Enteracloud, a provider of cloud computing and cloud connectivity solutions, recently analyzed more than 35,000 online forum and social media posts by CIOs and CTOs and concluded that the impact of cloud computing was definitely gaining worldwide traction. It released a whitepaper that documented its findings regarding cloud usage.
The whitepaper found that the overwhelming majority, vendors and users alike, were inclined toward adopting the cloud and far outnumbered the number of dissenters.
“The cloud has become an expectation rather than a novelty in IT today, so it’s not surprising that discussions among top IT pros are taking a new turn, focusing on the type of cloud solution that can be of most benefit to a company, the best ways to deploy a cloud strategy and the kinds of value-added services that can be bundled with that cloud offering,” says Tim Doscher, CTO of Enteracloud, in a press release.
According to the whitepaper, private cloud deployment was accelerating rapidly as companies moved beyond the traditional colocation centers and tended to focus on 'service stacks' and frameworks that enhanced business agility while reducing cost.
Another interesting trend was that hybrid clouds were preferred by large and mid-sized enterprises. Companies appeared to be inclined to architect applications with sensitive information to reside within the premises while it deemed messaging, CRM and collaboration applications more appropriate for the public cloud. Doscher advocated the use of The Enteracloud Enterprise Cloud Platform to build a blueprint according to their specific needs.
Demand for the consolidation of cloud delivery models – IaaS, PaaS and SaaS (News - Alert) – in the form of a unified stack as a service delivery model seemed inevitable. An elastic infrastructure for building and running custom applications appeared to be the popular demand.
Application-specific cloud communities are increasing, especially in Application Performance Regulatory and Location-Based Services Communities. Last but not least, organizations are once again looking toward managed services to reassess their resource strategy.
In recent news, TMCnet reported that Enteracloud entered into a non-exclusive partnership with Time Warner (News - Alert) Cable, a leading North American network and cable provider, to deliver streamlined Hosted Private Cloud Solutions to small business and enterprise customers in Southern California.
Mini Swamy is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.Edited by Juliana Kenny