How many “free” endpoint management tools such as open source, freeware or “free” bundled software do you estimate that you are using in your environment?
114%
2-352%
4-617%
7-1010%
>105%
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114%
2-352%
4-617%
7-1010%
>105%
Homegrown deployment tooling is manual and hard to maintain23%
Long deployment processes make it difficult to manage dependencies and risks48%
Deploying to multiple cloud vendors is complex / difficult60%
Compliance requirements (i.e. FedRAMP, SOC2) are hard to achieve with existing tooling39%
Lack of standardized tools and/or consistent processes across siloed teams19%
Technology sprawl has created too many starts/stops and manual steps in our SDLC13%
Migrating to a cloud service has been too slow / cumbersome4%
I could have unknown PII on my network?19%
Not concerned at all29%
Somewhat concerned37%
Very concerned11%
Addressing this is a top priority1%
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