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The survey reveals that multi-cloud deployments are being driven primarily by a need to maximize availability and reliability for applications, while at the edge IoT is the top use case driving deployments. Multi-cloud deployments are threatened by security and connectivity problems due to differences between cloud providers, as well as operational challenges in managing workloads across several clouds.
"As more enterprises embrace cloud transformation, IT and data teams face increased pressure to harness the power of data and analytics for business intelligence," said Christopher Lynch, executive chairman and CEO at AtScale. "Hybrid cloud and multi-cloud strategies are key to big data analytics. New data regulations and cybersecurity vulnerabilities are creating roadblocks for IT teams looking to use data for business intelligence, which is why data virtualization and data governance are top priorities in 2020.".
As enterprises increasingly transition and scale their operations in the public cloud, at RSA Conference 2020 FireMon announced new integrations with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services to help improve cloud visibility, reduce complexity and match the pace needed to protect systems from ongoing cyber threats and data breaches. "With our latest Microsoft Azure and AWS cloud integrations, customers can now deploy consistent, seamless, and adaptive security policy orchestration across any type of infrastructure."
As a leader in WAF and API security technology, F5 delivers application security with consistent policies and controls across hybrid- and multi-cloud environments. "Our security strategy is rooted in what customers are trying to accomplish-optimum app performance with maximized uptime, lower overall costs, and reduced losses due to fraud or abuse," said John Morgan, VP and GM of Security at F5. "Security remains a key area where we see conflict between increasing business velocity and implementing adequate protections. F5's application security solutions free developers to focus on the application business logic and customer experience while also providing world-class threat protection with policy and control consistency across on-prem and cloud environments."
Fastly, provider of an edge cloud platform, announced Cloud Optimizer, a new offering that enables critical, high-traffic content delivery by sitting between a company's content delivery network and its central cloud. Cloud Optimizer brings customers with multi-cloud or multi-CDN architectures, especially within commerce and high tech verticals, the real-time control and visibility required to make informed business decisions as quickly as possible, without the need to re-architect network infrastructure.
Agencies do not feel prepared to manage current multi-cloud environments. While most Federal IT decision makers say their agency already uses multiple cloud platforms (81 percent), the majority –...
Enterprises today are leveraging multiple clouds for the cost and scale benefits that cloud brings, but rapid adoption is creating new challenges for CISOs and their teams. As complexity increases...
A10 Networks outlined its blueprint to enable enterprises and web giants to meet the demands for the security, reliability and agility of applications in a multi-cloud world. With applications...
Sumo Logic announced the acquisition of JASK, a provider of cloud-native autonomous security operations center (ASOC) software. The acquisition brings together Sumo Logic’s Continuous Intelligence...