IDC Technology Spotlight

Application Delivery Infrastructure:
Meeting Multicloud Needs and Cloud Operating Model Demands

As application environments grow in complexity and become more distributed, application delivery infrastructure—including advanced local and global load balancing and higher-layer security functionality—becomes a critical enabler of digital resiliency and business success.

This IDC spotlight highlights how:

• Applications are more distributed than ever, residing not just in on-premises data centers but also in clouds, co-location facilities, and edge environments.
• Application delivery infrastructure capabilities including advanced local and global load balancing and higher-layer security functionality are critical.
• A modern and orchestrated approach to application delivery infrastructure is essential to successful multicloud strategies and effective cloud operating models.

According to a recent IDC survey, about half of enterprise workloads will be on-premises in 2024, with the other half continuing to proliferate, apportioned to public cloud environments.