Shortfacts - February 2019

Technology spurs cloud expansion

Business objectives alone are not driving companies to the cloud. Rather, the maturity, flexibility and reliability of cloud technology are causing companies to increasingly rely on it.

This is according to the latest study published by the Cloud Foundry Foundation, provider of numerous open source projects. While IT decision-makers have already been convinced of the benefits of the cloud, they are increasingly relying on mature technologies in the platform and application layer of the stack, such as PaaS, containers and serverless.

For example, 74 percent of survey participants can now easily explain to a colleague what is meant by "PaaS". The result is a virtuous circle: Familiarity with a technology results in more advanced technologies being used in the shortest possible time, as fears of contact are lost.

A company's journey to the cloud is often mistakenly compared to a "sudden leap" rather than the step-by-step journey associated with this positive cycle.

The research activities of the Cloud Foundry Foundation over the past three years show that companies are gradually pursuing an IT strategy that not only relies fully on the cloud, but also makes continuous use of innovative technologies such as PaaS, containers, serverless and others. More and more companies are also prioritizing interoperability and integration.