Preparing For The Application Adoption Revolution

Preparing For The Application Adoption Revolution

Preparing For The Application Adoption Revolution

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Guy Currier, Senior Editor / Research Guy.Currier@cioinsight.com

Cloud Computing: Why Were Here Today

The buzz around the cloud is quickly moving to system

management and integration. For newly adopted cloud environments, how do you:

allocate resources? provide security? integrate existing operations? integrate proliferating new apps, services, and features?

Agenda
How much cloudcomputing activity there really is The pros and cons driving adoption and issues The one true meaning of cloud computing!

NGDCcloud or more?

The application approach to the cloud

What should you do next?

Key Findings from Our Cloud Research

The attraction of cloud computing isnt about saving

money on equipment spendingits about versatility upon the loss of control adopters face integration needs grow

Concerns about cloud computing deployments hinge Infrastructure needs remain, and management and
Modern server, storage, client plant Robust network Application infrastructure (e.g., service-oriented

architectures) Integration platforms and services

Already, a Third of Organizations Are Offloading Workloads via SaaS

Use Now, or Expect to Use in 12 Months
Software as a Service (SaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS) Storage Cloud Computing Cloud 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Over public clouds

Source: Cloud-Computing Study, Baseline, May 2011 (N=756)

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If Not for SaaS, the Use of Private Clouds Would Exceed Public Clouds
Use Now, or Expect to Use in 12 Months
Software as a Service (SaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS) Storage Cloud Computing Cloud 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Over private clouds

Source: Cloud-Computing Study, Baseline, May 2011 (N=756)

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Ziff Davis Enterprise Cloud Computing Research

Goals: Understand the pace, and styles, of adoption Identify benefits and challenges Recognize underlying management needs Studies: Two recent, fielded online to a random selection from Ziff Davis Enterprise database of IT influencers January 2011, 731 respondents May 2011, 757 respondents; publishing in Baseline May issue Typical results accurate within 3.6% at high confidence

Our Technical Definition of Cloud Computing (Used in Our Surveys)

Cloud computing occurs when an Internet/intranetbased infrastructure enables self-service, on-demand access to a shared pool of computing resources (e.g., servers, storage, applications). These resources can be quickly and elastically provisioned by users, because the clouds management has implemented systems for metering usage and automating resource allocation.

Source: Ziff Davis Enterprise, January 2011

Uh Whats that again?

IT Influencers Do Agree with Our Technical Definition of Cloud Computing

35%

56%

9%

Strongly agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly disagree (no one)

Source: Ziff Davis Enterprise Cloud-Computing Pilot Study, November 2010 (N=91)

But Getting Technical about the Cloud Misses the Pointand the Implications
Its a new way of building business capabilities Its a major disruptor Affecting business growth and development tactics Ultimately affecting everything about how enterprise IT runs Does it reduce demand for hardware and on-premise

software? Or does it just shift needs in a disruptive way?

Changing use of, and needs from, client systems Changing use of, and needs from, servers Changing network usage patterns New need for new services, management, and integration

Its a belief system. Everyone in IT is doing it, so it must be good. M. Krieger, Ziff Davis Enterprise Market Expert

Kind of Cloud, Defined by Control Point (Where the Cloud Begins)

Information

Hardware

Software

Interface

User

Storage Cloud Computing Cloud

Have been lumped together as infrastructure as a

service, or IaaS

But theyre fundamentally distinct Storage: where to find the information Computing: what to do with it So there are different offerings for eachyou can use

different vendors or solutions for each service, which is actually PaaS )

(More confusion: IaaS also stands for integration as a

Both Public and Private Clouds Provide Flexibility and Speed Benefits
Top Benefits Expected, Next 2 Years
Increased flexibility/versatility Lower fixed costs for whole organization Increased scalability Reduced demand on IT staff Reduced maintenance/migration costs Reduced demand on hardware Increased data security Increased user productivity Happier users More user access to high-volume IT resources Centralization of organizations fixed costs Easier compliance

Public Private

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

Source: Cloud-Computing Study, Baseline, May 2011 (N=320, 329)

The Kinds of Flexibility and Speed You Get with Cloud Computing
Elasticity (scalability up or down)

Scope of service

Ease of entry and exit

Control point: where the cloud begins

Cloud Computing Service Scope

The Consequences of Elasticity and Ease of Entry

Top Challenges, Next Two Years
Preventing unauthorized data access Risk of occasional data unavailability Preventing data loss Service costs that are rising, or may rise Uncertainty about cloud vendors longevity Handling risk of slow applications Possibility of offshore data storage Less ability to customize Makes compliance more difficult Legal risk of losing document versions Risk of higher migration costs

Public Private

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

Source: Cloud-Computing Study, Baseline, May 2011 (N=320, 329)

Connecting the Dots

Cloud computing provides organizations with greater

versatility in building out capabilities

But it also presents key challenges: Data loss or security breach (even for private clouds) Lost productivity or other costs related to unavailability, slower performance, poor integration Maintenance and management costs from holding it all together In other words, organizations still must seek, and

can get, the control and performance theyre used tothey just havent demanded it yet.

Even Public SaaS Solutions Are Strongly Enabled by Converged Infrastructures

Need for Technology, If Using Given Cloud Type
300 250 200 150 100 50 0

Index

server consolidation server virtualization storage virtualization network virtualization service-oriented arch.

Source: Cloud-Computing Study, January 2011 (N=731)

Even Public SaaS Solutions Are Strongly Enabled by Converged Infrastructures

Need for Technology, If Using Given Cloud Type
300 250 200 150 100 50 0

Index

server consolidation server virtualization storage virtualization network virtualization service-oriented arch.

Source: Cloud-Computing Study, January 2011 (N=731)

Know the Cloud Computing Template to Match Opportunity with Implication

aspect of a cloud solution application integration verdict

Elasticity (scalability up or down) Ease of entry and exit Control point: where the cloud begins Scope of service

Preparing For The Application Adoption Revolution

The Situation
You run an IT department & You offer services to other departments - Hosting - Systems administration - Consulting -

Preparing For The Application Adoption Revolution

The Problem
- Increasing SaaS adoption - Multiple Procurement systems - Users circumventing you -

Preparing For The Application Adoption Revolution

The Implication
- ACL management headaches - Procurement stress - Policy violations -

Preparing For The Application Adoption Revolution

The Solution

- Become a Service Provider -

Preparing For The Application Adoption Revolution

The Details
Offer self-service options - Applications - Components - Private / hybrid cloud -

Preparing For The Application Adoption Revolution

More Details
Use federation tools such as - Okta - Scalr -

EXTENDING IT GOVERNANCE FROM PRIVATE TO HYBRID CLOUDS

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