CloudVelox 2018 Predictions: Evolution to an Industrial Cloud

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David Marshall | Published: December 6, 2017

Industry executives and experts share their predictions for 2018. Read them in this 10th annual VMblog.com series exclusive.

Contributed by Raj Dhingra, CEO, CloudVelox

Evolution to an Industrial Cloud

Automation continues to enhance the way enterprise companies mobilize and protect workloads. Workload portability between multi-cloud environments will be the new normal in the years to come. Today we are in Cloud Chaos with no real standards or commonalities for public clouds and other clouds.

CloudVelox 2018 predictions are:

1. Evolution from industrial Data Center to Cloud, to Cloud Chaos, to Industrial Cloud. Today we are in Cloud Chaos with no real commonalities or standards for public clouds and other clouds.

2. Risk of exponential complexity with hybrid cloud/multi-cloud. Automation becomes critical

3. Hybrid cloud networking will play a big role.

4. AWS, Azure, Google will be for new workloads in public clouds; VMware and Oracle will maintain control of legacy workloads in their own clouds.

5. Large enterprises will rely on MSP/Hosting Partners like IBM, CenturyLink, etc. because they cannot solve things internally.

6. DR in public clouds will gain more traction.

7. Rise in the use of containers

About the Author

Raj Dhingra

Raj is a twenty-plus year veteran of the technology industry with a track record of building five category leaders in cloud computing, virtualization, security, and networking. Before joining CloudVelox, Raj held executive leadership roles at NComputing, Citrix, PortAuthority Technologies, McAfee, SonicWall, and 3Com.

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David Marshall

David Marshall is the founder of VMblog.com, one of the industry's longest-running independent publications covering modern data center technologies. What began as a focus on virtualization and cloud computing has expanded to cover the full spectrum of enterprise IT, including AI, security, and DevOps, making VMblog a trusted destination for vendor news, technology analysis, and industry commentary.Beyond publishing, David has spent his career at the intersection of technology and business, inventing, marketing, and launching a number of successful software companies and products, and building a reputation as a skilled marketing executive in the enterprise IT space.David is also a published author, having written two well-regarded books on virtualization and served as technical editor for two "For Dummies" titles covering virtualization and cloud computing. He co-founded CloudCow.com, a publication focused on cloud computing, and has been named a VMware vExpert every year since 2009, one of the longest continuous honoree streaks in the program's history.Connect with David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmarshall/