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Gartner says infrastructure automation is rising in importance

FutureCIO Editors by FutureCIO Editors
October 4, 2022
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A May 2022 Gartner survey of 304 infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders revealed that among those that do not currently have any full automation, 85% expect to become more automated in the next two to three years.

Gartner predicts that by 2025, 70% of organisations will implement structured automation to deliver flexibility and efficiency, an increase from 20% of organisations in 2021.

Yinuo Geng

“Automation is essential for I&O to scale for the rising demands of digital business,” said Yinuo Geng, VP, Gartner.

“I&O automation technologies can support IT in enabling speed to market, increasing business agility, ensuring compliance with security and regulatory requirements and optimizing service costs.”

Yinuo Geng

Prevalent in infrastructure deployment

The survey found I&O is most often using automation within deployment domains, such as application deployment (47%), I&O workload automation (43%) and end-user device deployment (41%). Ninety per cent of respondents that are automating application deployment report that it has provided value.

Melanie Freeze

“Automating deployment activities can help reduce friction at the intersection of I&O and its consumers,” said Melanie Freeze, senior principal of research at Gartner.

“The rise of DevOps, Agile and site reliability engineering has also led to increased automation within operational domains like monitoring and incident resolution, but it can be more difficult to justify investments due to more indirect returns.”

Melanie Freeze

For example, just 22% of I&O leaders are currently automating patching and vulnerability remediation. However, 70% of those who are automating such activities find it to be impactful for the business, stressing the urgency for I&O to expand automation to operational domains.

Finding automation use cases

Only 21% of survey respondents reported high levels of success in their I&O automation endeavours. The most common challenges cited include estimating ROI to select best use case opportunities, changing ways of working to more consumer-centric approaches, improving legacy processes and infrastructure, and developing and acquiring relevant skills.

Freeze observed that when selecting automation initiatives, I&O leaders tend to look toward feasibility and demand volume rather than potential business value.

“I&O leaders can extract more future returns from automation investments if they also prioritize initiatives that are reusable and support innovation and emerging business priorities,” she concluded.

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