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State of Cloud Applications and Platforms: The Cloud Adopter’s View
B. Narasimhan, Ryan Nichols Presented by: Group 5 Zafar Gilani <[email protected]> Hui Shang <[email protected]> Malik Adnan Khan <[email protected]>
What this survey is about?
• Dated: March 2011.
• Difference of opinion among adopters and evaluators/starters.
Background
• Previous surveys: overall market, theory, infrastructure.
• New perspective: Cloud adopters.
• Difference? Stark!
Survey methodology
• Goal – Reason, results, problems, plans.
• Methodology – Tool: itrack online market research
– Period: two weeks
– Test-set: 155 companies with 500+ employees, deployed at least one of the leading cloud applications.
Important key findings.
Key findings
• Adopters view things differently:
– More bullish on the technology,
– More aggressive in their adoption plans.
• 60 % believe cloud services better than on-premises in terms of Total Cost of Ownership and Time to Value.
• 68 % to migrate to cloud within 3 years.
Key findings
• IT skeptics have become advocates.
• 36 % believe IT leadership source of past misperceptions about the cloud.
• 70 % agree that cloud has changed role of IT within their business.
• 79 % expect to drive future cloud decisions.
Key findings
• Cloud computing impacts the business, not just IT costs.
• 59 % say business agility a primary reason for adoption.
• 47 % say adoption for TCO reduction.
• 83 % agree that cloud solutions helps them respond faster to business needs.
Key findings
• New challenges are emerging for cloud adopters.
• 75 % agree that cloud-to-cloud integration and better mobile access are important.
• 80 % are focused on security and manageability.
• Only 4 % had fully integrated cloud apps.
Cloud adopters perception Characteristics
A few detailed stats.
Adopters
• Adopters are bullish on technology.
• 28 % identified security concerns as number one misconception.
• 50 % expect their company’s IT to be in the cloud within 12 months.
• 68 % expect to reach that milestone within the next 3 years.
From a foe to a friend?
• Skeptics become advocates.
• 36 % identify themselves or their IT management as a source of misconception.
• 17 % blame the media, analysts and IT vendors.
• 70 % agree IT was a driver in decision making process.
Business agility
• Business agility is a bigger driver towards cloud adoption than TCO reduction.
• 25 % agree that business agility drove the adoption.
• 18 % believe it is TCO reduction.
Business agility
• 81 % believe cloud solutions are quicker and easier to deploy.
• 77 % believe cloud changed the way they run their business.
• 77 % agree that cloud helped lower IT spending.
Emerging challenges
• 65 % say that enhancing their cloud applications was a priority.
• 75 % agree that integrated cloud applications is important.
– Though only 4 % have fully integrated cloud apps.
• 50 % plan to integrated data, process and user experience within next 12 months.
Emerging challenges
Conclusion
• Who better to ask than those who’ve used it?
• Adopters have overcome common market misperceptions about cloud solutions,
• But they continue seeking improvements to: – Security,
– Manageability,
– Integration,
– Data quality of cloud solutions.
• These are fundamental requirements.
State of Cloud Applications and Platforms: The Cloud Adopter’s View
B. Narasimhan, Ryan Nichols Presented by: Group 5 Zafar Gilani <[email protected]> Hui Shang <[email protected]> Malik Adnan Khan <[email protected]>