Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 13 | Page 87

FINAL WORD beyond just customer-facing resources like eCommerce websites . Having visibility is important in order to understand how things are being influenced as organisations change the digital landscape . Cloud-only and internet-only transport are the future as they allow enterprise organisations to become more nimble and agile , while also providing cost savings .
Visibility creates a competitive advantage for the hybrid enterprise After deploying a hybrid environment , which can be complex and difficult to manage , the work is just beginning for the enterprise . The process continues as application requirements and business needs evolve . So , to increase agility , IT is always evaluating and adopting cloud services and related technologies like PaaS , containers and micro-services to deliver applications faster . IT organisations will keep an eye on the
WE EXPECT TO SEE GREATER ADOPTION OF APPLICATION AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONALITY TO ENSURE VISIBILITY INTO THE HYBRID CLOUD CREATING MORE TRUST IN IT AND ALIGNMENT TO BUSINESS OBJECTIVES
longer-term to ensure that they can scale as usage increases .
Prediction : We expect to see greater adoption of application and network management functionality to ensure visibility into the hybrid cloud creating more trust in IT and alignment to business objectives .
Cloud visibility becomes critical to success of DevOps approach to digital services DevOps teams are increasingly using the cloud ’ s PaaS capabilities together with thirdparty components to develop composite applications faster . According to Sonatype , the average enterprise downloads more than 229,000 components annually , of which one in 16 has security defects . Third-party components account for 80 % – 90 % of the code in a typical enterprise application today . Current monitoring for components traces app transactions through server interactions , which obscures dependencies within the app layer .
Prediction : Enterprises will seek new solutions that provide clear visibility into the behaviour and interaction of third-party components and platforms in cloud-based environments in order to accelerate development of apps and digital services in the cloud , proactively prevent performance issues , and improve performance of cloud-based apps .