Developer benefits remain compelling; integration, management and
development skills gaps remain challenges to enterprise adoption
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today released the results of a survey assessing enterprise
adoption plans for application containers. The survey of more than 383
global IT decision makers and professionals, representing organizations
ranging from Fortune 500 companies to state and local governments and
commissioned by Red Hat through TechValidate, shows that while container
adoption is likely to surge in the next few years, concerns around
security, certification and adequate skills remain - concerns that Red
Hat's container certification aims to address.
Survey results show strong enterprise plans for container deployments,
with 67 percent of respondents planning production roll-outs over the
next two years. Survey respondents indicate that they plan to use
container-based applications in cloud roles (50 percent) and as vehicles
for web and e-commerce software (56 percent).
Application development enhancements dominated as the top benefits of
containers, with faster application deployment and reduced deployment
effort topping the list at 60 percent each. Forty-four (44) percent of
respondents view containers as a means to consolidate existing servers.
Virtual machines are also the preferred deployment method, with 83
percent of respondents planning to deploy containerized application
implementations on top of virtual environments, demonstrating that
organizations recognize the benefits of using containers and
virtualization together, rather than one or the other.
Despite strong enterprise adoption plans for containers, the survey
results highlighted a number of lingering challenges, including:
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security and a lack of certification/image provenance (60 percent of
respondents);
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integration with existing development tools and processes (58 percent);
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management (55 percent); and
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existing knowledge and skills (54 percent).
Finally, open source remains the dominant platform in the container
world, with more than 95 percent of respondents planning container
development on the Linux operating system. Internal champions remain at
the grassroots (39 percent) and middle management (36 percent) levels,
with upper management and CIO directives playing limited roles in
containerized application adoption within the enterprise, according to
survey respondents.
Methodology and Demographics
TechValidate, an independent research company, conducted an online
survey on behalf of Red Hat from April 28 - May 5, 2015, to understand
enterprise adoption trends associated with containers. The survey polled
more than 383 enterprise IT decision makers and professionals from
global organizations across industries and of all sizes, spanning small
businesses to Fortune 500 organizations.
Supporting Quotes
Tim Yeaton, senior vice president, Infrastructure Business, Red Hat
"While it's apparent that enterprise interest in containers is growing,
the challenges highlighted by the survey respondents reinforce Red Hat's
own container strategy - directly addressing security and certification
concerns, providing robust container management capabilities regardless
of the container deployment platform, and creating tools and best
practices to enable enterprises to develop the right skillsets to best
leverage the promise of Linux containers for their organizations.
Ultimately, containers represent a significant paradigm shift for
enterprise application development and deployment, whether used to
modernize existing applications to build net new web or cloud-native
workloads, or enable DevOps. Large scale enterprise adoption can be
accelerated by addressing enterprises' concerns about security,
management, and developing the right skills, and we stand ready to help
organizations enter this new world of IT as an experienced and reliable
partner."
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relevant, innovative technologies that liberate resources for growth and
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