Digital transformation initiatives driving sudden surge in emerging application services — survey

F5 NETWORKS announced the results of its 2018 State of Application Delivery report. The global customer survey shows accelerating multi- cloud deployments are enabling organizations to select the cloud platform that best meets the requirements of a specific application. However, this also increases the challenges many companies face in managing operations and security across multiple clouds as they transform their application portfolio to compete in the digital economy.

In the Philippines, the national government, through the Department of Information and Communication Technology, has adopted a ‘cloudfi rst’ approach in line with its eff orts to encourage public departments and agencies to consider cloud computing solutions. This initiative is another step forward in fulfi lling the National Cybersecurity Plan 2022, a program that aims to strengthen the country’s resilience against cyberattacks and to foster a cybersecurity- educated society.

“Even with the constant threat of security breaches, there is no sign that digital transformation is slowing down. Applications are the new normal in Asia Pacific as digital disruption changes how over four billion Asians interact with our data- driven economy,” said Adam Judd, senior vice-president, Asia Pacific, China and Japan, F5 Networks. “This year’s State of Application Delivery report shows how digital transformation is impacting Asia Pacific businesses — as they focus on building the foundation for application- driven customer experiences which are faster, smarter and safer.”

In its fourth year, the State of Application Delivery report examines the vital role application services play, enabling enterprises to deploy applications faster, smarter and safer. More than 3,000 IT, networking, application, and security pros from around the world weighed in on application delivery topics ranging from public and private cloud and multi- cloud adoption, rising security challenges to automation, orchestration and the future of enterprise application services.

Survey responses came from around the globe, spanning industries like government, financial services, technology and education. Respondents’ roles ranged from infrastructure, IT security, application development and DevOps to the executive suite.

Key takeaways include: Digital transformation inspires new architectures and IT optimization initiatives; Multi- cloud enables the “best cloud for the app” strategy; Application services are the gateways to the future; Security confi dence falls as multi- cloud rises; Automation and orchestration: Full steam ahead.

Download the full 2018 State of Application Delivery report at