Gartner predicted that 2016 would be a defining year for cloud as private cloud begins to give way to hybrid cloud, and nearly half of large enterprises will have hybrid cloud deployments by the end of 2017. As we arrive at the halfway mark of 2016, we decided to conduct a survey of cloud users to get their thoughts on the state of the market and to find out what trends they are most interested in. Here’s are the results of that survey.

1. CLOUD ADOPTION
T R E N D S
Learn how global organizations
are taking advantage of cloud.

2. TRENDS DRIVING IT STRATEGY
Top 3 Technology Trends
SECURITY
77%
CLOUD
45%
BYOD
56%
Security, BYOD, and Cloud remain top priorities for their ability to
empower IT to accommodate change at the speed of business.

3. NETWORK DEVICE
MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES
APs
37%
SERVERS
22%
OTHER
27%
On-premise managed networks continue to be the majority, while the
priority across both on-premise or cloud-managed networks is the
management of access points.

4. 802.11AC WAVE 2 WIRELESS
DEPLOYED OR
PLANNING TO DEPLOY
45%
NOT CURRENTLY
PLANNING TO DEPLOY
44%
802.11ac Wave 2 is gaining momentum in the enterprise. The number of
organizations that have deployed or are planning to deploy Wave 2 is equal to the
ones that are not currently planning to deploy.

5. BYOD AND IoT INITIATIVES
A third of respondents industry-wide do not feel their cloud solution supports
their BYOD and IoT initiatives.
BYOD AND IoT
NOT SUPPORTED
34%
BYOD AND IoT
SUPPORTED
66%

6. CLOUD SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES
Yearly subscription services are the most favorable among organizations.
MONTHLY
22%
QUARTERLY
13%
YEARLY
34%

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