A Snapshot into Cloud Storage Adoption

2013 TRENDS IN STORAGE CLOUD STORAGE AND CLOUD COMPUTING THE BIG PICTURE: TRADITIONAL STORAGE STORAGE CAPACITY DEMANDS are growing each year by STORAGE DENSITIES 2011 are growing each year by 2012 2013 20% 40-60% 2014 2015 2016 enabling orgs to fit more capacity in less space outpacing density growth MOST ORGANIZATIONS WILL QUICKLY RUN OUT OF SPACE TO HOLD ALL THEIR DATA SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? 5 OUT OF 6 ORGANIZATIONS USE OR PLAN TO USE CLOUD STORAGE of companies use cloud storage today 38% Plan to use cloud storage 16% don't 46% use it ENTERPRISE (>1000 EMPLOYEES) SMB/MID-MARKET (<1000 EMPLOYEES) 60% 26% 38% 47% CURRENTLY USE PLAN TO USE CURRENTLY USE PLAN TO USE USE OF CLOUD SERVICES Use of Cloud Services has steadily increased across all cloud services in the past year. 62% 49% 46% 52% 38% 44% 40% 28% Software as a service Infrastructure as a service, not incl, cloud storage Cloud Platform as a service Storage Compared to last year, it increased by more than 1/3 37% 2012 of companies surveyed have been using cloud computing for more than 3 years 2013 CLOUDEXPO NY 2012 21% 23% 22% 27% NO CURRENT PLANS USE FOR LESS THAN A YEAR USE FOR 1-2 YEARS USE FOR MORE THAN 3 YEARS PLAN TO USE CLOUDEXPO NY 2013 13% 20% 22% 37% TWIN IMIU SOURCES: HSRATA IHS ISUPPLI: http:/lwww.computerworld.com/s/article/9227382/60TB_disk_drives_could_be_a_reality_in_2016 GARTNER: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9194283/Data_growthremains_IT_s_biggest_challenge_Gartner_says All other results collected from a survey of 148 attendees of Cloud Computing Expo 2013 in New York To read the full report, visit http://www.twinstrata.com/cloud-survey-2013