NetApp released its
2023 State of CloudOps report,
an annual survey exploring the current state of CloudOps and how IT
decision makers feel about the ways their organizations are working to
optimize their environments. The report found that only 33% of
executives are "very confident" in their ability to operate in a public
cloud environment, an increase from 2022 when only 21% reported feeling
very confident.
"Cloud operations is critical to realizing the benefits of cloud for
infrastructure and applications," said Haiyan Song, Executive Vice
President and General Manager, CloudOps at NetApp. "This research
demonstrates that although organizations face challenges in their cloud
operations, they also recognize the importance of investments in areas
including automation and FinOps to overcome those challenges."
Key Findings from Spot by NetApp's 2023 State of CloudOps Report:
Cloud operations remain a struggle for IT teams
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64% of IT decision makers continue to see security and compliance as the
top cloud operations challenge, followed by cost management, which was
cited as the top challenge by 60% of respondents.
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The biggest areas of focus for improving cloud operations continue to be
cost management and security, according to 66% of technology
executives.
Automation is the key to success in cloud operations
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The survey reveals that 82% of respondents believe that cloud automation is critical for optimizing cloud operations and ROI.
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95% of respondents have already incorporated some automation in their
cloud operations and 88% plan to increase cloud operations automation in
2023.
Enterprise teams are embracing FinOps
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Despite a majority of tech executives (96%) agreeing that FinOps is
important to their cloud strategy, only 9% have a mature FinOps
practice. These numbers remain fairly consistent with findings from the
2022 survey.
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The biggest FinOps challenges include reducing cloud costs (50%) and
forecasting cloud spend (47%). Only 19% of respondents reported that
they have been able to make the most of discounted cloud purchase
options.
"Spot by NetApp's 2023 State of CloudOps report is interesting because
it shows that cloud cost management is not just a standalone process,
but one that is inextricably linked with resource management,
compliance, and security," said Hyoun Park, Chief Analyst at Amalgam
Insights. "One cannot simply look at cloud costs in a vacuum without
advocating for holistic cloud management. As companies seek to manage
cloud costs, the sheer volume and variety of cloud cost service
components leads companies to automate as they fully optimize and
rationalize cloud resources to match business needs."
As organizations continue to embrace the public cloud, Spot by NetApp
enables them to improve and automate their cloud operations - helping
control costs, improve security, optimize resources, and provide
superior services across cloud environments.