The Adoption of Cloud Services is Growing in the Enterprise

THE ADOPTION OF CLOUD SERVICES IS GROWING IN THE ENTERPRISE In a survey among 200 IT professionals, it was found that Enterprise IT organizations rely heavily on the use of public, private, and hybrid cloud services в 8 8 8 One person = 10 people 90% of IT professionals are investigating, implementing, or maintaining a cloud service today 53% of IT professionals would prefer to manage and configure their network through the cloud instead of using an on-premise device or server What's Your Cloud? Cloud Services Public Private Hybrid 35% 19% 25% are using a public cloud service through a service provider are using a private cloud service in their own data center are using a hybrid cloud service (combination of public & private) The public cloud services market will grow in the next year" $131B $111B 2012 2013 69% TODAY % of IT professionals spend 10% or more of their IT budget on cloud services 87% IN 3 YRS 68% TODAY % of spending on in-house traditional IT 62% IN 2 YRS This drop in traditional IT spending is a shift to increased spending going to the cloud** Top 3 Advantages of Using Cloud Services AA 72% stated Instant Scalability 66% stated Fast Deployment 57% stated Automated Backup & Updates 100 100 Top 3 Business Applications Used in the Cloud 90 Where it is today and where it will be in the future. 90 Future 80 80 Today 70 70 60 60 50 50 40 40 Web Services Collaboration Backup & Storage Top 3 Concerns of Using Cloud Services 83% 62% Security Performance 62% Availability Sources: www.aerohive.com Aerohive. *www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2352816 **http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/050913-interop-idc-cloud-mobility-269602.html NETWORKS