INTELLIGENT CLOUD
Global enterprises moving rapidly into hybrid cloud mode
A global cloud survey of 1,000 + organisations in late 2016 reveals a faster pace of hybrid cloud adoption driving Paas alongside, details Raj Samani at Intel Security.
Cloud First. Two simple words, but the approach is now well and truly ensconced into the architecture of many organisations across the world. The desire to migrate quickly towards cloud computing appears to be on the agenda for most organisations.
In September 2016 Intel Security surveyed over 2,000 professionals for its annual cloud security research study. This includes approximately 100 + cloud end user executives from Saudi Arabia and UAE.
Usage of hybrid cloud jumps dramatically from 19 % to 57 %
The past year saw a dramatic shift in cloud architecture, from private-only or publiconly to predominantly hybrid. Utilisation of private-only was significantly reduced, from 51 % last year to just 24 % this year. Public-only architectures also recorded a big drop, from 30 % to just 19 %. The majority 57 % are running a hybrid public-private architecture, up dramatically from last year’ s 19 %. This shift to hybrid architecture was accompanied by a significant decrease in the average number of cloud services in use, which dropped from 43 in 2015, to just 29 in 2016, as organisations appear to be consolidating their cloud applications and services. Overall, 93 % of those surveyed are operating some type of cloud services in their organisation.
According to the survey data, cloud usage was lowest in Japan, with 23 % stating they were not using any cloud services. This does not appear to be a trust issue, as the Japanese respondents were not any less trustful of public cloud than the average. It appears to most likely be due to security workforce issues, as the
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