Four out of ten companies globally will rely on cloud computing as their first option this season. According to the results of a survey carried out last season by technicians from the Forrester consultancy, the technology managers of the companies that have participated in the study have decided that half of their workload will be in the cloud as of 2023. .
For example, the popular Kubernetes platform, based on the open source for the automation of this deployment, originally designed by Google and later donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, is driving the modernization of DevOps applications, a combination of the English words development. (development) and operations (operations) which designates the set of professionals, processes and systems that constantly offer value to customers.
Thus, analysts are convinced that investment in this mainstay of the fourth and fifth industrial revolutions will not stop increasing. However, the nuances are plentiful. Engineer Juergen Sussner warns of the following: “Emerging organizations are beginning to operate in the public cloud, however, as the costs of this concept grow, they often return to their own infrastructures.”
Gartner experts suggest in this context the extension of a "digital immune system", in which software engineering strategies and the automation of tasks or processes come together, in addition to regular tests so that the solutions adopted in the end are resistant. and safe. Likewise, it would be necessary to train a staff that, today, is not usually familiar with these needs.
The issue of savings is more controversial. An executive of the multinational Bechtle, Martin Zimmer, remembers: “I have heard that we will spend less for ten years. Or maybe more." Therefore, in his opinion, it is prudent to temper the enthusiasm in this regard, because the initial investment in artificial intelligence is so high that the benefits take time to come. But they arrive, judging by what the majority of specialists in the field affirm.
Another Gartner forecast is that by 2025, 80% of jobs in this environment will require skills that less than half of the workforce is currently trained to perform. The technicians appeal to the leadership capacity of the executives so that they draw roadmaps that lead to these new skills. Otherwise, technology will continue to outpace employees.
