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
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• 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
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• 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
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Company Size
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Industry
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Role of Respondents
Finding:
Cloud Adoption Reaches Ubiquity
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94% of Respondents Are Using Cloud Running apps or Experimenting
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Cloud Maturity
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Enterprises are in Middle Stages of Adoption
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Enterprise Cloud Maturity 2014 vs. 2013
2013
2014
8%
6%
17%
18%
26%
29%
23%
25%
26%
22%
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
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Enterprises Want Multi-Cloud
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Quicker Progress on Public Cloud
Finding:
Enterprise Cloud Governance Lags Adoption
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Cloud Governance Lags Adoption
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Differing Views of Role of IT in Cloud
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BUs See Public Cloud as Top Priority
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Central IT Worries More About Security
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• 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
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Workloads Expand with Maturity
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Cloud Workloads 2014 vs. 2013
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Benefits Grow with Cloud Maturity
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Cloud Benefits 2014 vs. 2013
Finding:
Security Concerns Abate while Compliance, Cost, and
Performance Demand Attention
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Challenges Decrease with Cloud Maturity
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Cloud Challenges 2014 vs. 2013
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Security Concerns Decrease in 2014
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Top 5 Challenges Change with Maturity
Finding:Next Generation IT Shapes Up: Cloud + DevOps + Self-Service
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DevOps Adoption Up from 2013
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DevOps Adoption Grows with Cloud Maturity
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Chef Taking Lead in Configuration Management
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Enterprise Self-Service Expands and Improves with Cloud Maturity
Finding:
AWS Leads in Public Cloud;Interest Builds in Azure and Google
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Public Cloud Usage – All Respondents
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Public Cloud Usage - All Respondents2014 vs. 2013
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Public Cloud Usage – Enterprise Respondents (1000+ employees)
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Public Cloud Usage – SMB Respondents(<1000 employees)
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Compare Top Public Clouds – All Respondents
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• 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
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Private Cloud Usage – All Respondents
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Private Cloud Usage - All Respondents2014 vs. 2013
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Private Cloud Usage – Enterprise Respondents(1000+ employees)
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Private Cloud Usage –SMB Respondents (<1000 employees)
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Compare Private Clouds – All Respondents
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• 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
• Microsoft System Center • #2 in Enterprise segment
Private Cloud Usage Takeaways
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All Cloud Usage – Enterprise Respondents (1000+ employees)
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2014 State of the Cloud Report
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2014 STATE OF THE CLOUD REPORT
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