sentiments of customers who were at a crossroads with their original CMP
provider.
The
clearest
example of this is the VMware vRealize Automation customer
base, who are looking at a complicated migration from vRA 7x
to vRA 8x. The research, conducted on the Pulse platform (a
Gartner-owned research subsidiary) is based on over 200 responses from
Directors, VPs, and CXOs currently using vRA. Leveraging the vRA base
as the proxy, the report shows the struggles and tough choices
companies are making in keeping up with the new cloud order.
"The
hybrid cloud market is moving so fast that first-generation providers are
having difficulty adapting to emerging requirements," said Jeff Kukowski, CloudBolt's chief
executive officer. "Customers want to employ an expanding set of
tools to better leverage approaches like CI/CD and IaC.
First-generation solutions weren't designed with this in mind, so the pivot
can be painful and expensive, with integration challenges sitting front
and center."
Key Findings:
- The tangled webs we weave-First-generation
CMP solutions have become tightly-wovenmassesof custom coded
integrations to other clouds, tools, and infrastructure.Layers of custom
code are written on top of one another to bend the integrations to company
requirements, especially as those requirements evolve over time. In the case
ofvRA, fully 6 out of 10 companies report custom codingat least
halftheir integrations.
- Delaying the pain- When faced
with these custom coding challenges,most companies simply hesitate,
waiting until the lastpossibleminute to make a decision (i.e. stay
with the original platform, rip and replace, or augment functionality with other
solutions). ForvRA7customers, 98% still have not migrated
roughly 2 years after thevRA8 October 2019 release.
- Better integrations = better
automation
- For those on the path to vRA 8, better, deeper integrations are critical.
Integrations enable automation, so thebetter the integrations, the more
automation potential.Survey respondents specifically said they need
"better ability to integrate multiple solutions and tools
withvRA"(68%) and "deeper-level integrations
forvRA"(62%).
- Multi everything - What's surprising is that
enterprises aren't just looking at their incumbent stacks; many are leaning
into multiple solutions to get the job done. In the case
ofvRAcustomers, 59% are re-evaluatingand potentially considering options that include
augmentingvRAwith other tools like Terraform, Ansible, or even
another CMP to get the functionality they need. Enterprises today need a
multi-tool approach to a multi-cloud world.
To
learn more about how companies are grappling with "stay or go"
decisions at major pivot points like VMware VRA's migration
event, read The Truth About First-Generation Cloud Management
Platforms: A Focus on VMware vRealize Automation: https://resources.cloudbolt.io/vmware-vra-end-of-support/the-truth-about-first-generation-cloud-management-platforms.
To
learn how CloudBolt can help VMware customers address vRA 7 end of support
options, whether migrating to and getting more out of vRA 8, augmenting with
other solutions, or moving to a new CMP altogether, visit https://cloudbolt.io/vmware-vra-7-whats-your-strategy-cloudbolt-software/.