F5 Study Shows 75 Percent of Organizations See IT-as-a-Service Becoming Commonplace
F5 Study Shows 75 Percent of Organizations See IT-as-a-Service Becoming Commonplace
At least 67 percent of enterprises are already implementing
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
models
SEATTLE, OCTOBER 4, 2011- @PR2WEB – F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader
in Application Delivery Networking, today announced the results of the F5
Networks 2011 Journey to ITaaS Study. This survey summarizes enterprises’
attitudes about and progress toward implementing IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS)—a
business model in which stakeholders select and self-provision IT services on
demand. With the static data center model of the past lacking sufficient agility
to support today’s myriad user types, complex applications, and increasing
demands on IT, enterprises are showing support for the idea of ITaaS as they
move toward a dynamic
data center model.
“ITaaS is a promising option for many enterprises, given the range of demands
placed on data centers, which traditionally aren’t flexible enough to adapt to
the requirements of today’s applications,” said Karl Triebes, CTO and SVP of
Product Development at F5 Networks. “Users are increasingly demanding support
for a variety of applications with multidimensional needs. This requires
additional functionality and automation capabilities that are typically inherent
in dynamic data centers and associated with ITaaS.”
Modern enterprises are successfully leveraging virtualization to
consolidate systems and reduce costs; however, they are also finding that
virtualization increases the complexity of managing IT resources. In addition,
they must deliver applications to market faster by provisioning computing
resources more quickly. With the ITaaS business model, IT services are
abstracted, virtualized, and available to business stakeholders on demand.
Accordingly, a dynamic, automated data center model is proving to be
increasingly important for enterprises’ success.
“Traditionally, the data center is a siloed environment, but IT must now
reinvent the way data center elements are assembled to deliver applications,”
said Schalk Theron, CIO at SpringCM.
“Users now typically want to obtain a service without having to call and ask
someone for it. ITaaS is doing just that—providing a catalogue of services to
users and allowing them to self-provision applications. The time has come for IT
to think in business terms and move at the speed of business. This is done by
automating and aligning technology to match business demand.”
The survey found that at least 67 percent of enterprises have implemented or
are in the process of implementing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and that 15 percent of enterprises have
implemented or are in the process of implementing chargeback capabilities,
setting the stage for full-scale ITaaS across enterprises. In addition, nearly
75 percent of respondents believe that the shift to ITaaS will take place in the
next three to five years.
Other findings include:
· IT managers see the value of ITaaS: Three out of four IT managers
say that their organization’s philosopy and needs align with an ITaaS framework.
· Data center automation has reached critical mass, paving the way for
ITaaS: Eighty-five percent of IT organizations surveyed have virtualized or
are in the process of virtualizing their servers. Thirteen percent are close to
being able to perform long distance live migrations of their environment, and 19
percent are close to a full self-service provisioning model.
· Enterprises believe ITaaS will be widely adopted: Eighty percent of
IT managers believe that ITaaS will become mainstream.
About the Survey
The F5 Networks 2011 Journey to ITaaS Study was commissioned by F5 to gauge
the importance and attractiveness of the concept of ITaaS to enterprises
worldwide. Conducted in July 2011 by MarketTools, Inc., the survey included 538
responses from enterprise IT professionals. These survey results were also cited
in an F5 executive presentation at the recent VMworld 2011 conference. A
SlideShare presentation that expands on the survey results can be accessed at http://links.f5.com/oENTdm.
About F5 Networks
F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking
(ADN), helps the world’s largest enterprises and service providers realize the
full value of virtualization, cloud computing, and on-demand IT. F5®
solutions help integrate disparate technologies to provide greater control of
the infrastructure, improve application delivery and data management, and give
users seamless, secure, and accelerated access to applications from their
corporate desktops and smart devices. An open architectural framework enables F5
customers to apply business policies at “strategic points of control” across the
IT infrastructure and into the public cloud. F5 products give customers the
agility they need to align IT with changing business conditions, deploy scalable
solutions on demand, and manage mobile access to data and services. Enterprises,
service and cloud providers, and leading online companies worldwide rely on F5
to optimize their IT investments and drive business forward. For more
information, go to www.f5.com.
You can also follow @f5networks
on Twitter or visit us on Facebook for more information
about F5, its partners, and technology. For a complete listing of F5 community
sites, please visit www.f5.com/news-press-events/web-media/community.html.
F5 and the F5 logo are trademarks or service marks of F5 Networks, Inc., in
the U.S. and other countries. All other product and company names herein may be
trademarks of their respective owners.
This press release may contain forward looking statements relating to future
events or future financial performance that involve risks and uncertainties.
Such statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will,"
"should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates,"
"predicts," "potential," or "continue," or the negative of such terms or
comparable terms. These statements are only predictions and actual results could
differ materially from those anticipated in these statements based upon a number
of factors including those identified in the company's filings with the SEC.
At least 67 percent of enterprises are already implementing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) models
SEATTLE, OCTOBER 4, 2011- @PR2WEB – F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced the results of the F5 Networks 2011 Journey to ITaaS Study. This survey summarizes enterprises’ attitudes about and progress toward implementing IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS)—a business model in which stakeholders select and self-provision IT services on demand. With the static data center model of the past lacking sufficient agility to support today’s myriad user types, complex applications, and increasing demands on IT, enterprises are showing support for the idea of ITaaS as they move toward a dynamic data center model.
“ITaaS is a promising option for many enterprises, given the range of demands placed on data centers, which traditionally aren’t flexible enough to adapt to the requirements of today’s applications,” said Karl Triebes, CTO and SVP of Product Development at F5 Networks. “Users are increasingly demanding support for a variety of applications with multidimensional needs. This requires additional functionality and automation capabilities that are typically inherent in dynamic data centers and associated with ITaaS.”
Modern enterprises are successfully leveraging virtualization to consolidate systems and reduce costs; however, they are also finding that virtualization increases the complexity of managing IT resources. In addition, they must deliver applications to market faster by provisioning computing resources more quickly. With the ITaaS business model, IT services are abstracted, virtualized, and available to business stakeholders on demand. Accordingly, a dynamic, automated data center model is proving to be increasingly important for enterprises’ success.
“Traditionally, the data center is a siloed environment, but IT must now reinvent the way data center elements are assembled to deliver applications,” said Schalk Theron, CIO at SpringCM. “Users now typically want to obtain a service without having to call and ask someone for it. ITaaS is doing just that—providing a catalogue of services to users and allowing them to self-provision applications. The time has come for IT to think in business terms and move at the speed of business. This is done by automating and aligning technology to match business demand.”
The survey found that at least 67 percent of enterprises have implemented or are in the process of implementing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and that 15 percent of enterprises have implemented or are in the process of implementing chargeback capabilities, setting the stage for full-scale ITaaS across enterprises. In addition, nearly 75 percent of respondents believe that the shift to ITaaS will take place in the next three to five years.
Other findings include:
· IT managers see the value of ITaaS: Three out of four IT managers say that their organization’s philosopy and needs align with an ITaaS framework.
· Data center automation has reached critical mass, paving the way for ITaaS: Eighty-five percent of IT organizations surveyed have virtualized or are in the process of virtualizing their servers. Thirteen percent are close to being able to perform long distance live migrations of their environment, and 19 percent are close to a full self-service provisioning model.
· Enterprises believe ITaaS will be widely adopted: Eighty percent of IT managers believe that ITaaS will become mainstream.
About the Survey
The F5 Networks 2011 Journey to ITaaS Study was commissioned by F5 to gauge the importance and attractiveness of the concept of ITaaS to enterprises worldwide. Conducted in July 2011 by MarketTools, Inc., the survey included 538 responses from enterprise IT professionals. These survey results were also cited in an F5 executive presentation at the recent VMworld 2011 conference. A SlideShare presentation that expands on the survey results can be accessed at http://links.f5.com/oENTdm.
About F5 Networks
F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), helps the world’s largest enterprises and service providers realize the full value of virtualization, cloud computing, and on-demand IT. F5® solutions help integrate disparate technologies to provide greater control of the infrastructure, improve application delivery and data management, and give users seamless, secure, and accelerated access to applications from their corporate desktops and smart devices. An open architectural framework enables F5 customers to apply business policies at “strategic points of control” across the IT infrastructure and into the public cloud. F5 products give customers the agility they need to align IT with changing business conditions, deploy scalable solutions on demand, and manage mobile access to data and services. Enterprises, service and cloud providers, and leading online companies worldwide rely on F5 to optimize their IT investments and drive business forward. For more information, go to www.f5.com.
You can also follow @f5networks on Twitter or visit us on Facebook for more information about F5, its partners, and technology. For a complete listing of F5 community sites, please visit www.f5.com/news-press-events/web-media/community.html.
F5 and the F5 logo are trademarks or service marks of F5 Networks, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
This press release may contain forward looking statements relating to future events or future financial performance that involve risks and uncertainties. Such statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," or "continue," or the negative of such terms or comparable terms. These statements are only predictions and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these statements based upon a number of factors including those identified in the company's filings with the SEC.
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