Ubuntu Server and Cloud SurveyJanuary 2015

All Things Cloud

Gartner says cloud

computing, the Internet of

Things and software defined

infrastructure are among

the top 10 trends of 2015

* Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2014

The cloud is growing, but how exactly is it being used, where is it growing fastest, and what are the challenges to even greater adoption?

We surveyed 3,100 Ubuntu Server and Cloud users globally, asking them what their infrastructure looks like, how it’s managed and what it’s being used for.

Among many interesting findings, several themes emerged:

o Cloud adoption remains heavily weighted to private models, but hybrid deployments are steadily on the rise

o OpenStack is climbing to the top as a cloud management platformo The cloud is now being used for more mission critical functionso Data growth and the software defined data center are two primary

drivers of cloud adoption

Cloud InfrastructureCloud models are changing as adoption grows

What type of cloud infrastructure are you using?

22.8%

35.5%

20.0%

21.7%

Public

Private

Hybrid

None

What type of cloud infrastructure do you expect to build in the next 12 months?

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

Public Private Hybrid None

31.3%

51.9%

40.0%

13.4%

Which, if any, public cloud providers do you use?

21.1%

4.2%

2.3%

6.6%

30.0%

0.4%

1.9%

33.6%

Amazon EC2

Rackspace

HP Cloud

Azure

Google Cloud

GoGrid

IBM SmartCloud

Other (pleasespecify)

Google Cloud tops the public cloud provider options

Hybrid cloud is now almost as popular as

public cloud

Open and Hybrid are key words for cloud

Over the next 12 months, do you expect to see a significant growthin the use of cloud services within your organisation?

55.7%

15.4%

28.9% Yes

No

Undecided

Which of the following will be the biggest hurdle for your organisation’s further adoption of use of the cloud in the next 12 months?

34.5%

26.1%

22.4%

2.9% 9.2%4.9%

Security/Data privacy

Cost

Complexity

Compliance

Interoperability between cloudplatforms/providers

Other (please specify)

Despite cloud growth, challenges remain

Security, privacy, cost and

complexity are the biggest hurdles to

cloud adoption

If you have built a private cloud, whatinfrastructure did you use?

25.3%

1.1%

1.3%

2.3%

17.9%27.5%

17.5%

7.0%

Openstack

Eucalyptus

Piston

Cloudstack

VMWare vCloud

Have not built a private cloud

No plans to build a private cloud in the next 12 months

Other (please specify)

Cloud Functionality The cloud is not just for dev and testing anymore,

but for mission-critical functions

Please rate the importance of the following functionalities in a cloudenvironment:

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

Hybrid cloud (aka 'cloudbursting')

Configuration Management Image Lifecycle Management Power Management

Not important Somewhat important Important Very important

Do you consider OpenStack readyfor mission-critical workloads?

64.5%

35.5%

Yes

No

Have you or do you plan to deployworkloads of any type to a cloud environment?

72.1%

27.9%

Yes

No

Do you consider Ubuntu a viableplatform for cloud based deployments?

72.6%

3.4%

24.0%

Yes

No

Undecided

More than 70% are deploying workloads

to a cloud environment

The volume of workloads in the cloud is rising

What types of workloads have youdeployed on the cloud?

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

29.8%

16.0%17.5%

52.1%

21.5%

41.5%

12.3%

27.7%

37.2%

10.2%

What types of applications/workloads have you deployed with Docker?

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

40.0%

45.0%

50.0%

25.9%

19.8%22.2%

49.4%

28.4%

44.4%

22.2%

16.0%

24.7%

2.5%

Docker is currently being used largely for databases and

dev and testing

Which of the following do you believe will be the biggest driver of your organisation’s further adoption of the cloud in the next 12 months?

31.9%

26.1%

26.4%

15.5%

Growth surrounding the Internet of Things/Marchine-to-Machine(IoT/M2M)Hyperscale computing

Software Defined Networking

The Internet of Things (IoT) movement is predicted to increase the number of connected devices in the world to more than 25 billion by the end of this decade.Which of the following about the cloud do you believe must change the most to support such growth?

43.1%

48.6%

42.0%

60.6%

7.2%

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

Interoperability betweenpublic clouds

Ability to rapidly configurenew devices and services

in the cloud

Wireless networkbandwidth

Security & Data privacyassurances/controls

Other (please specify)

However, more than half think cloud

privacy and security must be improved to

allow for IoT

The Internet of Things is the single biggest driver of future cloud adoption. Hyperscale Computing and Software Defined Networking are close behind

For more information on the surveyVisit: http://insights.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server-and-cloud-survey-reveals-

hybrid-cloud-sdn-and-iot-on-the-rise

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