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Research from F5 Networks revealed
earlier this year that the EMEA
region leads the way for multi-cloud
adoption, although security and skill gap
challenges remain.
According to the sixth annual State of
Application Services (SOAS) report, 88%
of surveyed EMEA organisations were
leveraging multi-cloud environments,
compared to 87% in the Americas and 86%
in the APCJ region.
A total of 27% of EMEA respondents also
claimed they will have more than half of
their applications in the cloud by the end of
2020. Meanwhile, 54% agreed that cloud in
all its forms is the top strategic trend for the
next two to five years.
The SOAS report goes on to note that EMEA
organisations were more likely than any
other region to choose cloud platforms
that support applications on a case-by-case
basis, with 43% opting for the increasingly
popular approach (compared to 42%
worldwide). This chimes with the fact that
70% stated that it is ‘very important’ to be
able to deploy and enforce the same security
policies on-premises and in the cloud. In the
Americas, 69% of respondents concurred,
with APCJ slightly behind on 65%.
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