SUMMARY
Cloud computing continues to deliver transformative capabilities for organizations of all sizes. Its ability to scale resources based on demand, improve accessibility, reduce infrastructure costs, and enable quick deployment of applications is without question. However, the continued growth and adoption of cloud-native applications, as well as multi-cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructure deployments, present challenges for enterprises.
For starters, developers are often forced to spend less time creating value-added features in lieu of prescriptive coding to ensure the highest levels of security. Furthermore, cloud tool sprawl in the absence of fully integrated solutions tends to reduce productivity, delay time-to-market and slow innovation. This all leads to the adoption of manual processes that create higher operational costs, diminishing the value of technology investments. The use of disaggregated cloud and on-premises infrastructure also expands threat surfaces and reduces network and security operator visibility, weakening cyberattack defenses.
In this context, enterprises face mounting pressure to strengthen infrastructure and security controls while reducing operational complexity. Consequently, IT stakeholders demand highly automated and integrated platforms that streamline deployment and management processes while enabling digital transformation at scale.
Moor Insights & Strategy believes that IBM’s acquisition of HashiCorp leaves IBM well positioned to address these demands by simplifying infrastructure operational control, lowering costs, and hardening security through higher degrees of automation and the ability to support the application of next-generation AI operations aimed at optimizing business outcomes.
