Ultimately, these key findings from the research can be grouped into three primary themes:
- Migration hesitancy surrounding vRA 8
- Top challenges/issues associated with vRA 7
- Augmenting with other tools to make vRA better
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CloudBolt Industry Insights Report:
The Truth About First-Generation Cloud Management Platforms:
A Focus on VMware vRealize Automation
Not Before They Have To:
vRA customers appear to be taking their time to migrate to vRA 8. 79% say they'll do it
sometime in the next 12 months, with only 57% being more definitive and saying they
will migrate in 2022 specifically.
The Terraform Both/And Equation:
91% of vRA customers currently use, plan to use, or want to use
Terraform for Infrastructure-as-Code. More tools = more
integrations. Customers want easier ways to adopt new hybrid
cloud technologies.
91%
The Trouble with vRA 7
While other problems were identified, the following were cited as the Top 3 challenges with
vRA 7:
• Requires enormous amount of custom code (64%)
• Movements to major releases require re-writes of all custom-built
integrations (59%)
• Lack visibility around what moves in and out of integrations (53%)
64%
Requires enormous amount of custom code
92% of respondents have custom coded at least one quarter of their
integrations in vRA; 59% have at least half. Automation does NOT
happen without integrations. Considering the time, expertise, continual
care and feeding required to create and maintain vRA integrations, it's no
surprise customers have delayed a move to the latest edition.
92%
