Interest in edge computing growing, complexity remains top roadblock
Edge computing is on a growing trend, as some 50% of organizations are already using or planning on integrating edge computing in the next 18 months, according to Turbonomic’s 2020 State of Multicloud Survey. One major concern, however, is the intricacy of dealing with highly distributed services and data management which could stall the technology’s adoption.
The report’s authors surveyed more than 900 global IT professionals and found that as many as 81% of CIOs, asked about their approach to digital transformation, trust edge computing to be a relevant part of their business. In terms of use cases where the technology could be leveraged, 35% would use it to reduce application latency and bring content and processing closer to the end-user, maybe even remotely.
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Source: Turbonomic’s 2020 State of Multicloud Survey
Another 25% of respondents would use IoT connectivity and analysis to improve customer experience and make more informed business decisions and 22% would use it to improve availability and compute in areas of unreliable connectivity.
Complexity was named a major roadblock to edge computing becoming conventional by 39 percent of executives, followed by security (23%), technology limitations in network/bandwidth throughput (22%), and limitations in the ability to process or mine vast amounts of data (14%).
Data management will be a top issue to settle, but 65% see a bright future when asked about edge computing offerings.
Containers and the edge
Containers will be one of the key technologies used to deliver and manage applications in edge clouds, so the report’s findings in this area are relevant, though the questions are primarily aimed at adoption in public cloud environments like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
Portability and speed are top drivers in container adoption, but companies choosing multiple clouds, containers and cloud-native in their digital transformation still struggle with challenges, according to the findings of the report. As many as 75% of professionals are currently transitioning to containers and cloud-native, and 39% are running containers in production.
In carrying out their business goals, issues such as cultural challenges arising from new technology and operating models (57%) and complexity in managing hybrid/multicloud environments (55%) were named as top deterrents.
“Digital transformation is not about cutting costs, but rather getting innovation to market faster,” said in a prepared statement Tom Murphy, Chief Marketing Officer at Turbonomic. “The results of the survey indicate that CIOs leading this transformation have a critical role to play as executive sponsors: ensuring that multicloud adoption is about differentiating the business, establishing a culture of collaboration, and communicating the true business value of containers and cloud-native to their organization.”
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digital transformation | edge cloud | hybrid cloud | multi-cloud | Turbonomic
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