Virtualization and Cloud executives share their predictions for 2016. Read them in this 8th Annual VMblog.com series exclusive.
Contributed by Stefano Maffulli, Director of Cloud Marketing and Community, DreamHost
2016 is the Year the Mainstream - and MSPs - Take to the Clouds
This year we've really seen the cloud seeded with new and
updated offerings that have focused on maturing capabilities and improved
accessibility. That should forecast a heavy rain of adoption across new sectors
in the year to come.
Prediction #1: The
cloud is now for everyone
I think 2016 will be the year when customers of traditional
hosting products will start to move their websites and applications to the
cloud. Cloud offerings keep maturing, and now there are plenty to choose from (such
as DreamCloud) that are simple, inexpensive,
and effective. The tools available to users of hosting products are also ready
to make use of the simplicity and power of object storage (as opposed to the
clunkiness of FTP, for example). 2016 is going to be the year when the mature
Internet users will transition to the cloud en masse.
Prediction #2: Here
come the MSPs
Managed service providers will find it easier to get into the
management of cloud services, thanks to simpler deployment models and APIs -
like with what's being offered by OpenStack. Until recently, providing cloud
services meant clearing some relatively high technical hurdles, not likely to
be attempted by MSPs without deep expertise on their rosters. 2016 is the year that
the cloud comes much more within reach of MSPs, ultimately resulting in lowered
costs for organizations (with savings on software licensing costs) and increased
agility (with internal IT less anchored to its own infrastructure).
Prediction #3: Hosted
cloud for enterprises
2016 will see strengthening adoption of hosted cloud for
enterprises in service provider and telco data centers. This adoption will
feature some shared infrastructure (such as in the networking and control plane
functions). This fuller enterprise cloud adoption will allow for more flexible,
scalable, and quicker-to-deploy infrastructure to more ably adapt to business
needs.
If one thing is clear, the future is cloudy, and businesses
seeking transitions to simpler and more agile solutions will see their needs
met.
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About the Author
Stefano Maffulli is Director of Cloud
Marketing and Community at DreamHost, a
global web hosting, domain registrar and cloud services provider whose
offerings include the cloud storage service DreamObjects and the cloud
computing service DreamCompute.