Insights from our larger survey focused on DevOps and programmability.

2. 2,197TOTAL NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS
FINANCIAL
SERVICES
15%
GOVERNMENT/PUBLIC
11%
HEALTHCARE
5%
MANUFACTURING/
CONSTRUCTION
12%
OTHER
15%
TECHNOLOGY
18%
TELECOM/CLOUD
SERVICE PROVIDER
15%
EDUCATION
9%
INDUSTRY

3. 4%
RESPONDENT ROLE
CLOUD
ARCHITECT/DEVOPS
APPLICATION
ROLES
13%
SECURITY
19%
EXECUTIVE
24%40%
INFRASTRUCTURE/
NETWORK
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4. 01 |
Use of automation-enabling frameworks and
technologies explodes
INSIGHT
AUTOMATION ADOPTION

5. 52%
21%
2017
2017
2016
Organizations using at least one
framework more than doubled
year over year
61% Use two or more
frameworks

6. 35%
21%
55%
14% 11%
Cisco OpenStack Vmware Python Puppet
+14%
+19%
+6% +4%
+22% The percentage of respondents using
VMware is the same as the number of
respondents who have settled on on-
premises private cloud as their only
cloud implementation: 55%
Coincidence?

7. 02 |
Organizations automation efforts use more than
one tool to get the job done
INSIGHT
HYBRID- STACK RULES PRODUCTION

8. 61% Use two or more
frameworks
The average number of frameworks in
use is the same as the average
number of cloud models in use: 1.8
Coincidence?

9. 49%
alsouseCisco
OpenStack
users
16%
alsousePython
scripts
Ciscousers
35%
alsouseCisco
VMware
users

10. 03 |
Organizations seeking scale and cost containment
over deployment velocity
INSIGHT
SCALE over SPEED

11. 01 02 03
$
6% C-LEVEL SAID SO 2% JUST WANT THEIR BONUS
Reducing OpEx is the
number one driver
(62%) behind
respondents’ adoption
of SDN, with similar
margins separating it
from time to market
(33%)
Coincidence?

12. 04 |
Respondents recognize the importance of APIs and
Templates
INSIGHT
Programmability is Critical

13. 23%
31%
15%
53%
2016 2017 2016 2017
LESS IMPORTANT MORE IMPORTANT
On a scale of 1-5, how important is API-enabled infrastructure?
(1-2) Less Important (4-5) More Important

14. 2017
52%
MORE IMPORTANT
Templates have become
significant components of cloud
and automation frameworks.
Coincidence?
On a scale of 1-5, how important are
templates?
(1-2) Less Important (4-5) More Important

15. ON A SCALE OF 1-5 (1 = LEAST, 5 = MOST)

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