A recent survey reveals that more than half of IT professionals plan to migrate or modernize some of their VM workloads to Kubernetes, aiming to speed up application development.
The survey, conducted by Pure Storage and Dimensional Research, titled “The Voice of Kubernetes Experts Report 2024: The Data Trends Driving the Future of the Enterprise,” delves into key priorities and trends within the cloud-native landscape. It focuses on modern virtualization, cloud-native databases, AI/ML adoption using Kubernetes, and the emergence of platform engineering.
The report surveyed 530 experienced platform leaders with over four years of direct data services management in Kubernetes environments.
According to the findings, 80 percent of respondents anticipate building all or most new applications with cloud-native platforms over the next five years. These professionals prefer the flexibility of hybrid cloud deployments, with 86 percent utilizing public and private clouds for their technology.
Traditional VM infrastructure is at a critical juncture, with 58 percent of organizations planning to migrate some of their VM workloads to Kubernetes and 65 percent intending to do so within the next two years.
Almost all respondents (98 percent) run data-intensive workloads on cloud-native platforms, with key applications like databases (72 percent), analytics (67 percent), and AI/ML workloads (54 percent) built on Kubernetes.
Additionally, 96 percent have platform engineering teams to enhance scalability and flexibility, and executives are willing to invest in training (63 percent), consultants (60 percent), and skilled engineers (52 percent) to support these functions.
“The rise of cloud-native platforms marks a fundamental shift in how businesses conceptualize, develop, and deploy applications at scale,” the report states.
“Recognizing the benefits, organizations are migrating their VMs to cloud-native platforms to drive enhanced scalability, flexibility, and operational simplicity – all while reducing overall costs.”
Archana Venkatraman, senior research director of cloud data management at IDC, adds, “While migrating VM-based applications to Kubernetes remains challenging, robust data services and container platforms are making it possible, enabling accelerated development, seamless management, automation, and optimized IT infrastructure.”
For a comprehensive analysis, be sure to check out the full report on The Voice of Kubernetes Experts Report 2024
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