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How Modern Data Centers Can Succeed in 2023 - Keys to Success
By Andreas Grabner, DevOps Activist, Dynatrace
The cloud is now a business must-have,
especially as the expectation and demand for digital services rises. As
organizations accelerate their digital transformation strategies and shift to
hybrid and multicloud environments, the resulting challenge is an explosion of
data. The sheer amount of data organizations need to process is at an incredibly
high volume - and growing - while technology stacks are becoming increasingly
complex. In fact, over half (71%) of CIOs say the
explosion of data due to modern clouds is beyond human ability to manage, while
77% say their IT environment changes at least
once a minute.
This is leading to a tipping point that will
disrupt critical services, creating a $50B market opportunity for solutions
that converge observability, security, and business data management, as
organizations strive to become more efficient, secure, and reliable in 2023. To
keep business operations functioning at a high level and meet market demand,
organizations leveraging observability solutions must focus on making
improvements to their automation, OpenTelemetry, and DevSecOps offerings. And
the time to adopt is now.
Intelligent Automation
Intelligent automation can help organizations
balance innovative strategies and the shift to the cloud during a time when the
amount of data in the world is rapidly increasing, with 93% of CIOs saying AIOps and
automation are key to doing more with less. However, these efforts are often
stalled, largely because of the use of traditional cloud monitoring and
analytics tools, which are often siloed and require manual input. By focusing
on embracing solutions that are capable of combining observability, security
and business analytics, BizDevSecOps teams can consolidate tools and have access
to greater insights, drive
intelligent automation, and ultimately tame cloud complexity.
OpenTelemetry
IT teams do not currently utilize
OpenTelemetry data on all systems, but that will change in the future as it becomes
increasingly essential to have a full view of software performance to modernize
observability strategy and improve digital experiences. Beginning in 2023 and
beyond, OpenTelemetry will begin to become the standard for collecting and
delivering telemetry data. Once adopted by more organizations, OpenTelemetry can
standardize how most monitoring telemetry data is collected and sent to
analytics backends, which will give solutions providers more time to help
companies efficiently work with their data, resolve software issues faster, and
save money.
BizDevSecOps
New cyber threats are likely on the horizon in
2023, and some organizations are still dealing with existing vulnerabilities such
as Log4Shell. Security is increasingly a shared responsibility for everyone
involved in innovation and should be a priority for IT, development, security,
and business teams in 2023. More than three-quarters (79%) of
CISOs say that automatic, continuous runtime
vulnerability management is key to filling the gap in the capabilities of
existing security solutions. However, in 2022 just 4% of
organizations had real-time visibility into runtime vulnerabilities
in containerized production environments. As teams mature their DevOps and
BizDevOps strategies into a more holistic BizDevSecOps approach, there will be
an increased investment in observability platforms that support
cross-departmental processes to ensure all teams have the information and
context necessary to innovate securely.
The
Time to Adopt is Now
CIOs are struggling to keep up with the speed
and scale of hybrid and multicloud environments. Organizations hoping to find
success in 2023 must be prepared to make updates to their data centers and
observability strategies, introducing solutions like intelligent automation to
help bolster their technology stack. By modernizing data centers and securing
their IT environments, CIOs can ensure that all areas of their organization are
prepared to deal with any looming threats and vulnerabilities that may emerge
in the coming year. These stronger data centers will rely on advancements in
automation, OpenTelemetry, and BizDevSecOps to improve overall operations and
security measures, entering 2023 more efficient and secure than ever.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Andreas Grabner has 20+ years of
experience as a software developer, tester and architect and is an advocate for
high-performing cloud-scale applications. He is a regular contributor to the DevOps
community, a frequent speaker at technology conferences and has a passion for
innovation.