Why Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Configurations Gain Momentum

According to the latest worldwide market study by 451 Research, 41 percent of all enterprise IT workloads are now in some type of public or private cloud. By mid-2018, that will rise to 60 percent of all workloads.

Source: Digital Lifescapes

Cloud Infrastructure Service Revenues Reached $28 Billion

With most of the major cloud computing operators having now released their earnings data for Q2 2016, Synergy estimates that quarterly cloud infrastructure service revenues (including IaaS, PaaS and hosted private cloud) have now reached the $8 billion milestone, while trailing twelve-month revenues are close to $28 billion.

Source: Synergy Research Group

Why Hybrid Cloud is a Catalyst for Digital Transformation

The cloud has shifted from being a driver of cost savings to a key enabler of business innovation. As it matures, industries across the globe are realizing that the “cloud” is not simply a thing, but a multi-dimensional technology destination to fuel digital business transformation.

Source: THINK

Growing Demand for Adaptable Hybrid IT Infrastructure

It’s a given, cloud computing will become an essential component of every enterprise Digital Transformation agenda. By 2020, a corporate “no-cloud” policy will be as rare as a “no-internet” policy is today, according to the latest worldwide market study by Gartner.

Source: Digital Lifescapes

Business Case for Hybrid Cloud Services Adoption in 2016

The savvy leaders who have a superior approach can extract greater value from their legacy IT investments, and launch new initiatives based upon public and private cloud computing services. This is the new normal — CIOs must create the optimal blended environment for purposeful technology-enabled innovation.

Source: Business Technology Roundtable

Savvy CIOs Believe a Hybrid Cloud Model is Essential

CIOs say they are knitting together a new IT architecture that comprises the latest in public cloud services with the best of their own private data centers and partially shared tech resources. Demand for the so-called hybrid cloud is growing at a compound rate of 27%, far outstripping growth of the overall IT market.

Source: WSJ

Cloud Computing Vendor Revenue Reached $29 Billion

Compared to overall global IT infrastructure spending, the share of cloud IT infrastructure sales climbed to 32.2 percent in 4Q15 — that’s up from 28.6 percent a year ago. Revenue from infrastructure sales to private cloud grew by 17.5 percent to $3.3 billion, and to public cloud by 14.6 percent to $4.9 billion.

Source: Digital Lifescapes

New Market Study Finds 58% of Organizations Embracing Cloud

58% of all organizations surveyed are embracing cloud, using public or private cloud for more than one or two small applications or workloads, up from 24% 14 months ago. The top drivers of cloud adoption are around improving resource utilization and staff productivity.

Source: IDC

Exploring the Evolution of Cloud 2.0 Global Market Scenarios

Most industry analysts agree, cloud computing applications have gained new momentum in the global networked economy because they serve a purpose that Line of Business leaders demand — enabling the rapid deployment of compelling business models that are made possible via the adoption of digital transformation.

Source: Digital Lifescapes

Why the Hosted Private Cloud Market is Still Expanding

Even the largest enterprises with stringent governance policies are likely to adopt private cloud solutions as the first step to transitioning from traditional to truly Hybrid IT environments, driving the total market opportunity to an estimated $44 billion by 2020.

Source: TBR