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100 Best Cloud amp Data Stats of 2011so far

BEST CLOUD amp DATA STATS OF 2011SO FAR SHARE THIS 2

Table of Contents1 Data created and stored in 20112 Data created and stored in 20113 Data created and stored in 20114 Data created and stored in 20115 Data is growing6 Data Growth By 2015hellip7 Data Growth By 2015hellip8 Data Growth By 2015hellip9 Datacenters Are Big10 Datacenter Growth11 Running the Cloud12 Running the Cloud13 Running the Cloud14 Running the Cloud15 Greening of Datacenters16 Powering the Datacenter (US)17 Powering the Datacenter (US)18 Green Datacenter Trends19 Datacenter amp the Cloud20 Backup Plan21 Staffing the Datacenter22 Staffing amp Cloud Computing23 Staffing the Cloud24 Staffing the Cloud25 Staffing (and funding) the Cloud26 Cost of Cloud27 Value Added or Cost Savings 28 Value Added or Cost Savings 29 Straight from the CIO30 Straight from the CIO31 The Price of Speed (or lack of)32 The Price of Speed (or lack of)33 Cost of a Datacenter Outage34 5 year Budget Predictions

35 Drivers for Cloud Adoption 36 Drivers for Cloud Adoption 37 Top 3 Motivations for Cloud Adoption38 Top 3 Motivations for Cloud Adoption39 Top 3 Motivations for Cloud Adoption40 Top 3 Motivations for Cloud Adoption41 Top 3 Motivations for Cloud Adoption42 Top 3 Motivations for Cloud Adoption43 Top Factors influencing use of Cloud44 Future Drivers for Cloud Adoption 45 Enterprise Cloud Use Goals46 Inhibitors to Cloud Adoption47 Inhibitors to Cloud Adoption48 Security in the Cloud49 Server Virtualization Priorities50 Cloud Computing Plans for 2011 51 Most Popular Cloud Applications 52 Current Approach to Cloud Computing53 Use of Cloud Services 54 Use of Cloud Services 55 Use of Cloud Services 56 Months Using Cloud57 Canadians58 Enterprise Cloud Use59 Cloud Computing Service60 Cloud Implementation61 No IT Roadmap 62 Backup Plan63 Top 3 Priorities for IT Decision Makers64 Cloud Providers Used by Respondents65 How Vendors Use Cloud Services66 Shopping on the Sly67 Then amp Now68 Strategy of Cloud Customers Today

69 Private Cloud Use70 Infrastructure Deployment71 Server Deployment Preferences72 Infrastructure Deployment73 Enterprise HybridPrivate Cloud 74 Straight from the CIO75 Success of Enterprise Cloud Goals76 Private IaaS Cloud Adoption by Industry77 Private PaaS Cloud Adoption by Industry78 Public IaaS Cloud Adoption by Industry79 Public PaaS Cloud Adoption by Industry80 Public SaaS Cloud Adoption by Industry81 Gaps Between Expectations amp Reality82 Gaps Between Expectations amp Reality83 Gaps Between Expectations amp Reality84 Gaps Between Expectations amp Reality85 Enterprise Virtualization Implementation86 Straight from the CIO87 Management Tools88 Adoption Drivers in the Future89 Future Strategy of Cloud Customers90 Cloud Revenue Projections91 Storage Virtualization92 Cloud-based Storage93 Enterprise Cloud Use94 Cloud Future Survey95 Cloud Future Survey96 Cloud Future Survey97 Straight from the CIO98 Straight from the CIO99 Monitoring the Cloud100 Monitoring the Cloud

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Data created and stored in 2011

Worldrsquosinformationisdoublingeverytwoyears

Extracting Value from Chaos IDC Digital Universe study (sponsored by EMC Corporation)httpmashablecom20110628data-infographic

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Data created and stored in 2011

18zettabytestobecreatedandreplicatedin2011

New information being created in 2011 also includes replicated information such as shared documents or duplicated dvdrsquos

Extracting Value from Chaos IDC Digital Universe study (sponsored by EMC Corporation)httpmashablecom20110628data-infographic

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Data created and stored in 2011

That18zettabytesofdatawouldrequire575billion32GBiPadstostoreAbout$344trillionworth

Thatrsquos equivalent to the GDP of the United States Japan China Germany France the United Kingdom and Italy combined

Extracting Value from Chaos IDC Digital Universe study (sponsored by EMC Corporation)httpmashablecom20110628data-infographic

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Data is Growing

48hoursofvideouploadedtoYouTubeeveryminute

httpmashablecom20110525youtube-6-birthday

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Data Growth By 2015hellip

966Exabytesworldwide

The average annual run rate of IP traffic by the end of 2015

Cisco Visual Networking Index Reporthttpblogsciscocomspip-traffic-to-quadruple-by-2015utm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=feedamputm_campaign=Feed3A+CiscoBlogSp360ServiceProvider+28Cisco+Blog+C2BB+SP3603A+Service+Provider296111

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Data Growth By 2015hellip

248Gigabytes

Traffic generated by the average internet user per month

Cisco Visual Networking Index Reporthttpblogsciscocomspip-traffic-to-quadruple-by-2015utm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=feedamputm_campaign=Feed3A+CiscoBlogSp360ServiceProvider+28Cisco+Blog+C2BB+SP3603A+Service+Provider296111

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Data created and stored in 2011

Cisco Visual Networking Index Reporthttpblogsciscocomspip-traffic-to-quadruple-by-2015utm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=feedamputm_campaign=Feed3A+CiscoBlogSp360ServiceProvider+28Cisco+Blog+C2BB+SP3603A+Service+Provider296111

805Exabytes(Orinsmallerunits28millionDVDrsquosperhour)

Average global internet traffic per month

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Datacenters Are Big

Theworldrsquosbiggestdatacentersoccupyover1millionsquarefeetbigenoughtohouse17footballfields

httpwwwreadwritewebcomcloud201105powering-the-cloud-infographicphpResearch for Infographic done by abbcomPosted 51411

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Datacenter Growth

Overthepastthreeyearsnearly74ofthe datacenters increasedtheirphysicalservercount

URL httpwwwpcworldidgcomauarticle385766data_center_double_dutyStudy Conducted in March by AFCOM - httpwwwafcomcomcommuniquecommunique_1html

according to the AFCOM poll of 360 IT managers and other senior IT executives

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Running the Cloud

575millionnewserversareinstalledeveryyeartokeepupwithgrowthinonlineservices

httpwwwreadwritewebcomcloud201105powering-the-cloud-infographicphpResearch for Infographic done by abbcomPosted 51411

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Running the Cloud

Coolingmakesuparound30oftotalenergyusageintheaveragedatacenter

This means that around $281 million dollars goes out of the window

httpwwwreadwritewebcomcloud201105powering-the-cloud-infographicphpResearch for Infographic done by abbcomPosted 51411

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httpwwwreadwritewebcomcloud201105powering-the-cloud-infographicphpResearch for Infographic done by abbcomPosted 51411t

Running the Cloud

1Datacenter=energyusedby25000UShouses

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httpwwwreadwritewebcomcloud201105powering-the-cloud-infographicphpResearch for Infographic done by abbcomPosted 51411t

Running the Cloud

Datacentersareresponsibleforabout2ofglobalcarbonemissionstodayanduse80millionmegawatt-hoursofenergyannually

Almost 15 times the amount of electricity used by the whole of New York City

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Greening of Datacenters

In2007theEPAestimatedthatdatacenterswereusing15ofAmericarsquoselectricpower

And would be using 3 by 2011 if growth trends continued

httpnewsroomciscocomfeature-contenttype=webcontentamparticleId=743604

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Powering the Datacenter (US)

Datacentersrepresent2ofthetotalenergyconsumptionintheUSThisnumberisoftenmis-understoodStatedproperly2oftheUSenergybudgesisspentonIT

Full breakdown of 2 of US power 14 Datacenters 37 Telecom 50 Client Device

Breakdown of stats from European Data Center Summit 2011httpperspectivesmvdironacom201105252011EuropeanDataCenterSummitaspx

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Powering the Datacenter (US)

Thenetisthat14of2(or028)oftheUSpowerbudgedinconsumedindatacenters

Breakdown of stats from European Data Center Summit 2011httpperspectivesmvdironacom201105252011EuropeanDataCenterSummitaspx

Full breakdown of 028 energy consumption by datacenters 41 Small 31 Medium 28 Large

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Green Datacenter Trends

By2015globalinvestmentinenergyefficientdatacentertechnologieswillrepresent28percentofthe$150billiondatacenterinfrastructuremarket

From IT Business Edge httpwwwitbusinessedgecomslideshowsshowaspxc=89756Research from Pike Research httpwwwpikeresearchcom

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Datacenter amp the Cloud

ArecentAFCOMsurveyindicatedthat366ofalldatacentershavenowimplementedsomeformofcloudcomputingURL httpwwwpcworldidgcomauarticle385766data_center_double_dutyStudy Conducted in March by AFCOM - httpwwwafcomcomcommuniquecommunique_1htmlhttpwwwafcomcomCommuniquecommunique_4htmlaccording to the AFCOM poll of 360 IT managers and other senior IT executives

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Backup Plan

15ofthedatacentersdonrsquothavedatabackupandrecoveryplans

30 donrsquot have backup sites

URL httpwwwpcworldidgcomauarticle385766data_center_double_dutyStudy Conducted in March by AFCOM - httpwwwafcomcomcommuniquecommunique_1htmlhttpwwwafcomcomCommuniquecommunique_4htmlamong current cloud usershellipaccording to the AFCOM poll of 360 IT managers and other senior IT executives

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Staffing the Datacenter

bull37oftherespondentssaidtheyhadreducedtheirdatacenterstaffsoverthepastthreeyears

bull29saidtheykepttheirstaffinglevelsthesame

bullThebalancenearly35increasedstaffing

URL httpwwwpcworldidgcomauarticle385766data_center_double_dutyStudy Conducted in March by AFCOM - httpwwwafcomcomcommuniquecommunique_1htmlaccording to the AFCOM poll of 360 IT managers and other senior IT executives

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Staffing amp Cloud Computing

74percentofrespondentsindicatedthatcloudcomputingwouldeitherleadtoanincreaseinhiringorhavenoimpact

Only 26 percent of respondents expected any decrease in hiring based on cloud adoption

2011 Future of Cloud Computing Survey417 Survey respondents 46 vendors 54 non-vendorsNorth Bridge wwwfuturecloudcomputingnet June 22 2011Quote source httpwwwbusinesswirecomnewshome20110622006602enFuture-Cloud-Computing-Survey-Reveals-Drivers-Cloud

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Staffing the Cloud

Aslightmajorityof ITexecutivesexpectthatamovetothecloudwillsimplifyandevenreducetheneedfortheIToperationsfunction

At the same time a small majority of executives believe the cloud will reduce the number of IT functional silos and foster greater cross-silo collaboration

Gatepoint Research and commissioned by ScienceLogic100 IT Directors and above in mid-to-large enterprises in North Americahttpvsredglcomreseller-newsSTUDY--IT-Operations-in-Flux-as-Cloud-Computing-Adoption-Increases74395aspx

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Staffing the Cloud

bull47ofrespondentsexpecttotrainexistingIToperationsstafffortheloudratherthanaddstaff

bull31expecttohireadditionalcloud-trainedstaff

bull22arestillunsure

Gatepoint Research and commissioned by ScienceLogic100 IT Directors and above in mid-to-large enterprises in North Americahttpvsredglcomreseller-newsSTUDY--IT-Operations-in-Flux-as-Cloud-Computing-Adoption-Increases74395aspx

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Staffing (and funding) the Cloud

ITDirectors(andabove)alsoforeseeIToperationscosts(peopleandtools)decreasingslightlyasservicesaremovedtothecloud

Gatepoint Research and commissioned by ScienceLogic100 IT Directors and above in mid-to-large enterprises in North Americahttpvsredglcomreseller-newsSTUDY--IT-Operations-in-Flux-as-Cloud-Computing-Adoption-Increases74395aspx

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Cost of Cloud

Themajorityofrespondents(55percent)believethatcloudcomputinghasalowertotalcostofownership(TCO)

2011 Future of Cloud Computing Survey417 Survey respondents 46 vendors 54 non-vendorsNorth BridgewwwfuturecloudcomputingnetJune 22 2011Quote source httpwwwbusinesswirecomnewshome20110622006602enFuture-Cloud-Computing-Survey-Reveals-Drivers-Cloud

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Value Added or Cost Savings

Onaveragecloudusersreportsaving21percentannuallyonthoseapplicationsmovedtothecloud

URL httpwwwpcworldidgcomauarticle385766data_center_double_dutyStudy Conducted in March by AFCOM - httpwwwafcomcomcommuniquecommunique_1htmlhttpwwwafcomcomCommuniquecommunique_4htmlamong current cloud usershellipaccording to the AFCOM poll of 360 IT managers and other senior IT executives

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Value Added or Cost Savings

Amongcurrentcloudusers84percentsaidtheycutapplicationcostsbymovingtothecloud

URL httpwwwpcworldidgcomauarticle385766data_center_double_dutyStudy Conducted in March by AFCOM - httpwwwafcomcomcommuniquecommunique_1htmlhttpwwwafcomcomCommuniquecommunique_4htmlldquoamong current cloud usershelliprdquoldquoaccording to the AFCOM poll of 360 IT managers and other senior IT executivesrdquo

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Straight from the CIO

Nearlyone-halfofexecutivessurveyed(48)reportthecostofcloudservicestotheirbusinessunitsasalumpsumofallITcostswhilemorethan20donotprovideanyreportingbacktotheirbusinessunitsSurvey titled IT Survey on Cloud Computing Virtualization and IT Financial ServicesCompleted by Apptio and Worldwide Executive Councilhttpwwwmarketwirecompress-releaseNew-Cloud-Survey-Concludes-Jury-Is-Still-Out-on-Cost-Benefits-of-the-Cloud-1409190htmhttpwwwapptiocomresource-centersurveycloud-survey-2011php3102011Respondents ldquo100 US CIOs from firms representing a broad range of vertical industries including financial services communications business services retail manufacturing healthcare technology media engineeringconstruction aerospace oil and gas wholesaledistribution utilities government and entertainment

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Straight from the CIO

90reporttheyarenotchargingend-usersbasedontheirprivatecloudconsumptionrepresentingasignificantgapinfinancialtransparencyandaccountabilityofITservicecosts

Survey titled IT Survey on Cloud Computing Virtualization and IT Financial ServicesCompleted by Apptio and Worldwide Executive Councilhttpwwwmarketwirecompress-releaseNew-Cloud-Survey-Concludes-Jury-Is-Still-Out-on-Cost-Benefits-of-the-Cloud-1409190htmhttpwwwapptiocomresource-centersurveycloud-survey-2011php3102011Respondents ldquo100 US CIOs from firms representing a broad range of vertical industries including financial services communications business services retail manufacturing healthcare technology media engineeringconstruction aerospace oil and gas wholesaledistribution utilities government and entertainmentrdquo

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The Price of Speed (or lack of)

TheAverageBounceRateis40

Site Speed and Business Metrics [Infographic]httpblogyottaacomwp-contentuploads201105Site-Speed-Performance-Business-Impact-Infographic-YottaapngCreated by YottaacomSourced from ldquoGreg Lindenrsquos Blog Steve Sounderrsquos Blog Stoyan Stefanovrsquos Blog Seriti Consulting Internetworldcom mobiThinkingcom InternetRetailercom Clickzcom Googlecom Yottaacom analyticsseocom Wikipediaorgrdquo

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The Price of Speed (or lack of)

Adelayof1secondinpageloadtimeequals 7LossinConversions 11FewerPagesViewed 16DecreaseinCustomer

SatisfactionSite Speed and Business Metrics [Infographic]httpblogyottaacomwp-contentuploads201105Site-Speed-Performance-Business-Impact-Infographic-YottaapngCreated by YottaacomSourced from ldquoGreg Lindenrsquos Blog Steve Sounderrsquos Blog Stoyan Stefanovrsquos Blog Seriti Consulting Internetworldcom mobiThinkingcom InternetRetailercom Clickzcom Googlecom Yottaacom analyticsseocom Wikipediaorgrdquo

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Cost of a Datacenter Outage

Minimum $38969perorganizationMaximum$1017746perorganization

Average of $505502 per incident

Calculating the Cost of Data Center Outages 2011 (whitepaper)httpwwwemersonnetworkpowercomen-USBrandsLiebertDocumentsWhite20Paperssl-24659pdf Posted 2111Research by Ponemon Institute Benchmark study of 41 US datacenters

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5 year Budget Predictions

Respondentscurrentlyusingcloud(320)saidthathellip 34saidthatby201613oftheir

budgetwillbeallocatedforcloudresourcesandapplicationsOf the remaining respondents not implementing cloud projects (880) Say that cloud spending is predicted

to be just 28httpesjcomblogsenterprise-insights201105enterprise-cloud-use-plansaspxsc_lang=enPosted on Enterprise SystemsCDW 2011 Cloud Computing Tracking PollRespondents 1200 IT Professionals in ldquosmall medium and large businesses Federal state and local government agencies health-care organizations and K-12 and higher-education institutionsrdquo in the United StatesPosted 52611

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Drivers for Cloud Adoption (Now)

Topdrivers1)Agility2)Scalability3)Cost4)Efficiency5)Innovation6)CapextoOpex

7)Competitive8)Mobility9)Other10)Customer

Demand11)CloudAPIrsquos

2011 Future of Cloud Computing Survey417 Survey respondents 46 vendors 54 non-vendorsNorth BridgewwwfuturecloudcomputingnetJune 22 2011

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Factors Driving the Adoption of Cloud Computing

appears as if respondents were able to select more than one factor

Cloud Computing Outlook 2011httpwwwcloudcomcloud-computing-outlooksurveypdf

61Scalability54OverallCostSavings53EasierManagement49Redundancy49GreaterFlexibility

48ElasticityAbilitytoadjusttofluctuationsinresourcedemands34ImprovedHardwareUtilization32Security6Other

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Top 3 Motivations for Cloud Adoption

CompanyTypeAstartup (pre-breakevenself-orVC-funded)

1) Elasticity2)Speedtodeploy3) Lowercosts

httpwwwbitcurrentcomdownloadcloud-computing-survey-2011Bitcurrent Cloud Computing Survey 2011Published 3411Respondents 150 people ldquoseveral worked for cloud providers directly and their responses while interesting were excluded from the study because of their bias towards a specific platformrdquo Respondents by job title 36 Software engineering development 30 other 21 CEO 20 Operations or production 12 MarketingCommunicationsPR 8 salesbusiness development 3 QA and testinghellip0 for shippinglogistics legal amp contracts HR and financeaccounting Note from report ldquoUnfortunately the relative small volume of respondents and the unscientific way in which they were recruited means that the highly segmented data should not be relied on without further verification and a more controlled selection processrdquo

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Top 3 Motivations for Cloud Adoption

CompanyTypeAprivatenon-techcompanyoperatingregionally1) Elasticity2)Speedtodeploy3) Lowercosts

httpwwwbitcurrentcomdownloadcloud-computing-survey-2011Bitcurrent Cloud Computing Survey 2011Published 3411Respondents 150 people ldquoseveral worked for cloud providers directly and their responses while interesting were excluded from the study because of their bias towards a specific platformrdquo Respondents by job title 36 Software engineering development 30 other 21 CEO 20 Operations or production 12 MarketingCommunicationsPR 8 salesbusiness development 3 QA and testinghellip0 for shippinglogistics legal amp contracts HR and financeaccountingNote from report ldquoUnfortunately the relative small volume of respondents and the unscientific way in which they were recruited means that the highly segmented data should not be relied on without further verification and a more controlled selection processrdquo

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Top 3 Motivations for Cloud Adoption

CompanyTypeAlargewebbusiness(breakevenaroundformorethan3years)1) Speedtodeploy2)Elasticity3) Lowercosts httpwwwbitcurrentcomdownloadcloud-computing-survey-2011Bitcurrent Cloud Computing Survey 2011Published 3411Respondents 150 people ldquoseveral worked for cloud providers directly and their responses while interesting were excluded from the study because of their bias towards a specific platformrdquo Respondents by job title 36 Software engineering development 30 other 21 CEO 20 Operations or production 12 MarketingCommunicationsPR 8 salesbusiness development 3 QA and testinghellip0 for shippinglogistics legal amp contracts HR and financeaccounting Note from report ldquoUnfortunately the relative small volume of respondents and the unscientific way in which they were recruited means that the highly segmented data should not be relied on without further verification and a more controlled selection processrdquo

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Top 3 Motivations for Cloud Adoption

CompanyTypeAgovernmentornonprofitorganization1) Elasticity2)Speedtodeploy3) Lowercosts

httpwwwbitcurrentcomdownloadcloud-computing-survey-2011Bitcurrent Cloud Computing Survey 2011Published 3411Respondents 150 people ldquoseveral worked for cloud providers directly and their responses while interesting were excluded from the study because of their bias towards a specific platformrdquo Respondents by job title 36 Software engineering development 30 other 21 CEO 20 Operations or production 12 MarketingCommunicationsPR 8 salesbusiness development 3 QA and testinghellip0 for shippinglogistics legal amp contracts HR and financeaccountingNote from report ldquoUnfortunately the relative small volume of respondents and the unscientific way in which they were recruited means that the highly segmented data should not be relied on without further verification and a more controlled selection processrdquo

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Top 3 Motivations for Cloud Adoption

CompanyTypeAGlobal2000companyoperatinginseveralcountries1) Elasticity2)Lowercosts3) Speedtodeployhttpwwwbitcurrentcomdownloadcloud-computing-survey-2011Bitcurrent Cloud Computing Survey 2011Published 3411Respondents 150 people ldquoseveral worked for cloud providers directly and their responses while interesting were excluded from the study because of their bias towards a specific platformrdquo Respondents by job title 36 Software engineering development 30 other 21 CEO 20 Operations or production 12 MarketingCommunicationsPR 8 salesbusiness development 3 QA and testinghellip0 for shippinglogistics legal amp contracts HR and financeaccountingNote from report ldquoUnfortunately the relative small volume of respondents and the unscientific way in which they were recruited means that the highly segmented data should not be relied on without further verification and a more controlled selection processrdquo

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Top 3 Motivations for Cloud Adoption

CompanyTypeApubliccompany1) Lowercosts2) Elasticity3) Speedtodeploy

httpwwwbitcurrentcomdownloadcloud-computing-survey-2011Bitcurrent Cloud Computing Survey 2011Published 3411Respondents 150 people ldquoseveral worked for cloud providers directly and their responses while interesting were excluded from the study because of their bias towards a specific platformrdquo Respondents by job title 36 Software engineering development 30 other 21 CEO 20 Operations or production 12 MarketingCommunicationsPR 8 salesbusiness development 3 QA and testinghellip0 for shippinglogistics legal amp contracts HR and financeaccountingNote from report ldquoUnfortunately the relative small volume of respondents and the unscientific way in which they were recruited means that the highly segmented data should not be relied on without further verification and a more controlled selection processrdquo

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Top Factors influencing use of Cloud

TotalRespondents61Scalability54OverallCostSavings53EasierManagement

AccordingtoCTOrsquos71Scalability61Elasticity61NeedtoAdjusttoFluctuation

inResourceDemand2011 Cloud Computing Outlookhttpwwwcloudcomcloud-computing-outlooksurveypdf The results of this survey were collected during the 2nd quarter of 2011 from the open source and systems management communities of BitNami Cloudcom and Zenoss

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Future Drivers for Cloud Adoption

2011 Future of Cloud Computing Survey417 Survey respondents 46 vendors 54 non-vendorsNorth BridgewwwfuturecloudcomputingnetJune 22 2011

Topdrivers(5yearsfromnow)1)Scalability2)Cost3)Innovation(up64)4)Agility(down47)5)Competitive(up113)6)Mobility(up100)

7)CloudAPIrsquos(up263)

8)Efficiency9)CustomerDemand10)CapextoOpex11)Other

appears as if respondents were able to select more than one factor

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Enterprise Cloud Use Goals

42ConsolidateITInfrastructure42ReduceITenergypower

consumption38EnableorImprove

ldquoAnywhereAccessrdquo37ReduceITCapitalRequirements

httpesjcomblogsenterprise-insights201105enterprise-cloud-use-plansaspxsc_lang=enPosted on Enterprise SystemsCDW 2011 Cloud Computing Tracking PollRespondents 1200 IT Professionals in ldquosmall medium and large businesses Federal state and local government agencies health-care organizations and K-12 and higher-education institutionsrdquo in the United StatesPosted 52611

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Inhibitors to Cloud Adoption

2011 Future of Cloud Computing Survey417 Survey respondents 46 vendors 54 non-vendorsNorth BridgewwwfuturecloudcomputingnetJune 22 2011

4520131212111110632

Security Interoperability Vendor Lock-in Compliance Reliability Complexity Privacy Pricing ExpenseOther

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Inhibitors to Cloud Adoption

43LackofCloudTraining36Security30ConservativeITStrategy22Other21RegulatoryCompliance

Cloud Computing Outlook 2011httpwwwcloudcomcloud-computing-outlooksurveypdf

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Security in the Cloud

43percentofcompaniesgloballycurrentlyusingacloudcomputingservicereportedadatasecuritylapseorissuewiththecloudservicetheircompanyisusingwithinthelast12months

No source given to back these stats up672011httpwwwtechvibescomblogcanadians-are-cautious-and-conservative-when-it-comes-to-cloud-computing-2011-06-07

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Server Virtualization Priorities

Amongenterprisesthathaveimplementedservervirtualizationreliabilitywasthenumberoneconcernevenaheadofsecurity

2011 Symantec Virtualization and Evolution to the Cloud Surveyhttpwwwsymanteccomaboutnewsresourcespress_kitsdetailjsppkid=virtualizationandcloudsurvey2011Details of survey bull 3700 enterprises surveyed in 35 countries bull C-level executives 31 bull Strategy IT management 35 bull Tactical Issues IT management 34

48

3563767678

OtherLack of monitoring and management tools

PerformanceSecurity

Reliability

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Cloud Computing Plans for 2011

32Gatheringinputforourcloud computingstrategy

22Haveapartialstrategyforcloudcomputing

20Haveastrategyandcloudcomputingimplementation

20Wehavenoplanstodevelopacloudcomputingstrategy

Cloud Computing Outlook 2011httpwwwcloudcomcloud-computing-outlooksurveypdf

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Most Popular Cloud Applications (Public Side)

34Gmail29GoogleDocsamp

MicrosoftLiveMeeting28WebEx

httpesjcomblogsenterprise-insights201105enterprise-cloud-use-plansaspxsc_lang=enPosted on Enterprise SystemsCDW 2011 Cloud Computing Tracking PollRespondents 1200 IT Professionals in ldquosmall medium and large businesses Federal state and local government agencies health-care organizations and K-12 and higher-education institutionsrdquo in the United StatesPosted 52611

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Customers Current Approach to Cloud Computing

2011 Future of Cloud Computing Survey417 Survey respondents 46 vendors 54 non-vendorsNorth BridgewwwfuturecloudcomputingnetJune 22 2011

51

1026401113

Will never use too riskyWaiting to mature

ExperimentingUsing for usage spikes

Complete confidence for mission critical applications

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Use of Cloud Services

74ofcompaniesareusingcloudservicestoday

Avande Cloud SurveyhttpwwwthecloudadvantagecominfohttpwwwavanadecomDocumentsPress20Releases20110606-Cloud_TL_Press_ReleasepdfMarch - April 2011 (survey date)6711 survey releasedAvanade Survey ndash 573 respondents C-level executives IT decision makers and business unit leaders

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Use of Cloud Services

79ofITDirectors(andabove)citedtheyarerunningsomeproductionapplicationsinthecloud

Gatepoint Research and commissioned by ScienceLogic 100 IT Directors and above in mid-to-large enterprises in North Americahttpvsredglcomreseller-newsSTUDY--IT-Operations-in-Flux-as-Cloud-Computing-Adoption-Increases74395aspx

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Use of Cloud Services

64ofITDirectors(andabove)saidtheyrunlessthanaquarteroftheirproductionapplicationsinthecloud

Gatepoint Research and commissioned by ScienceLogic 100 IT Directors and above in mid-to-large enterprises in North Americahttpvsredglcomreseller-newsSTUDY--IT-Operations-in-Flux-as-Cloud-Computing-Adoption-Increases74395aspx

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Months Using Cloud

Averagemonthsusingcloud20

2011 Future of Cloud Computing Survey417 Survey respondents 46 vendors 54 non-vendorsNorth BridgewwwfuturecloudcomputingnetJune 22 2011

55

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Canadians Cautious amp Conservative with Cloud Computing

Businessesusingsomeformofvirtualization USA70 UnitedKingdom68 Germany61 Canada47No source given to back these stats up672011httpwwwtechvibescomblogcanadians-are-cautious-and-conservative-when-it-comes-to-cloud-computing-2011-06-07

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Enterprise Cloud Use

84percentofITmanagersreportthattheirenterpriseusesatleastonecloudapplication

httpesjcomblogsenterprise-insights201105enterprise-cloud-use-plansaspxsc_lang=enPosted on Enterprise SystemsCDW 2011 Cloud Computing Tracking PollRespondents 1200 IT Professionals in ldquosmall medium and large businesses Federal state and local government agencies health-care organizations and K-12 and higher-education institutionsrdquo in the United StatesPosted 52611

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Cloud Computing Service

28Thepercentoforganizationactivelyimplementingormaintainingacloudcomputingservice

Cloud Computing Just Another Word for the Internet httpwwwitjunglecomtfhtfh062711-story02htmlutm_source=twitterfeedamputm_medium=twitter CDW SurveyPublished 62711Respondents ldquo1200 IT professionals and had a margin of error of 27 percentrdquo

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Cloud Implementation

49ofclientsdefinedtheircloudstrategybeforebuilding

51didnot

httpsdocsgooglecomgviewurl=httppublicdheibmcomcommonssiecmenciw03074usenCIW03074USENPDFsf17781573D1amppli=1ampchrome=true

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1

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No IT Roadmap

79DonothaveanITroadmapforcloudcomputing

httpwwwcloudtweakscom201107cloud-computing-advantages-disadvantages-infographicutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=feedamputm_campaign=Feed3A+cloudtweakscloud+28CloudTweakscom+-+Cloud+Computing+Community29

60

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Backup Plan

Ofcompanieswhodobackuptheirdata 60Backuptheirdatalocally 33Usearemotestorage

servertobackupdata 4Useacloud-basedsolution

tobackupdatahttpwwwcloudtweakscom201107cloud-computing-advantages-disadvantages-infographicutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=feedamputm_campaign=Feed3A+cloudtweakscloud+28CloudTweakscom+-+Cloud+Computing+Community29

61

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Top 3 Priorities for IT Decision Makers

60 CloudComputing58 Security31 ITConsolidation

Avande Cloud SurveyhttpwwwthecloudadvantagecominfohttpwwwavanadecomDocumentsPress20Releases20110606-Cloud_TL_Press_ReleasepdfMarch - April 2011 (survey date)6711 survey releasedAvanade Survey ndash 573 respondents C-level executives IT decision makers and business unit leaders

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Cloud Providers Used by Respondents

httpwwwbitcurrentcomdownloadcloud-computing-survey-2011Bitcurrent Cloud Computing Survey 2011Published 3411Respondents 150 people ldquoseveral worked for cloud providers directly and their responses while interesting were excluded from the study because of their bias towards a specific platformrdquo Respondents by job title 36 Software engineering development 30 other 21 CEO 20 Operations or production 12 MarketingCommunicationsPR 8 salesbusiness development 3 QA and testinghellip0 for shippinglogistics legal amp contracts HR and financeaccountingNote from report ldquoUnfortunately the relative small volume of respondents and the unscientific way in which they were recruited means that the highly seg-mented data should not be relied on without further verification and a more controlled selection processrdquo

63Amazon Web Services

Google App EngineRackspace Cloud

Salesforce ForcecomMicrosoft Azure public cloud

Terremark CloudJoyentGogrid

Savvis Symphony

69 40 28 26125542

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How Vendors Use Cloud Services

Storage 30Database 28AppServer27Search 12Other 2 CMSCRMWebMailVOIP2011 Future of Cloud Computing Survey417 Survey respondents 46 vendors 54 non-vendorsNorth BridgewwwfuturecloudcomputingnetJune 22 2011

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Shopping on the Sly

1in5businessandITexecutiveshavepurchasedcloudservicewithouttheirITdepartmentrsquosknowledge

Avande Cloud SurveyhttpwwwthecloudadvantagecominfohttpwwwavanadecomDocumentsPress20Releases20110606-Cloud_TL_Press_ReleasepdfMarch - April 2011 (survey date)6711 survey releasedAvanade Survey ndash 573 respondents C-level executives IT decision makers and business unit leaders

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Then amp Now

Q42010(ForresterSurveyndash3000respondents)69 BusinessManagerswhoreservedpartoftheiroperationsbudgetstobuytechservicesdirectlyratherthanthroughITMarch-April2011(AvanadeSurveyndash573respondents)60BusinessampITExecutiveswhobuycloudservicesontheslybecauseitrsquossimplyeasierHow to keep rogue cloud software from making IT irrelevanthttpwwwciocomarticle685658How_To_Keep_Rogue_Cloud_Software_From_Making_IT_IrrelevantRespondents senior IT managersQ4 2010 Forrester survey vs Avande SurveyAvande Cloud Surveyhttpwwwthecloudadvantagecominfo httpwwwavanadecomDocumentsPress20Releases20110606-Cloud_TL_Press_ReleasepdfMarch - April 2011 (survey date)6711 survey releasedAvanade Survey ndash 573 respondents C-level executives IT decision makers and business unit leaders

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Strategy of Cloud Customers Today

PrivateCloud24PublicCloud37HybridCloud39

2011 Future of Cloud Computing Survey417 Survey respondents 46 vendors 54 non-vendorsNorth BridgewwwfuturecloudcomputingnetJune 22 2011

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Private Cloud Use

43ofcompaniesusePrivateClouds

Avande Cloud SurveyhttpwwwthecloudadvantagecominfohttpwwwavanadecomDocumentsPress20Releases20110606-Cloud_TL_Press_ReleasepdfMarch - April 2011 (survey date)6711 survey releasedAvanade Survey ndash 573 respondents C-level executives IT decision makers and business unit leaders

68

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Infrastructure Deployment

MostITprofessionalsprefertodeploytheirinfrastructureusingvirtualization(77)

2011 Cloud Computing Outlookhttpwwwcloudcomcloud-computing-outlooksurveypdf The results of this survey were collected during the 2nd quarter of 2011 from the open source and systems management communities of BitNami Cloudcom and Zenoss

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Server Deployment Preferences

36Virtualserversrunningonourowndedicatedhardwareinourowndatacenter

18Virtualserversrunninginahosteddatacenter

13Physicalserversrunningondedicatedhardwareinourowndatacenter

12Inpubliccloudsprovidedbyaserviceprovider

11Inprivatecloudshostedinourdatacenter11Physicalserversrunningondedicated

hardwareinahosteddatacenterCloud Computing Outlook 2011httpwwwcloudcomcloud-computing-outlooksurveypdf

70

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Infrastructure Deployment

70ofdatacentermanagerschoosetodeployinfrastructureondedicatedresources(egdedicatedserversanddatacenterresources)whileonly12prefertodeploytheirinfrastructureinthepubliccloud

2011 Cloud Computing Outlookhttpwwwcloudcomcloud-computing-outlooksurveypdf The results of this survey were collected during the 2nd quarter of 2011 from the open source and systems management communities of BitNami Cloudcom and Zenoss

71

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Enterprise HybridPrivate Cloud Implementation

Respondentsreportedanaverageofjust33percentofthesebusiness-criticalapplicationssuchasERPaccountingandCRMareinhybridprivatecloudenvironments2011 Symantec Virtualization and Evolution to the Cloud Surveyhttpwwwsymanteccomaboutnewsresourcespress_kitsdetailjsppkid=virtualizationandcloudsurvey2011Details of survey bull 3700 enterprises surveyed in 35 countries bull C-level executives 31 bull Strategy IT management 35 bull Tactical Issues IT management 34

72

1

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Straight from the CIO

80ofrespondentsgetsomeamountoftheircurrentserverinfrastructuredeliveredthroughaprivatecloud

Survey titled IT Survey on Cloud Computing Virtualization and IT Financial ServicesCompleted by Apptio and Worldwide Executive Councilhttpwwwmarketwirecompress-releaseNew-Cloud-Survey-Concludes-Jury-Is-Still-Out-on-Cost-Benefits-of-the-Cloud-1409190htmhttpwwwapptiocomresource-centersurveycloud-survey-2011php3102011Respondents ldquo100 US CIOs from firms representing a broad range of vertical industries including financial services communications business services retail manufacturing healthcare technology media engineeringconstruction aerospace oil and gas wholesaledistribution utilities government and entertainmentrdquo

73

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BEST CLOUD amp DATA STATS OF 2011SO FAR SHARE THIS 74

Success of Enterprise Cloud Goals

Ofthe320respondentsusingcloud 48ConsolidateITInfrastructure 49ReduceITenergypower

consumption 49EnableorImproveldquoAnywhere

Accessrdquo 52ReduceITCapitalRequirementshttpesjcomblogsenterprise-insights201105enterprise-cloud-use-plansaspxsc_lang=enPosted on Enterprise SystemsCDW 2011 Cloud Computing Tracking PollRespondents 1200 IT Professionals in ldquosmall medium and large businesses Federal state and local government agencies health-care organizations and K-12 and higher-education institutionsrdquo in the United StatesPosted 52611

74

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Private IaaS Cloud Adoption by Industry

Scale1to5where1=NotAtAlland5=HeavyAdoption 1AerosptaceDoD(5) 2Lawmanagementconsulting(414) 3Entertainmentmedia(344) 4Manufacturing(340) 5Softwaredevelopment(314)NoteWithmanyoftheresponsesthatarewidelysegmentedthenumberofresponses

perverticalissmallenoughthatitrsquosdangeroustomakegeneralizations

httpwwwbitcurrentcomdownloadcloud-computing-survey-2011Bitcurrent Cloud Computing Survey 2011Published 3411Respondents 150 people ldquoseveral worked for cloud providers directly and their responses while interesting were excluded from the study because of their bias towards a specific platformrdquo Respondents by job title 36 Software engineering development 30 other 21 CEO 20 Operations or production 12 MarketingCommunicationsPR 8 salesbusiness development 3 QA and testinghellip0 for shippinglogistics legal amp contracts HR and financeaccountingNote from report ldquoUnfortunately the relative small volume of respondents and the unscientific way in which they were recruited means that the highly seg-mented data should not be relied on without further verification and a more controlled selection processrdquo

75

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Private PaaS Cloud Adoption by Industry

httpwwwbitcurrentcomdownloadcloud-computing-survey-2011Bitcurrent Cloud Computing Survey 2011Published 3411Respondents 150 people ldquoseveral worked for cloud providers directly and their responses while interesting were excluded from the study because of their bias towards a specific platformrdquo Respondents by job title 36 Software engineering development 30 other 21 CEO 20 Operations or production 12 MarketingCommunicationsPR 8 salesbusiness development 3 QA and testinghellip0 for shippinglogistics legal amp contracts HR and financeaccountingNote from report ldquoUnfortunately the relative small volume of respondents and the unscientific way in which they were recruited means that the highly seg-mented data should not be relied on without further verification and a more controlled selection processrdquo

Scale1to5where1=NotAtAlland5=HeavyAdoption 1Lawmanagementconsulting(343) 2BusinessServices(30) 3Realestateconstruction(30) 4Entertainmentmedia(267) 5Education(243)NoteWithmanyoftheresponsesthatarewidelysegmentedthenumberofresponses

perverticalissmallenoughthatitrsquosdangeroustomakegeneralizations

76

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Public IaaS Cloud Adoption by Industry

httpwwwbitcurrentcomdownloadcloud-computing-survey-2011Bitcurrent Cloud Computing Survey 2011Published 3411Respondents 150 people ldquoseveral worked for cloud providers directly and their responses while interesting were excluded from the study because of their bias towards a specific platformrdquo Respondents by job title 36 Software engineering development 30 other 21 CEO 20 Operations or production 12 MarketingCommunicationsPR 8 salesbusiness development 3 QA and testinghellip0 for shippinglogistics legal amp contracts HR and financeaccountingNote from report ldquoUnfortunately the relative small volume of respondents and the unscientific way in which they were recruited means that the highly seg-mented data should not be relied on without further verification and a more controlled selection processrdquo

Scale1to5where1=NotAtAlland5=HeavyAdoption 1FoodampBeverage(50) 2ManagementConsulting(50) 3Travelampleisure(450) 4HealthampMedicine(425) 5AerospaceDoD(40) 6RampD(40)NoteWithmanyoftheresponsesthatarewidelysegmentedthenumberofresponses

perverticalissmallenoughthatitrsquosdangeroustomakegeneralizations

77

1

BEST CLOUD amp DATA STATS OF 2011SO FAR SHARE THIS 78

Public PaaS Cloud Adoption by Industry

httpwwwbitcurrentcomdownloadcloud-computing-survey-2011Bitcurrent Cloud Computing Survey 2011Published 3411Respondents 150 people ldquoseveral worked for cloud providers directly and their responses while interesting were excluded from the study because of their bias towards a specific platformrdquo Respondents by job title 36 Software engineering development 30 other 21 CEO 20 Operations or production 12 MarketingCommunicationsPR 8 salesbusiness development 3 QA and testinghellip0 for shippinglogistics legal amp contracts HR and financeaccountingNote from report ldquoUnfortunately the relative small volume of respondents and the unscientific way in which they were recruited means that the highly seg-mented data should not be relied on without further verification and a more controlled selection processrdquo

Scale1to5where1=NotAtAlland5=HeavyAdoption 1Travelampleisure(5) 2AerospaceDoD(40) 3EngineeringampConstruction(40) 4Gaming(40) 5Logisticstransportation(40)NoteWithmanyoftheresponsesthatarewidelysegmentedthenumberofresponses

perverticalissmallenoughthatitrsquosdangeroustomakegeneralizations

78

1

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Public SaaS Cloud Adoption by Industry

httpwwwbitcurrentcomdownloadcloud-computing-survey-2011Bitcurrent Cloud Computing Survey 2011Published 3411Respondents 150 people ldquoseveral worked for cloud providers directly and their responses while interesting were excluded from the study because of their bias towards a specific platformrdquo Respondents by job title 36 Software engineering development 30 other 21 CEO 20 Operations or production 12 MarketingCommunicationsPR 8 salesbusiness development 3 QA and testinghellip0 for shippinglogistics legal amp contracts HR and financeaccountingNote from report ldquoUnfortunately the relative small volume of respondents and the unscientific way in which they were recruited means that the highly seg-mented data should not be relied on without further verification and a more controlled selection processrdquo

Scale1to5where1=NotAtAlland5=HeavyAdoption 1ManagementConsulting(5) 2Media(433) 3Lawmanagementconsulting(429) 4Healthampmedicine(425) 5Education(414)NoteWithmanyoftheresponsesthatarewidelysegmentedthenumberofresponses

perverticalissmallenoughthatitrsquosdangeroustomakegeneralizations

79

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Gaps Between Expectations amp Reality

bull4GapbetweenexpectationsamprealitybullServerVirtualization

The majority of enterprises had realized improved scalability reduced capexopex and improved uptime

2011 Symantec Virtualization and Evolution to the Cloud Surveyhttpwwwsymanteccomaboutnewsresourcespress_kitsdetailjsppkid=virtualizationandcloudsurvey2011Details of survey bull 3700 enterprises surveyed in 35 countries bull C-level executives 31 bull Strategy IT management 35 bull Tactical Issues IT management 34

80

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Gaps Between Expectations amp Reality

33GapbetweenexpectationsamprealityStorageVirtualization

Most important goals were improved IT agility increased scalability reduced expense and improved storage performance (speed)

2011 Symantec Virtualization and Evolution to the Cloud Surveyhttpwwwsymanteccomaboutnewsresourcespress_kitsdetailjsppkid=virtualizationandcloudsurvey2011Details of survey bull 3700 enterprises surveyed in 35 countries bull C-level executives 31 bull Strategy IT management 35 bull Tactical Issues IT management 34

81

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Gaps Between Expectations amp Reality

26GapbetweenexpectationsamprealityDesktopEndpointVirtualization

Most important goal was deploying new endpoints more easily and quickly simplifying application delivery and solving compatibility problems

2011 Symantec Virtualization and Evolution to the Cloud Surveyhttpwwwsymanteccomaboutnewsresourcespress_kitsdetailjsppkid=virtualizationandcloudsurvey2011Details of survey bull 3700 enterprises surveyed in 35 countries bull C-level executives 31 bull Strategy IT management 35 bull Tactical Issues IT management 34

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Gaps Between Expectations amp Reality

Enterprises hoped to achieve improved scalability reduced complexity and increased efficiency in the data center

37GapbetweenexpectationsamprealityPrivateStorage-as-a-Serviceprojects

2011 Symantec Virtualization and Evolution to the Cloud Surveyhttpwwwsymanteccomaboutnewsresourcespress_kitsdetailjsppkid=virtualizationandcloudsurvey2011Details of survey bull 3700 enterprises surveyed in 35 countries bull C-level executives 31 bull Strategy IT management 35 bull Tactical Issues IT management 34

83

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Enterprise Virtualization Implementation

Amongenterpriseshellipmorethanone-thirdofthemareplanningtoimplementvirtualizationwithinthenextyearforbusiness-criticalapplicationssuchasHRaccountingandERPshowingthattheyarebecomingmoreusedtothetechnology2011 Symantec Virtualization and Evolution to the Cloud Surveyhttpwwwsymanteccomaboutnewsresourcespress_kitsdetailjsppkid=virtualizationandcloudsurvey2011Details of survey bull 3700 enterprises surveyed in 35 countries bull C-level executives 31 bull Strategy IT management 35 bull Tactical Issues IT management 34

84

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BEST CLOUD amp DATA STATS OF 2011SO FAR SHARE THIS 85

Straight from the CIO

Nearly40saidtheyarenotcurrentlytrackingutilizationlevelsofvirtualizedandcloudinfrastructureSurvey titled IT Survey on Cloud Computing Virtualization and IT Financial ServicesCompleted by Apptio and Worldwide Executive Councilhttpwwwmarketwirecompress-releaseNew-Cloud-Survey-Concludes-Jury-Is-Still-Out-on-Cost-Benefits-of-the-Cloud-1409190htmhttpwwwapptiocomresource-centersurveycloud-survey-2011php3102011 bull Respondents ldquo100 US CIOs from firms representing a broad range of vertical industries including financial services communications business services retail manufacturing healthcare technology media engineeringconstruction aerospace oil and gas wholesaledistribution utilities government and entertainmentrdquo

85

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BEST CLOUD amp DATA STATS OF 2011SO FAR SHARE THIS 86

Management Tools

53ofITorganizationsdonothaveexistingsystemsmanagementtoolsthattranslatewellformanagingcloudcomputingenvironments

Cloud Computing Outlook 2011httpwwwcloudcomcloud-computing-outlooksurveypdf

86

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BEST CLOUD amp DATA STATS OF 2011SO FAR SHARE THIS 87

Adoption Drivers in the Future

2011 Future of Cloud Computing Survey417 Survey respondents 46 vendors 54 non-vendorsNorth BridgewwwfuturecloudcomputingnetJune 22 2011

87

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Strategy of Cloud Customers in the Future

PrivateCloud 19PublicCloud 24HybridCloud 57

Percentagesderivedandcalculatedfromthisgraphic

httpfutureofcloudcomputingdrupalgardenscomsitesfutureofcloudcomputingdrupalgardenscomfilesstylesmedia_gallery_largepublicSlide17jpg

2011 Future of Cloud Computing Survey417 Survey respondents 46 vendors 54 non-vendorsNorth BridgewwwfuturecloudcomputingnetJune 22 2011

88

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BEST CLOUD amp DATA STATS OF 2011SO FAR SHARE THIS 89

Cloud Revenue Projections

2011 Future of Cloud Computing Survey417 Survey respondents 46 vendors 54 non-vendorsNorth Bridge the 451 groupwwwfuturecloudcomputingnetJune 22 2011

89

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Storage Virtualization

84oforganizationsstatedthatoneoftheirgoalsinimplementingstoragevirtualizationwastoimprovestorageperformanceorspeed

2011 Symantec Virtualization and Evolution to the Cloud Surveyhttpwwwsymanteccomaboutnewsresourcespress_kitsdetailjsppkid=virtualizationandcloudsurvey2011Details of survey bull 3700 enterprises surveyed in 35 countries bull C-level executives 31 bull Strategy IT management 35 bull Tactical Issues IT management 34

90

1

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Cloud-based Storage

67Areusingorhaveplanstousecloud-basedstorage

httpwwwcloudtweakscom201107cloud-computing-advantages-disadvantages-infographicutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=feedamputm_campaign=Feed3A+cloudtweakscloud+28CloudTweakscom+-+Cloud+Computing+Community29

91

1

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Enterprise Cloud Use

38percentacknowledgethatldquotheirorganizationhasawrittenstrategicplanforcloudadoptionrdquo

httpesjcomblogsenterprise-insights201105enterprise-cloud-use-plansaspxsc_lang=enPosted on Enterprise SystemsCDW 2011 Cloud Computing Tracking PollRespondents 1200 IT Professionals in ldquosmall medium and large businesses Federal state and local government agencies health-care organizations and K-12 and higher-education institutionsrdquo in the United StatesPosted 52611

92

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BEST CLOUD amp DATA STATS OF 2011SO FAR SHARE THIS 93

Cloud Future Survey

65agreethatcloudwillbealloutrealityby2015andnotjustaconceptualidea

httpwwwnetworkcomputingcomprivate-cloud231000297Posted 62411Survey respondents 225 people IT and business executives industry analysts and new media

93

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BEST CLOUD amp DATA STATS OF 2011SO FAR SHARE THIS 94

Cloud Future Survey

62ofrespondentsagreethatbetween2011and2014mostCIOswilldeployonlynon-mission-criticalappsinthepubliccloud

httpwwwnetworkcomputingcomprivate-cloud231000297Posted 62411Survey respondents 225 people IT and business executives industry analysts and new media

94

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BEST CLOUD amp DATA STATS OF 2011SO FAR SHARE THIS 95

Cloud Future Survey

81agreedthatby2015atleast30ofFortune1000enterpriseswilldeployatleastonebusiness-criticalsysteminthecloud

httpwwwnetworkcomputingcomprivate-cloud231000297Posted 62411Survey respondents 225 people IT and business executives industry analysts and new media

95

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Straight from the CIO

80ofITexecutivessurveyedbelievemetricsrelatedtocloudwouldgrowinimportanceoverthenext12months

Survey titled IT Survey on Cloud Computing Virtualization and IT Financial ServicesCompleted by Apptio and Worldwide Executive Councilhttpwwwmarketwirecompress-releaseNew-Cloud-Survey-Concludes-Jury-Is-Still-Out-on-Cost-Benefits-of-the-Cloud-1409190htmhttpwwwapptiocomresource-centersurveycloud-survey-2011php3102011Respondents ldquo100 US CIOs from firms representing a broad range of vertical industries including financial services communications business services retail manufacturing healthcare technology media engineeringconstruction aerospace oil and gas wholesaledistribution utilities government and entertainmentrdquo

96

1

BEST CLOUD amp DATA STATS OF 2011SO FAR SHARE THIS 97

Straight from the CIO

Almost90ofITleaderssurveyedbelieveitwillbeeitherldquoimportantrdquoorldquoverycriticalrdquotoimproveITservicestrackinginvirtualizedandcloudenvironmentsinthecomingyearSurvey titled IT Survey on Cloud Computing Virtualization and IT Financial ServicesCompleted by Apptio and Worldwide Executive Councilhttpwwwmarketwirecompress-releaseNew-Cloud-Survey-Concludes-Jury-Is-Still-Out-on-Cost-Benefits-of-the-Cloud-1409190htmhttpwwwapptiocomresource-centersurveycloud-survey-2011php3102011Respondents ldquo100 US CIOs from firms representing a broad range of vertical industries including financial services communications business services retail manufacturing healthcare technology media engineeringconstruction aerospace oil and gas wholesaledistribution utilities government and entertainment

97

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BEST CLOUD amp DATA STATS OF 2011SO FAR SHARE THIS 98

Monitoring the Cloud

65ofrespondentsplantouseon-premisetoolstomonitortheperformanceofservicestheyruninthecloud

Gatepoint Research and commissioned by ScienceLogic100 IT Directors and above in mid-to-large enterprises in North Americahttpvsredglcomreseller-newsSTUDY--IT-Operations-in-Flux-as-Cloud-Computing-Adoption-Increases74395aspx

98

1

BEST CLOUD amp DATA STATS OF 2011SO FAR SHARE THIS 99

Monitoring the Cloud

17expecttorelysolelyontheircloudserviceprovidertoprovideperformancemetrics

Gatepoint Research and commissioned by ScienceLogic100 IT Directors and above in mid-to-large enterprises in North Americahttpvsredglcomreseller-newsSTUDY--IT-Operations-in-Flux-as-Cloud-Computing-Adoption-Increases74395aspx

99

BEST CLOUD amp DATA STATS OF 2011SO FAR SHARE THIS 100

Data created and stored in 2011

18zettabytestobecreatedandreplicatedin2011

New information being created in 2011 also includes replicated information such as shared documents or duplicated dvdrsquos

Extracting Value from Chaos IDC Digital Universe study (sponsored by EMC Corporation)httpmashablecom20110628data-infographic

1

BEST CLOUD amp DATA STATS OF 2011SO FAR SHARE THIS 100

Monitoring the Cloud

64anticipatetheywillneednewmanagementtoolsastheymovemoresystemsandservicestothecloudNearlyonethirdarenotyetsureoftheirfutureneedsGatepoint Research and commissioned by ScienceLogic100 IT Directors and above in mid-to-large enterprises in North Americahttpvsredglcomreseller-newsSTUDY--IT-Operations-in-Flux-as-Cloud-Computing-Adoption-Increases74395aspx

100