Cloud computing: Now & beyond 2013

December 17, 2012 Off By David

Grazed from CXOToday. Author: Sharon Lobo.

Undoubtedly, cloud computing can be counted amongst the most hyped technologies ever. And the last 5 years bear witness to this fact. In the last half decade, every IT vendor or analyst has prophesied how this technology will change the way we perceive and consume technology. However, the irony is that we were users of cloud even before we were made aware of the tag. Services like Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Gmail, Skype etc. were all delivered via cloud. Even today, cloud continues to remain hyped, according to Gartner’s 2012 Hype Cycle Report, with a probability of achieving a plateau of productivity in 2 to 5 years. So has all this hype helped in the adoption of the cloud? In this first of a two part article, let’s take a look how businesses perceived and adopted cloud in 2012.

The story so far…
Ever since, cloud took shape of hype, IT vendors on various forums have always endorsed it to be the solution for every enterprise regardless of the industry or category it belonged to. It was mainly large enterprises who were early adopters of the cloud and too private cloud. Now, private cloud kills the whole concept of cloud, since the entire infrastructure is now managed by a third-party instead of the business to which it belongs. However, this was a positive step towards cloud’s adoption. Surprisingly, public cloud, which was primarily targeted towards SMEs, never saw an substantial uptake in this segment, with security concerns and weak SLAs being the key concerns…

The perception and obstacles
This year, at the EMC Forum 2012, while speaking to CXOtoday, Rajesh Janey, President, EMC, made an interesting comment, “I feel the movement to the cloud is not defined by the size of an organization, instead it is defined as an organizations ability to adopt an IT as a service model or continuing to remain in an owned model.” If we validate this comment with the way organisations have adopted cloud, it holds ground. Not all large enterprises or all SMEs are game for cloud. It all depends on the risk appetite of an organization…

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