t cht lk that no-code cloud-based solutions can provide the answers , but this underestimates Kubernetes and container technology .”
Supporting this , 2022 will be a time for growth in the number of startups in the K8s ecosystem , with emerging businesses offering particular focus on the areas of security and stack observability . However , a major challenge for organisations that are keen to embrace Kubernetes will continue to be the prevailing skills gap across the region .
CIOs that fail to unite container and cloud strategies will find themselves on thin ice
“ If you ’ re a CIO and you can ’ t answer the question : ‘ When are we going to the cloud ?’, the likelihood is that you ’ ll be fired ,” Smith said .
“ The scale of adoption of cloud technology has been astronomical over the past few years but will increasingly focus on exploiting the benefits of adopting containers in 2022 .”
Enterprises want to win with data and the CIO holds the key to this victory .
The widespread reallocation of IT budgets from the maintenance of systems – which is now largely undertaken , at least in part , by cloud service providers – to the pursuit of innovation means CIOs must formulate roadmaps for how they can bring containers and the cloud together in 2022 to promote agility and scalability .
However , Smith has a final warning for those CIOs : “ They need to remember that fast adoption isn ’ t everything ; the foundations need to be solid . Plans need to be forward-looking and build in flexibility because change in this space is guaranteed – be it cloud provider or K8s distribution or both . Modern applications run on modern data services where K8s is the foundation ; enterprises want to win with data and the CIO holds the key to this victory .” p
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