The document provides 6 predictions for enterprise IT in 2019 from experts at QuinStreet: 1. Artificial intelligence will be as important as cloud computing, with most companies starting to adopt some AI capabilities. 2. Big data and data analytics will become more accessible to non-experts through tools like cloud storage, data visualization, and data governance. 3. Most companies will use a multi-cloud strategy across several cloud providers to balance risks and leverage different platforms. 4. The cloud services industry focusing on security, management and monitoring of cloud environments will significantly grow. 5. Security concerns will be a major driver of cloud adoption as cloud providers can offer better security resources than most companies.

1. 2019 Enterprise IT Predictions
From the Experts at QuinStreet
James Maguire
Editor
Enterprise Storage Forum & Datamation
Chris Preimesberger
Editor-in-Chief
eWEEK

2. 2019 Enterprise IT Predictions
No. 1: Artificial Intelligence is ‘The New Cloud’
McKinsey’s 2018 Global Survey on AI
Source: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/artificial-intelligence/ai-adoption-advances-but-foundational-barriers-remain
of respondents say their companies
have embedded at least one AI
capability in their business
processes
47%
30% say they are piloting AI
21% say their organizations have embedded
AI in several parts of the business
Barriers to AI adoption:
43%
42%
30%
27%

3. Guide to Master Data
Management
Master data management
is a method of managing
an organization's critical
data as part of an overall
coherent system. Effective
MDM offers significant
competitive advantage.
http://bit.ly/2Q8H8lg
No. 2: The Democratization of Big Data
2019 Enterprise IT Predictions
Source: https://hbr.org/2018/07/the-democratization-of-data-science
The strategies and technologies that make data
democratization possible include:
• Cloud Storage
• Data Visualization
• Data Federation/Master Data Management
• Data Governance
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4. 2019 Enterprise IT Predictions
No. 3: Multicloud – The Dominant Cloud Strategy
“Multi-cloud is a clear reality of the next era in cloud computing.
Whether it is employed to balance risk or to leverage the
advantages and use cases of various cloud platforms – enterprises
are increasingly moving their workloads to multiple cloud
providers.”
-- Deepak Patil, senior vice president, Product and Technology, Virtustream
Source: https://www.virtustream.com/press-release/new-study-shifting-business-priorities-herald-the-era-of-multi-cloud
of respondents describe their
current cloud strategy as multi-
cloud, with performance and
innovation rising above cost savings
as the top measures of success.
86%
2018 Forrester study commissioned by Virtustream
Multicloud Benefits:
9 Reasons to Use
Multicloud
The benefits of a
multicloud strategy are
numerous, including
workload, cost, and –
especially – flexibility. Plus:
companies seek to avoid
vendor lock-in..
http://bit.ly/2Ee0oHE
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5. 2019 Enterprise IT Predictions
No. 4: Cloud Services Industry Grows with Cloud
Sources: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180321005869/en/Global-Multi-Cloud-Management-Market-2018-Expected-Reach
https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3871416
The size of the cloud management
and security services market in
2019, according to Gartner
$12.3B
$6.1B The size of the multi-cloud
management market in 2023,
according to ResearchAndMarkets
Beyond public cloud services like SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, and BPaaS, an entire ecosystem
of cloud services is growing to improve security and visibility, help manage multi-
cloud environments, and monitor performance and costs.
How Cloud
Computing Impacts
Corporate Security for
Better or Worse
A study from Oracle and
KPMG found cloud
deployments often lack
adequate security.
http://bit.ly/2rngbvp
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6. 2019 Enterprise IT Predictions
No. 5: Security Concerns Drive Cloud Growth
“A survey of more than 500 IT and
business executives cited the ‘increased
need for agility and speed’ as the primary
driver of increased cloud usage. What
may be unexpected, however, is that this
same pool of respondents cited their
‘increased confidence in cloud security’ as
a nearly equal driver of increased cloud
usage. In fact, agility and security
together were cited as the top dual
reasons for expanding their cloud usage.”
Sources: https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/digital-mckinsey/our-insights/making-a-secure-transition-to-the-public-cloud
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/turns-out-security-drives-cloud-adoption-not-the-other-way-around
“…our research with chief information
security officers (CISOs) highlights that
they have moved beyond the question, “Is
the cloud secure? In many cases they
acknowledge that cloud-service providers’
(CSPs) security resources dwarf their own,
and are now asking how they can consume
cloud services in a secure way, given that
many of their existing security
practices and architectures may be less
effective in the cloud.”
McKinsey
Six Top CASB Vendors
A cloud access security
broker (CASB) can help
organizations get a handle
on employee use of cloud
services – both official and
unsanctioned. We review
six top CASB products.
http://bit.ly/2QHJRlk
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7. 2019 Enterprise IT Predictions
No. 6: The Data Center Fades Even as IT Grows
Source: https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2018-10-17-gartner-says-global-it-spending-to-grow-3-2-percent-in-2019
Why Edge Computing
Market Will Grow 30
Percent by 2022
Increasing numbers of big-
data workloads and the
rise of real-time computing
have slowed production in
the cloud; conventional
architectures have been
unable to meet future
demand. Edge computing
is coming to the rescue.
http://bit.ly/2L7e3kE
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• Overall IT spending
Gartner 2019 IT Spending Predictions
+3.2%
• Enterprise software +8.3%
• Data centers +1.6%
• Servers -1.0 to -3.0%
every year from 2019 to 2023
“Edge computing is a method of optimizing cloud computing systems by
performing data processing at the edge of the network, near the source
of the data.”
-- Chris Preimesberger in eWEEK, Jan. 2018

8. 2019 Enterprise IT Predictions
From the Experts at QuinStreet
James Maguire
Editor
Enterprise Storage Forum & Datamation
Chris Preimesberger
Editor-in-Chief
eWEEK