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IT organizations are trying to keep their businesses running while migrating to modern, future-proof approaches. To understand cloud native application trends, ESG surveyed 387 IT professionals at organizations in the U.S. responsible for evaluating, purchasing, managing, and building application infrastructure.

Whether you take a “cloud first” or a “cloud when it makes sense” approach, the number and variety of infrastructure options and locations continue to expand. But as companies begin their digital transformation journeys, what’s the expected role of IT and DevOps in helping businesses realize the benefits of automation, observability, intelligence, and optimization?

This year’s survey finds hyper growth in the number of clusters companies are deploying in response to Kubernetes’ proven benefits—particularly in the areas of software development and cloud adoption. Based on future plans, there will likely be even more explosive growth in the year to come.

Layering defenses helps organizations keep up with the ever-shifting threat landscape, but using too many distinct security tools is costly and complex — and can cause latency and other performance penalties when end-users try to access applications and networks.

Cloudflare’s network protects approximately 25 million Internet properties, giving us deep insight into DDoS attack trends around the world. We’ve compiled findings from Q2 of 2021 into the latest installment of our DDoS trends report.