Sixty-six percent of enterprises plan to move to a hybrid cloud environment within the next four years, according to a study. A large majority plan to combine public cloud and private data centres to deliver business applications, rather than opting for a cloud only (17 percent) or private data centre only approach (17 percent).
Results also highlight trends in cloud networking, delivery, adoption and barriers to adoption:
Networking in the cloud
To support the hybrid cloud model over 63 percent of businesses surveyed plan to use a mixture of traditional MPLS-based corporate networks and cost-effective IP-VPNs. With almost 70 percent of companies citing cost reduction as the primary driver for selecting a cloud project, moving to a hybrid networking strategy emerges as a popular route to control IT budgets.
Cloud delivery
Despite the increased complexity associated with adopting a hybrid networking model, surprisingly over 50 percent of companies plan to deploy and manage their on-going cloud program themselves, using their own IT department. Just 31 percent plan to outsource this process to external service providers to manage with the remainder not planning to adopt the cloud.
Cloud adoption and barriers to adoption
By the end of 2012 50 percent of companies are set to have a private cloud (completely virtualised central datacentre) in place. Almost a third have already implemented a private cloud with a further 20 percent expecting to have done so within the next two years. Security was seen as the primary barrier to cloud adoption with 58 percent of respondents believing security concerns prevented greater implementation. Performance of the cloud model was also viewed as a challenge with 39 percent of respondents viewing performance issues as a barrier to further adoption.
Comment from Beatrice Piquer, Marketing Director for Ipanema Technologies: From this research it's clear that a combination of cloud and private data centres is becoming the primary model for enterprise IT. The cloud can bring great benefits but a hybrid model will add complexity as applications are delivered from a variety of locations across different networks. IT leaders taking on this challenge need to view the WAN as a strategic asset and guarantee performance at the application level.
About the study: The research study of 150 enterprise CIOs and IT Directors was a collaboration between Ipanema Technologies and Orange Business Services to understand the objectives and challenges companies face as they move to the cloud.
Contact: http://www.ipanematech.com
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
More Than 68 Percent Of Federal IT Officials Support Private Or Hybrid Models
Government and higher ed IT professionals prefer private and hybrid cloud models, according to a survey. The results cast light on the critical importance of long-term planning and management of cloud computing, having an "exit strategy," ensuring security, and successfully managing virtualized environments.
Key findings among federal government respondents:
-- The overwhelming majority of federal respondents (90.3 percent) said they don't have or are unaware if they have a cloud computing exit strategy, which agencies need if they want to move their data and/or change cloud providers.
-- The majority of federal IT professionals (68.1 percent) believe that private or hybrid clouds will best meet their organizational needs five years or more from now.
-- While the plurality of federal respondents (28.0 percent) named cost savings as their biggest incentive to adopt cloud computing, a large number of federal IT professionals (21.1 percent) believe that cloud computing will provide them with better mission support.
-- A very small percentage of public sector respondents (6.9 percent) see the public cloud model as a viable long-term option for their organization.
-- The majority of federal survey participants (64.7 percent) report that there is some level of confusion at their organization about the distinction between cloud computing and virtualization.
-- Federal respondents (56.4 percent) believe that existing federal security standards and regulations (such as FISMA & FedRAMP) need to be supplemented with additional cloud security standards and regulations, best practices and guidelines.
-- The majority of federal IT professionals (62.2 percent) said that Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra's initiative to eliminate at least 800 of the government's data centers by 2015 is somewhat to very feasible.
-- According to federal respondents, lack of in-house expertise is a bigger barrier to private cloud adoption than upfront costs.
Comment from Paul Garver, chief executive officer of Quest Software Public Sector: Cloud is not the only solution to every problem, but with proper planning and management, can provide numerous benefits to public sector organizations.
About the survey : Quest Software Public Sector, Inc., a subsidiary of Quest Software, sponsored the survey of federal, state and local, and higher education IT professionals. The survey was conducted by the School of Graduate and Continuing Studies at Norwich University, which gathered data from 646 respondents.
Contact: http://www.quest.com
Key findings among federal government respondents:
-- The overwhelming majority of federal respondents (90.3 percent) said they don't have or are unaware if they have a cloud computing exit strategy, which agencies need if they want to move their data and/or change cloud providers.
-- The majority of federal IT professionals (68.1 percent) believe that private or hybrid clouds will best meet their organizational needs five years or more from now.
-- While the plurality of federal respondents (28.0 percent) named cost savings as their biggest incentive to adopt cloud computing, a large number of federal IT professionals (21.1 percent) believe that cloud computing will provide them with better mission support.
-- A very small percentage of public sector respondents (6.9 percent) see the public cloud model as a viable long-term option for their organization.
-- The majority of federal survey participants (64.7 percent) report that there is some level of confusion at their organization about the distinction between cloud computing and virtualization.
-- Federal respondents (56.4 percent) believe that existing federal security standards and regulations (such as FISMA & FedRAMP) need to be supplemented with additional cloud security standards and regulations, best practices and guidelines.
-- The majority of federal IT professionals (62.2 percent) said that Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra's initiative to eliminate at least 800 of the government's data centers by 2015 is somewhat to very feasible.
-- According to federal respondents, lack of in-house expertise is a bigger barrier to private cloud adoption than upfront costs.
Comment from Paul Garver, chief executive officer of Quest Software Public Sector: Cloud is not the only solution to every problem, but with proper planning and management, can provide numerous benefits to public sector organizations.
About the survey : Quest Software Public Sector, Inc., a subsidiary of Quest Software, sponsored the survey of federal, state and local, and higher education IT professionals. The survey was conducted by the School of Graduate and Continuing Studies at Norwich University, which gathered data from 646 respondents.
Contact: http://www.quest.com
Open Source Growing Quickly In Mobile And Cloud Development
Open source is now fully embraced by both the public and private sectors, and is being implemented across a wide variety of markets and applications such as social publishing and big data, according to a survey. Uuser confidence in open source continues to grow dramatically, represented by the fact that users are much less concerned with historical impediments to adoption such as licensing or conforming to an organization's internal policies. The future is bright for open source. Emerging technology segments such as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), private cloud, public cloud, and mobile are driving growth in open source.
Key findings:
-- Respondents have identified SaaS, cloud and mobile as the main areas that will have a dramatic impact on open source and that are driving growth.
-- In 2010 there were 3,800 new open source based projects in mobile, with 94 percent targeting Android and Apple iOS, more than double the number in 2009.
-- There are now more than 470 open source projects targeting cloud computing.
-- For the first time, supporting the fact that open source has truly gone mainstream, end users accounted for 60 percent of the survey respondents and the quality of responses continues to increase, spreading across all levels of IT management from developers to a large number of C-level executives.
-- The open source customers are now more focused on mainstream technology issues, including improved operational excellence around areas such as support, product management, feature functionality and return on investment. This is in contrast to earlier years where the survey had pointed to things such as the legal implications of licensing and conforming to internal policies.
-- 56 percent of respondents believe that more than half of software purchases made in the next five years will be open source.
-- 95 percent of respondents noted that a turbulent economy continues to be "good" for OSS, though for the first year ever, lower cost has been overtaken by freedom from vendor lock-in as what makes OSS more attractive.
-- When asked about revenue generating strategies likely to create value for vendors, 56 percent said that an annual, repeatable support and service agreement was the most likely.
Comment from Matt Aslett, senior analyst, enterprise software, The 451 Group: The 451 Group's research has previously shown that the benefits of open source software are many and varied and the survey highlights the fact that multiple factors are driving the increased adoption of open source software, including freedom from vendor lock-in, greater flexibility and lower cost.
About the survey: North Bridge Venture Partners conducted the annual Future of Open Source Survey in partnership with The 451 Group. More than 450 respondents took part, including representatives from both the vendor and non-vendor communities.
Contact: http://www.northbridge.com
Key findings:
-- Respondents have identified SaaS, cloud and mobile as the main areas that will have a dramatic impact on open source and that are driving growth.
-- In 2010 there were 3,800 new open source based projects in mobile, with 94 percent targeting Android and Apple iOS, more than double the number in 2009.
-- There are now more than 470 open source projects targeting cloud computing.
-- For the first time, supporting the fact that open source has truly gone mainstream, end users accounted for 60 percent of the survey respondents and the quality of responses continues to increase, spreading across all levels of IT management from developers to a large number of C-level executives.
-- The open source customers are now more focused on mainstream technology issues, including improved operational excellence around areas such as support, product management, feature functionality and return on investment. This is in contrast to earlier years where the survey had pointed to things such as the legal implications of licensing and conforming to internal policies.
-- 56 percent of respondents believe that more than half of software purchases made in the next five years will be open source.
-- 95 percent of respondents noted that a turbulent economy continues to be "good" for OSS, though for the first year ever, lower cost has been overtaken by freedom from vendor lock-in as what makes OSS more attractive.
-- When asked about revenue generating strategies likely to create value for vendors, 56 percent said that an annual, repeatable support and service agreement was the most likely.
Comment from Matt Aslett, senior analyst, enterprise software, The 451 Group: The 451 Group's research has previously shown that the benefits of open source software are many and varied and the survey highlights the fact that multiple factors are driving the increased adoption of open source software, including freedom from vendor lock-in, greater flexibility and lower cost.
About the survey: North Bridge Venture Partners conducted the annual Future of Open Source Survey in partnership with The 451 Group. More than 450 respondents took part, including representatives from both the vendor and non-vendor communities.
Contact: http://www.northbridge.com
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
SMBs Are Aware Of Private Clouds, But Prefer Public Clouds
Among small and medium businesses (SMBs), awareness of private clouds is 62 percent, highest as compared to public and hybrid clouds, a survey has found. However, given a choice, 44 percent of SMBs prefer to use public clouds as opposed to private and hybrid clouds.
While the awareness of hybrid clouds is 43 percent among SMBs, only 21 percent prefer to use this form of the cloud. A higher percentage of mid-market businesses are adopting hybrid clouds as compared to small businesses. Both private and hybrid clouds require presence of IT staff, which only a small percentage of SMBs have.
The usage of cloud services such as IaaS/PaaS varies by employee size. Among those SMBs that are using cloud computing, 37 percent are using IaaS/PaaS cloud, and 31 percent are using CaaS. Public IaaS is predominant for all employee categories but is markedly higher for 1-49 employee category. The sweet spot for vendors targeting public CaaS services is the 1-19 employee category.
MBs appear to have greater clarity with regards to the reasons for adopting cloud services. Overall, the top reasons for adopting cloud services by SMBs is faster deployment time and allowing IT staff to focus on more important business needs. "Service responsiveness and uptime" are gaining importance as key selling points for vendors.
Comment from Anurag Agrawal of Techaisle: As cloud computing vendors are pushing private clouds for enterprises, the same messaging seems to be trickling down to the SMBs. Hence, there is a greater awareness about private clouds for SMBs. Additionally, SMBs' concern for security, data privacy, and lack of control in using cloud computing is adding to the awareness of private clouds. The preference for public clouds among SMBs comes from the lower cost of setup, scalability and no wasted resources.
About the survey: Techaisle conducted the SMB survey across the U.S., UK, Germany and Brazil.
Contact: http://www.techaisle.com
While the awareness of hybrid clouds is 43 percent among SMBs, only 21 percent prefer to use this form of the cloud. A higher percentage of mid-market businesses are adopting hybrid clouds as compared to small businesses. Both private and hybrid clouds require presence of IT staff, which only a small percentage of SMBs have.
The usage of cloud services such as IaaS/PaaS varies by employee size. Among those SMBs that are using cloud computing, 37 percent are using IaaS/PaaS cloud, and 31 percent are using CaaS. Public IaaS is predominant for all employee categories but is markedly higher for 1-49 employee category. The sweet spot for vendors targeting public CaaS services is the 1-19 employee category.
MBs appear to have greater clarity with regards to the reasons for adopting cloud services. Overall, the top reasons for adopting cloud services by SMBs is faster deployment time and allowing IT staff to focus on more important business needs. "Service responsiveness and uptime" are gaining importance as key selling points for vendors.
Comment from Anurag Agrawal of Techaisle: As cloud computing vendors are pushing private clouds for enterprises, the same messaging seems to be trickling down to the SMBs. Hence, there is a greater awareness about private clouds for SMBs. Additionally, SMBs' concern for security, data privacy, and lack of control in using cloud computing is adding to the awareness of private clouds. The preference for public clouds among SMBs comes from the lower cost of setup, scalability and no wasted resources.
About the survey: Techaisle conducted the SMB survey across the U.S., UK, Germany and Brazil.
Contact: http://www.techaisle.com
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Use Of Public Cloud Business Continuity Services Still In Nascent Stages
The need for business continuity will continue to grow in importance among organizations of all types and sizes. However, to date, this has not translated to an early opportunity for cloud-based business continuity solutions, a new study has found. The opportunity for cloud-based storage continues to evolve as users and service providers explore the possibilities for different storage services.
Knowledge of public cloud storage offerings is greatest for backup and primary file storage. Business continuity services are the least well known, and this is due to the lack of broad availability of this type of capability. Among those surveyed, only 37.3 percent were able to articulate a position for their firm on their intentions on business continuity services. Conversely, just under three-fourths (71.3 percent) were able to articulate a position on public cloud backup.
Comment from Laura DuBois, program vice president, Storage Software at IDC: Discrete business continuity services delivered via a public cloud remain an untapped opportunity for suppliers. There are very few offerings that enable an on-premise application or system to failover to shared infrastructure in a public cloud. However, what firms increasingly require is continuity of business. They need this continuity of IT processing without bearing the cost of standing up additional cold or standby infrastructure and initiating a restore process. As public cloud storage offerings continue to take hold, we expect to see suppliers start to capitalize on this opportunity by leveraging virtual infrastructure.
Comment from Brad Nisbet, program manager, Storage and Data Management Services at IDC: Given the limited number of providers offering cloud-based storage continuity services, there is ample room for early success. Addressing business continuity is a natural extension of existing cloud-based services such as backup and archiving, and will prove to be an early differentiator among service providers, especially among those that are addressing the needs of SMBs -- a community eager to find practical, offsite solutions to address disaster recovery scenarios and enable business continuity.
Comment from Senior Vice President and Chief Analyst Frank Gens: Overall, cloud computing is one of the faster growing areas of IT spending. With 27 percent growth, we are "crossing the chasm" with public IT cloud services, moving from just early adopters to early mainstream organizations. This makes 2010 and 2011 a critical time for CIOs and IT vendors to define their strategies and stake out early advantages for their organizations.
About the study: The IDC study, Public Cloud Business Continuity Services Remain an Underserved Opportunity (Doc #224792), is based on results drawn from a Web survey completed in 2010 by 300 qualified IT and business professionals. To participate in the Storage in the Cloud Survey, respondents had to understand cloud storage policies, process, and strategy for their firm. The survey quantified midsize (100--999 employees), large (1,000--9,999 employees), and very large (10,000+ employees) companies' current use of, future plans for, or expansion of different public cloud storage offerings. Further examination of the adoption of cloud storage for particular use cases and with specific applications due to specific drivers was conducted. Budgets, workloads, capacity, supplier preference, and key requirements were uncovered.
Contact: http://idc-insights-community.com
Knowledge of public cloud storage offerings is greatest for backup and primary file storage. Business continuity services are the least well known, and this is due to the lack of broad availability of this type of capability. Among those surveyed, only 37.3 percent were able to articulate a position for their firm on their intentions on business continuity services. Conversely, just under three-fourths (71.3 percent) were able to articulate a position on public cloud backup.
Comment from Laura DuBois, program vice president, Storage Software at IDC: Discrete business continuity services delivered via a public cloud remain an untapped opportunity for suppliers. There are very few offerings that enable an on-premise application or system to failover to shared infrastructure in a public cloud. However, what firms increasingly require is continuity of business. They need this continuity of IT processing without bearing the cost of standing up additional cold or standby infrastructure and initiating a restore process. As public cloud storage offerings continue to take hold, we expect to see suppliers start to capitalize on this opportunity by leveraging virtual infrastructure.
Comment from Brad Nisbet, program manager, Storage and Data Management Services at IDC: Given the limited number of providers offering cloud-based storage continuity services, there is ample room for early success. Addressing business continuity is a natural extension of existing cloud-based services such as backup and archiving, and will prove to be an early differentiator among service providers, especially among those that are addressing the needs of SMBs -- a community eager to find practical, offsite solutions to address disaster recovery scenarios and enable business continuity.
Comment from Senior Vice President and Chief Analyst Frank Gens: Overall, cloud computing is one of the faster growing areas of IT spending. With 27 percent growth, we are "crossing the chasm" with public IT cloud services, moving from just early adopters to early mainstream organizations. This makes 2010 and 2011 a critical time for CIOs and IT vendors to define their strategies and stake out early advantages for their organizations.
About the study: The IDC study, Public Cloud Business Continuity Services Remain an Underserved Opportunity (Doc #224792), is based on results drawn from a Web survey completed in 2010 by 300 qualified IT and business professionals. To participate in the Storage in the Cloud Survey, respondents had to understand cloud storage policies, process, and strategy for their firm. The survey quantified midsize (100--999 employees), large (1,000--9,999 employees), and very large (10,000+ employees) companies' current use of, future plans for, or expansion of different public cloud storage offerings. Further examination of the adoption of cloud storage for particular use cases and with specific applications due to specific drivers was conducted. Budgets, workloads, capacity, supplier preference, and key requirements were uncovered.
Contact: http://idc-insights-community.com
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