Neovise, an independent IT
research firm focused on cloud computing, today unveiled its latest research
report which evaluates the use of public, private and hybrid cloud computing by
U.S. based organizations. The research was sponsored by Virtustream, the leading
enterprise class cloud software and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider,
and the report highlights when, why and how these three fundamental IaaS
deployment models are used.
By first screening 822 IT leaders and decisions makers,
Neovise found that 54% of organizations are already using public or private
clouds, still leaving plenty of room for industry growth. Among 161
organizations which completed in-depth surveys and that already use IaaS, 74%
use more than one type of IaaS cloud among options that include public,
on/off-premise private and hybrid clouds. At the same time, 40 to 50% of these
organizations using IaaS use more than one of the same type of
cloud.
"We have already entered the multi-cloud world and there is
no going back," said Paul Burns, president of Neovise. "What remains is further
maturity for hybrid clouds -- where organizations not only use multiple clouds,
but combine and integrate them to provide enhanced capabilities. Service
providers and vendors that support multiple types of clouds have a competitive
advantage here."
Some of the other key findings described in the report
include:
- On the great
debate about commodity versus enterprise-class infrastructure components, 45% of
public cloud users felt that the quality or grade of these components is highly
important. Another 34% felt quality of infrastructure components was somewhat
important.
- Based on
economic analysis, one of the greatest potential benefits of cloud computing
stems from elasticity. Yet less than half of cloud users have deployed elastic
applications of any kind.
- Off-premise
private clouds, such as hosted private clouds and virtual private clouds, are
gaining a substantial following.
- Organizations
with more than 1,000 employees are 46% more likely than smaller organizations to
use hybrid clouds.
- Cloud users
stand to benefit much more from cloud computing as the maturity of their usage
increases, particularly with hybrid clouds.
"It is great to see from this research how broadly
enterprises are adopting clouds today," said Simon Aspinall, chief vertical
markets, strategy and marketing at Virtustream. "Cloud users expect to be
able to choose hybrid combinations of cloud: public, private, virtual private
and hybrid clouds. Businesses also want enterprise-class cloud services that
deliver assured performance and high reliability that production applications
demand."
To download the full report, please visit
http://www.virtustream.com/neovise