cloud circle forum (cloud state of play)
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One of InTechnology’s Cloud experts, Stefan Haase, looks at the current status quo among end users and Cloud providers as well as the impact of Iaas & Saas on the cloud and its users. http://www.intechnology.co.uk/resource-centre/webcast-managed-cloud-services.aspxTRANSCRIPT
CLOUD STATE OF PLAY ANALYSIS; STATUS QUO AMONG END USERSAND CLOUD PROVIDERS /
STEFAN HAASE /
PRODUCT DIRECTOR / DATA CLOUD SERVICES /
THE CLOUD CIRCLE /
CLOUD IN THE YEAR 2010 /
Public offering
CLOUD IN THE YEAR 2011 /
Mixture of private & hybrid
WHAT THE END USER SEES IN THE CLOUD /
THE WINNERS ARE /
Public CloudOut of the box
Easy to use / standard deployment
But NO customisation
Private / hybrid CloudTailored to requirements & flexible
Data protected within territory
SLA & 24/7 service support
Customers & end users
UPTAKE RATES /
SaaSVery successful at consumer level
Some success in certain industries
IaaSHas seen higher adaption for B2B
Next step into Cloud for organisations
Clean lines of demarcation
In-house IT to drive end users & Apps
• Education
• Media
IaaS – SaaS CASE STUDY /
Cloud based document management systemIntra-business collaboration tool
Innovative delivery – purely Cloud based
Driven by customer requirements
Highly available
IaaS – SaaS CASE STUDY /
Cloud based document management systemAccess from anywhere
Protected across multiple data centres
InTechnology = IaaS to NetDocuments
NetDocuments = SaaS to end user clients
GROWTH AREAS /
IDC predicts that Cloud computing will be one of the fastest growing IT markets in 2011
Cloud computing services will grow by 30% vs. global IT spend increase of 6% in 2011
Companies will increasingly run IT services on private Cloud platforms in 2011
GROWTH AREAS /
Compound annual growth rate of 26% between 2011 - 2014
The UK Cloud computing market, including application provisioning, will rise in value from £5.8bn in 2010 to £10.4bn in 2014
Most of the spend going on the private Cloud
DELIVERABLES vs EXPECTATIONS /
Gap is closingMulti-tenancy is acceptedBusiness critical apps are hosted in the CloudCloud business model is widely accepted
Some concern among end users remainSecurityLatencyExit strategy
MARKET CHANGES – USERS /
Increased adoption
Increased customisation
Increased integration
Changing access methods & choice offerings
Increasing number of ISV’s move their offering into the Cloud
MARKET CHANGES – SUPPLIERS /
Energy efficient data centre builds
Green data centres
Reducing costs & risk
Reducing carbon footprint
Data centres as investment opportunities
SUPPLIERS OF THE YEAR WILL BE /
ISV’s who expand into the Cloud
Service providers who offer
• End-to-end solutions
• Migration at customer pace
• Customer driven customisation
• Utility charging models
SUMMARY /
Cloud in the year 2011
Current winners – public vs. private
SaaS vs IaaS uptake
Growth area predictions
Market changes
• Users and suppliers
STEFAN HAASE /
PRODUCT DIRECTOR / DATA CLOUD SERVICES /
THANK YOU /