IDC Reveals Cloud Predictions for 2015
19 December 2014 - 6:06AM
Business Wire
75% of IaaS provider offerings will be
redesigned, rebranded, or phased out in the next 12-24
months
International Data Corporation (IDC) today hosted the IDC
FutureScape: Worldwide Cloud 2015 Predictions Web conference, which
highlighted the predictions based on a new IDC FutureScape report.
The Predictions Web conference series and accompanying IDC
FutureScape reports are designed to help company leaders capitalize
on emerging market opportunities and plan for future growth. An
audio replay of today's web conference will be available this
afternoon. To access the replay, please visit:
http://bit.ly/IDCCloudFutureScape2015.
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The predictions from the IDC FutureScape for Cloud are:
1. More than 65% of enterprise IT
organizations will commit to hybrid cloud technologies before 2016,
vastly driving the rate and pace of change in IT organizations.
2. By 2017, 20% of enterprises will see
enough value in community-driven open source standards/frameworks
to adopt them strategically.
3. By 2017, 25% of IT organizations will
formally support a "consumer tier" to allow workers to develop
their own personal automation.
4. By 2017, IT buyers will actively channel
20% of their IT budgets through industry clouds to enable flexible
collaboration, information sharing, and commerce.
5. By 2016, more than 50% of enterprise IT
organizations building hybrid clouds will purchase new or updated
workload-aware cloud management solutions.
6. 60% of SaaS applications will leverage new
function-driven, micro-priced IaaS capabilities by 2018, adding
innovation to a "commodity" service.
7. By 2015, 65% of the selection criteria for
enterprise cloud workloads in global IT markets will be shaped by
efforts to comply with data privacy legislation.
8. 75% of IaaS provider offerings will be
redesigned, rebranded, or phased out in the next 12-24 months.
9. By 2016, there will be an 11% shift of IT
budget away from traditional in-house IT delivery, towards various
versions of cloud as a new delivery model.
10. By 2017, 35% of new applications will use
cloud-enabled continuous delivery and DevOps lifecycles for faster
rollout of new features and business innovation.
According to Robert Mahowald, Program Vice President, IDC SaaS
& Cloud Software research practice, "Digitization and
transformation to virtualized, on-demand provider-based services
are driving very rapid internal IT change. IT buyers are shifting
steadily toward cloud-also and cloud-first strategies and nearly
all are reconsidering their IT best practices to embrace hybrid
cloud construction and operations, secure data management,
end-to-end governance, updated IT skills, and improved multi-vendor
sourcing. The dynamics we've discussed in this IDC FutureScape, and
our recommendations, should be a foundation for how
enterprise-class IT organizations think about managing their
transformation."
The IDC FutureScape report that this Web conference is based on
will be published and available within the next 24 hours. To learn
more about IDC Predictions and IDC FutureScapes, please visit:
www.idc.com/research/Predictions15.
For additional information about these predictions or to arrange
a one-on-one briefing, please contact Sarah Murray at 781-378-2674
or sarah@attunecommunications.com. Reports are available to
qualified members of the media. For information on purchasing
reports, contact insights@idc.com; reporters should email
sarah@attunecommunications.com.
About IDC Predictions
A hallmark of IDC's offering for three decades, the annual Top
10 Predictions reports provide our outlook on the IT market, across
industries, in the coming year. During the next 90 days, IDC will
publish Top 10 Predictions documents for 2015. Please visit
www.idc.com/research/Predictions15 for a complete listing.
About IDC FutureScape
IDC FutureScape reports are used to shape IT strategy and
planning for the enterprise by providing a basic framework for
evaluating IT initiatives in terms of their value to business
strategy now and in the foreseeable future. IDC's FutureScapes are
comprised of a set of decision imperatives designed to identify a
range of pending issues that CIOs and senior technology
professionals will confront within the typical three-year business
planning cycle.
About IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global
provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for
the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer
technology markets. IDC helps IT professionals, business
executives, and the investment community to make fact-based
decisions on technology purchases and business strategy. More than
1,000 IDC analysts provide global, regional, and local expertise on
technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110
countries. In 2014, IDC celebrates its 50th anniversary of
providing strategic insights to help clients achieve their key
business objectives. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's
leading technology media, research, and events company. You can
learn more about IDC by visiting www.idc.com. Follow IDC on Twitter
at @IDC.
IDCHeather Hargraves, 508-935-4162Senior Marketing
Specialisthhargraves@idc.comorAttune CommunicationsSarah Murray,
781-378-2674Partnersarah@attunecommunications.com