Cloud computing: A 2012 HorizonWatching Trend Report

Contact: Bill Chamberlin, HorizonWatching Community Leader January 17, 2012 Cloud Computing A HorizonWatching Trends ReportNote: This presentation represents my thoughts and ideas….not those of my employer. - Bill Chamberlin, HorizonWatching Community Leader - whchamb@gmail.com

HorizonWatching CommunityAbout This Trend Report  Purpose: The slides provide an overview on the Cloud Computing trend for IBM HorizonWatching Community members  Content: Summary information about the Cloud Computing trend is provided along with many links to additional resources. The slides are meant to be read/studied and the links are there for you to continue your learning. You may want to view the slides in slideshow mode so you can easily follow the links  Other HorizonWatching Trend Reports: Are announced/discussed on the HorizonWatching blog and slide decks are posted on the Horizonwatching channel on Slideshare  HorizonWatching Community: For more on the HorizonWatching community please see the appendix Note: This presentation represents my thoughts and ideas….not those of my employer. - Bill Chamberlin, HorizonWatching Community Leader - whchamb@gmail.com2 January 17, 2012 Cloud Computing: A HorizonWatching Trend Report © 2011 HorizonWatching Creative Commons Attribution License

HorizonWatching CommunityCloud Computing: 2012 will bring continued growth in all types ofpublic, private and hybrid cloudsPrivate IBM Video: Rethink IT. Reinvent Business “Demand for private clouds is expected to double as many organizations look for ways to gain greater flexibility from their computing resources while still maintaining control of their data. Forrester predicts the private cloud market to rise from $7.8B in 2011 to more than $15B in 2020.” – IBM (link)Public “The global public cloud services market will more than triple in size over the next five years to reach revenues of $66 billion in 2016” – Ovum (link) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4g-UFRrVx8 “Public cloud services will grow five times faster than overall IT enterprise spending (19 percent annually through 2015).” – Gartner (link)Hybrid “Hybrid cloud computing which brings together external public cloud services and internal private cloud services, as well as the capabilities to secure, manage and govern the entire cloud spectrum will be a major focus for 2012.” – Gartner (link)3 January 17, 2012 Cloud Computing: A HorizonWatching Trend Report © 2011 HorizonWatching Creative Commons Attribution License

HorizonWatching CommunityCloud Computing has moved beyond the hype. It is a highlydisruptive trend that brings with it new opportunitiesDisruption Gartner Video: The Cloud Computing Scenario“Cloud services are interconnected with and accelerated byother disruptive technologies, including mobile devices,wireless networks, big data analytics, and social networking.As during the mainframe and PC eras, the new platformpromises to radically expand the users and uses ofinformation technology, leading to a wide and entirely newvariety of intelligent industry solutions.” – IDC (link)Opportunity“What supply chain models did to manufacturing is whatcloud computing is doing to in-house data centers. It isallowing people to optimize around where they have http://blogs.gartner.com/symposium-live-barcelona/differentiated capabilities.” – Gartner (link)Mobile Cloud Services “In 2012, mobile workers and consumers will embrace tablets, mobile content, mobile video and personal cloud services at unprecedented levels. Nearly 1 in 5 professionals with three or more devices will adopt a personal cloud service for online storage, backup and synching.” – Yankee Research (link)4 January 17, 2012 Cloud Computing: A HorizonWatching Trend Report © 2011 HorizonWatching Creative Commons Attribution License

HorizonWatching Community Cloud Computing – Trend OverviewCloud computing provides individuals and organizations with new options on how they acquire ordeliver IT services, with reduced emphasis on the constraints of traditional software and hardwarelicensing models.Drivers• Clouds offer cost savings and an attractive pay-as-you-go model• Clouds can enable the speed of delivery of new services and new capabilities• Hybrid cloud models allow organizations to move part of their data into the public cloud, whilekeeping other IT-resources on-site or in a private cloudChallenges• Customers continue to be concerned about the security risks of cloud computing. Many users don’twant their data stored by a third party or where other users potentially have access to their data• Reliability of some public clouds.Implications• The demand for anytime, on-the-go accessibility will be a major force in shaping cloud computing• Expect to see continued development of delivery models (Iaas, PaaS, and Saas) as customersseek to build and deploy cloud applications• Startups, companies with complex supply chain operations and companies going throughreorganizations or business process transformations are good candidates for clouds• Large enterprises will need to plan how to migrate apps to the cloud• Mobile cloud services will experience large growth in 20125 January 17, 2012 Cloud Computing: A HorizonWatching Trend Report © 2011 HorizonWatching Creative Commons Attribution License

HorizonWatching CommunityCloud Computing – Additional Information and Resources• ABI Research: Cloud• BusinessWeek: CEO Guide to Cloud Computing “Cloud computing can dramatically• BusinessWeek Exchange Cloud Computing simplify administrating and managing• CIO.com : Cloud Computing many companies datacenters and• Forrester Research and Blogs position IT as a service organization• Gartner Research and Blogs and Webinar: Top for the rest of the company. Off-Trends in Cloud Computing and the Impact on Your IT loading some of the more mundaneStrategy tasks to the cloud (public or private)• HorizonWatching: 10 Cloud Computing White Papers and freeing up manpower to focus onFrom IBM adding value to the business is critical• IBM Cloud Computing and DeveloperWorks Cloud to driving cloud adoption – IDC (link)Computing portal• IDC Research and Blogs• InformationWeek Cloud Computing• InfoWorld Cloud portal and Blogs• Twitter searches: #cloud and #cloudcomputing• Technorati: Blog posts tagged Cloud Computing• Wikipedia: Cloud Computing6 January 17, 2012 Cloud Computing: A HorizonWatching Trend Report © 2011 HorizonWatching Creative Commons Attribution License

HorizonWatching Community Cloud Computing – IBM Resources and Links ibm.com links IBM White Paper: Getting Cloud Computing Right • IBMSmartCloud portal • DeveloperWorks Cloud Computing portal • Partnerworld Cloud Computing portal • IBM Cloud Computing professional certification IBM Social Media Platforms • Thoughts on Cloud Blog • IBMCloud on Twitter • IBM Cloud on YouTube • IBM Cloud Computing on LinkedIn • IBM Cloud on Facebook7 January 17, 2012 Cloud Computing: A HorizonWatching Trend Report © 2011 HorizonWatching Creative Commons Attribution License

HorizonWatching CommunityAppendix: About The HorizonWatching Community  Launched 2006  An overview of HorizonWatching is located here: About HorizonWatching  Blogs – Typepad = Horizonwatching – Thought Leadership Blog – Tumblr = HorizonWatching – Quote Blog  Twitter = HorizonWatching  Slideshare = HorizonWatching (an external version of this deck will be posted here)  Facebook = HorizonWatching  LinkedIn Community = HorizonWatching8 January 17, 2012 Cloud Computing: A HorizonWatching Trend Report © 2011 HorizonWatching Creative Commons Attribution License

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