RightScale 2014 State of the Cloud - Market Trends

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2014 STATE OF THE CLOUD REPORT

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Cloud Adoption Reaches Ubiquity

Public Cloud Adoption Nears 90% on the Journey to Hybrid

• Cloud Adoption Reaches Ubiquity• Hybrid Cloud is the Strategy of Choice• Enterprise Cloud Governance Lags Adoption

• Cloud Benefits Grow in 2014• Cloud Security Concerns Abate while Compliance, Cost,

Performance Demand Attention

• Next-Generation IT Shapes Up: Cloud + DevOps + Self-Service

• Cloud Wars Heat Up• AWS Leads in Public Cloud, Interest Builds in Azure and Google• VMware and OpenStack Battle for Lead in Private Cloud

2014 Findings

• 74,500 people emailed from RightScale database• 1068 responses• 3.2% margin of error• Respondents are not just RightScale users• 303 (28%) are RightScale users

Methodology

Company Size

Industry

Role of Respondents

Finding:

Cloud Adoption Reaches Ubiquity

94% of Respondents Are Using Cloud Running apps or Experimenting

Cloud Maturity

Enterprises are in Middle Stages of Adoption

Enterprise Cloud Maturity 2014 vs. 2013

Enterprise Stage of Cloud Adoption

No plans Cloud Watchers Cloud Beginners Cloud Explorers Cloud Focused

Source: RightScale 2014 State of the Cloud Report

Finding:

Hybrid Cloud is the Strategy of Choice

Enterprises Want Multi-Cloud

Quicker Progress on Public Cloud

Finding:

Enterprise Cloud Governance Lags Adoption

Cloud Governance Lags Adoption

Differing Views of Role of IT in Cloud

BUs See Public Cloud as Top Priority

Central IT Worries More About Security

• Central IT sees IT having broader role in cloud than technical staff in Bus

• Business Units see Public Cloud as higher priority• Business Units see public cloud security as less of a

challenge

Tale of Two Worldviews

Finding:

Cloud Benefits Grow in 2014

Workloads Expand with Maturity

Cloud Workloads 2014 vs. 2013

Benefits Grow with Cloud Maturity

Cloud Benefits 2014 vs. 2013

Finding:

Security Concerns Abate while Compliance, Cost, and

Performance Demand Attention

Challenges Decrease with Cloud Maturity

Cloud Challenges 2014 vs. 2013

Security Concerns Decrease in 2014

Top 5 Challenges Change with Maturity

Finding:Next Generation IT Shapes Up: Cloud + DevOps + Self-Service

DevOps Adoption Up from 2013

DevOps Adoption Grows with Cloud Maturity

Chef Taking Lead in Configuration Management

Enterprise Self-Service Expands and Improves with Cloud Maturity

Finding:

AWS Leads in Public Cloud;Interest Builds in Azure and Google

Public Cloud Usage – All Respondents

Public Cloud Usage - All Respondents2014 vs. 2013

Public Cloud Usage – Enterprise Respondents (1000+ employees)

Public Cloud Usage – SMB Respondents(<1000 employees)

Compare Top Public Clouds – All Respondents

• AWS still dominates• 4x share of nearest competitor

• RAX is second overall• Largely on strength of SMB market

• Google & Azure IaaS gaining mindshare• Azure IaaS gaining more interest in enterprise• Google IaaS gaining more interest in SMB

Public Cloud Usage Takeaways

Finding:

VMware and OpenStackBattle for Lead in Private Cloud

Private Cloud Usage – All Respondents

Private Cloud Usage - All Respondents2014 vs. 2013

Private Cloud Usage – Enterprise Respondents(1000+ employees)

Private Cloud Usage –SMB Respondents (<1000 employees)

Compare Private Clouds – All Respondents

• VMware leading• Many see vSphere/vCenter environments as private cloud• Surprising # claim use of vCloud Director

• OpenStack a strong #2• Gaining mindshare and interest – beyond even VMware

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