The document discusses the findings of a survey on hybrid cloud conducted between December 2016 and January 2017. Some key findings include:
- Digital transformation and business growth are primary drivers for organizations to adopt hybrid cloud solutions. Flexibility is seen as a top benefit.
- While respondents generally understand the concept of hybrid cloud, identifying hybrid cloud solutions in practice is more difficult. Many organizations using hybrid cloud solutions did not recognize them as such.
- Adoption of hybrid cloud varies by industry, country, and age of organization. More established organizations over 10 years old have much higher adoption rates of hybrid cloud.
- Top challenges with hybrid cloud are complexity and lack of skill sets to manage hybrid environments. Capabilities prioritized differ between
Growing Up Hybrid -- Accelerating Digital Transformation (Cloud)Casey Lucas
Hybrid cloud is the de facto state of IT.
Two-thirds of organizations that blend traditional and cloud infrastructures are already gaining advantage from their hybrid environments. However, leaders among them use hybrid cloud to power their digital transformation, going beyond cost reduction and productivity gains.
What’s more, these leaders are using hybrid cloud to springboard to next- generation initiatives such as Internet of Things and cognitive computing, aiming to disrupt and capture new markets.
Is Hybrid Cloud becoming the default?
If you are a CIO, CTO, Head of Technology, CEO, CFO or any interest in Cloud Infrastructure you have to see this report, conducted by Vanson Bourne on behalf of Nutanix
Growing Up Hybrid -- Accelerating Digital Transformation (Cloud)Casey Lucas
Hybrid cloud is the de facto state of IT.
Two-thirds of organizations that blend traditional and cloud infrastructures are already gaining advantage from their hybrid environments. However, leaders among them use hybrid cloud to power their digital transformation, going beyond cost reduction and productivity gains.
What’s more, these leaders are using hybrid cloud to springboard to next- generation initiatives such as Internet of Things and cognitive computing, aiming to disrupt and capture new markets.
Is Hybrid Cloud becoming the default?
If you are a CIO, CTO, Head of Technology, CEO, CFO or any interest in Cloud Infrastructure you have to see this report, conducted by Vanson Bourne on behalf of Nutanix
Over the last decade, cloud computing has transformed the market for IT services. But the journey to cloud adoption has not been without its share of twists and turns. This report looks at lessons that can be derived from companies' experiences implementing cloud computing technology.
Cloud Usage in Business Today and Tomorrowrftclouds
Reach for the Clouds, Inc. was formed to organizations migrate to the cloud with One Solution, One platform, one with your customer.
http://bit.ly/1wqmNX3
Organizations have been putting the cloud to use for years, but recently the trickle of workloads being moved from on-premises to public cloud environments has grown into a tidal wave.
But just what public cloud infrastructure strategies are being used, in terms of the number of providers with which they partner, and do they see these services simply augmenting existing on-premises environments or as a means of revolutionizing them?
Read this ESG research brief to get the answer to these questions and more.
AMD 2011 Global Cloud Computing Adoption, Attitudes and Approaches StudyAMD
A global research report commissioned by AMD in 2011 to understand the current state of cloud computing. The findings revealed that while the cloud is maturing rapidly, challenges still remain
A cloud revolution is brewing, and it promises to radically transform the way we compete, collaborate, and consume business services. Indeed, in an economy as volatile and hypercompetitive as today’s, the cloud’s potent mix of simplicity, security, faster innovation, and lower operating costs is proving increasingly attractive. For many businesses—small, medium, and large—the time to adopt this game-changing approach is now.
The top 3 reasons why midsize businesses use the cloud? IDC says it’s minimizing costs, maximizing IT, & increasing access to apps, find out more about Cloud
enterprise cloud computing adoption accelerated in 2016 and will do so again in 2017. are you ahead of your competitors or lagging behind the average enterprise? Infrastructure and operations (I&o) leaders must answer this question to chart their companies’ cloud futures. this report gathers important adoption metrics for public, private, and hybrid cloud and explores enterprise cloud priorities and policies to help you benchmark your progress against the broader market. use these benchmarks to inform your cloud strategic plan.
this is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and revises it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy. We’re updating it now to include new data from Forrester’s Business technographics surveys.
The 2016 State of Cloud IT Report by BetterCloud
The Cloud Changes Everything
Work as we know it is transforming. Today, all businesses are technology enabled, regardless of size, industry, or location. But merely using technology no longer guarantees you remain competitive. As digital natives flood the global workforce, businesses are met with a decision: resist new norms or provide the latest technology to their employees.
We are in the midst of a technological shift not seen since the launch of Microsoft Office and the invention of the Internet. The world of IT is at a tipping point, and at the center are IT professionals experiencing once-in-a-career shifts in their roles and responsibilities. For years, IT has been mischaracterized as solely an internal support team; if something breaks, IT is there with the fix. In 2016, IT professionals are beginning to offload their routine work to cloud software and service providers, giving them more time to focus on strategic work.
The skills required to be a successful IT professional in the modern, cloud-first workplace are far different than they once were. Cloud IT is coming of age, and it’s going to affect every organization and IT professional in the world, much faster than you think.
Framework for Cloud Computing Adoption: A Roadmap for Smes to Cloud Migrationijccsa
Small and Medium size Enterprises (SME) are considered as a backbone of many developing and
developed economies of the world; they are the driving force to any major economy across the globe.
Through Cloud Computing firms outsource their entire information technology (IT) process while
concentrating more on their core business. It allows businesses to cut down heavy cost incurred over IT
infrastructure without losing focus on customer needs. However, Cloud industry to an extent has struggled
to grow among SMEs due to the reluctance and concerns expressed by them. Throughout the course of this
study several interviews were conducted and the literature was reviewed to understand how cloud
providers offer services and what challenges SMEs are facing. The study identified issues like cloud
knowledge, interoperability, security and contractual concerns to be hindering SMEs adoption of cloud
services. From the interviews common practices followed by cloud vendors and what concerns SMEs have
were identified as a basis for a cloud framework which will bridge gaps between cloud vendors and SMEs.
A stepwise framework for cloud adoption is formulated which identifies and provides recommendation to
four most predominant challenges which are hurting cloud industry and taking SMEs away from cloud
computing, as well as guide SMEs aiding in successful cloud adoption. Moreover, this framework
streamlines the cloud adoption process for SMEs by removing ambiguity in regards to fundamentals
associated with their organisation and cloud adoption process
Transform Your Customer Experience with Modern Information ManagementNuxeo
According to new Nuxeo research, UK Financial Services firms are storing critical customer information and content - on average - across nine different systems. Additionally, 80% of respondents indicated that their information systems also aren’t integrated.
Not only does this have a significant impact on operational efficiency, it is also negatively impacting customers’ experiences as well. And with the specter of GDPR and other consumer privacy legislation looming, many organisations are finding it impossible to respond to these regulations and resulting customer inquiries.
In this webinar, we will share real-life examples of how leading financial services organisations - like ABN Amro, one of the Netherlands largest and most progressive banks - have modernised their legacy information systems to use data and content in new and innovative ways to deliver more value to their customers, reduce technology costs, and transform their businesses.
What you’ll learn:
- Why current information management strategies make financial services less competitive
- How to bridge information silos to enhance your customer experience
- Methods to improve decision-making with intelligent information
- How other top banks and insurers have already modernised their information management systems and what benefits they are experiencing
- How AI can provide greater automation and insight into financial services processes
- And, new ways to better comply with regulations
Our panelist will discuss common information management challenges that legacy systems pose, and how to intelligently modernise existing systems to support digital transformation, take advantage of new cloud technologies, and gain a competitive advantage in today’s financial services market.
Executives in this study rated their own organizations based on both revenue/effectiveness
and profit/efficiency. Sixty-eight percent more high-performing organizations report having
fully integrated their cloud initiatives into an overall strategic transformation compared to the
full survey sample (57 percent versus 34 percent, respectively).
How crucial is cloud as a catalyst for innovation for organizations in North America? Are investments in line with business objectives? To what extent is cloud fueling artificial intelligence? Learn these answers and other findings in this brief.
Over the last decade, cloud computing has transformed the market for IT services. But the journey to cloud adoption has not been without its share of twists and turns. This report looks at lessons that can be derived from companies' experiences implementing cloud computing technology.
Cloud Usage in Business Today and Tomorrowrftclouds
Reach for the Clouds, Inc. was formed to organizations migrate to the cloud with One Solution, One platform, one with your customer.
http://bit.ly/1wqmNX3
Organizations have been putting the cloud to use for years, but recently the trickle of workloads being moved from on-premises to public cloud environments has grown into a tidal wave.
But just what public cloud infrastructure strategies are being used, in terms of the number of providers with which they partner, and do they see these services simply augmenting existing on-premises environments or as a means of revolutionizing them?
Read this ESG research brief to get the answer to these questions and more.
AMD 2011 Global Cloud Computing Adoption, Attitudes and Approaches StudyAMD
A global research report commissioned by AMD in 2011 to understand the current state of cloud computing. The findings revealed that while the cloud is maturing rapidly, challenges still remain
A cloud revolution is brewing, and it promises to radically transform the way we compete, collaborate, and consume business services. Indeed, in an economy as volatile and hypercompetitive as today’s, the cloud’s potent mix of simplicity, security, faster innovation, and lower operating costs is proving increasingly attractive. For many businesses—small, medium, and large—the time to adopt this game-changing approach is now.
The top 3 reasons why midsize businesses use the cloud? IDC says it’s minimizing costs, maximizing IT, & increasing access to apps, find out more about Cloud
enterprise cloud computing adoption accelerated in 2016 and will do so again in 2017. are you ahead of your competitors or lagging behind the average enterprise? Infrastructure and operations (I&o) leaders must answer this question to chart their companies’ cloud futures. this report gathers important adoption metrics for public, private, and hybrid cloud and explores enterprise cloud priorities and policies to help you benchmark your progress against the broader market. use these benchmarks to inform your cloud strategic plan.
this is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and revises it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy. We’re updating it now to include new data from Forrester’s Business technographics surveys.
The 2016 State of Cloud IT Report by BetterCloud
The Cloud Changes Everything
Work as we know it is transforming. Today, all businesses are technology enabled, regardless of size, industry, or location. But merely using technology no longer guarantees you remain competitive. As digital natives flood the global workforce, businesses are met with a decision: resist new norms or provide the latest technology to their employees.
We are in the midst of a technological shift not seen since the launch of Microsoft Office and the invention of the Internet. The world of IT is at a tipping point, and at the center are IT professionals experiencing once-in-a-career shifts in their roles and responsibilities. For years, IT has been mischaracterized as solely an internal support team; if something breaks, IT is there with the fix. In 2016, IT professionals are beginning to offload their routine work to cloud software and service providers, giving them more time to focus on strategic work.
The skills required to be a successful IT professional in the modern, cloud-first workplace are far different than they once were. Cloud IT is coming of age, and it’s going to affect every organization and IT professional in the world, much faster than you think.
Framework for Cloud Computing Adoption: A Roadmap for Smes to Cloud Migrationijccsa
Small and Medium size Enterprises (SME) are considered as a backbone of many developing and
developed economies of the world; they are the driving force to any major economy across the globe.
Through Cloud Computing firms outsource their entire information technology (IT) process while
concentrating more on their core business. It allows businesses to cut down heavy cost incurred over IT
infrastructure without losing focus on customer needs. However, Cloud industry to an extent has struggled
to grow among SMEs due to the reluctance and concerns expressed by them. Throughout the course of this
study several interviews were conducted and the literature was reviewed to understand how cloud
providers offer services and what challenges SMEs are facing. The study identified issues like cloud
knowledge, interoperability, security and contractual concerns to be hindering SMEs adoption of cloud
services. From the interviews common practices followed by cloud vendors and what concerns SMEs have
were identified as a basis for a cloud framework which will bridge gaps between cloud vendors and SMEs.
A stepwise framework for cloud adoption is formulated which identifies and provides recommendation to
four most predominant challenges which are hurting cloud industry and taking SMEs away from cloud
computing, as well as guide SMEs aiding in successful cloud adoption. Moreover, this framework
streamlines the cloud adoption process for SMEs by removing ambiguity in regards to fundamentals
associated with their organisation and cloud adoption process
Transform Your Customer Experience with Modern Information ManagementNuxeo
According to new Nuxeo research, UK Financial Services firms are storing critical customer information and content - on average - across nine different systems. Additionally, 80% of respondents indicated that their information systems also aren’t integrated.
Not only does this have a significant impact on operational efficiency, it is also negatively impacting customers’ experiences as well. And with the specter of GDPR and other consumer privacy legislation looming, many organisations are finding it impossible to respond to these regulations and resulting customer inquiries.
In this webinar, we will share real-life examples of how leading financial services organisations - like ABN Amro, one of the Netherlands largest and most progressive banks - have modernised their legacy information systems to use data and content in new and innovative ways to deliver more value to their customers, reduce technology costs, and transform their businesses.
What you’ll learn:
- Why current information management strategies make financial services less competitive
- How to bridge information silos to enhance your customer experience
- Methods to improve decision-making with intelligent information
- How other top banks and insurers have already modernised their information management systems and what benefits they are experiencing
- How AI can provide greater automation and insight into financial services processes
- And, new ways to better comply with regulations
Our panelist will discuss common information management challenges that legacy systems pose, and how to intelligently modernise existing systems to support digital transformation, take advantage of new cloud technologies, and gain a competitive advantage in today’s financial services market.
Executives in this study rated their own organizations based on both revenue/effectiveness
and profit/efficiency. Sixty-eight percent more high-performing organizations report having
fully integrated their cloud initiatives into an overall strategic transformation compared to the
full survey sample (57 percent versus 34 percent, respectively).
How crucial is cloud as a catalyst for innovation for organizations in North America? Are investments in line with business objectives? To what extent is cloud fueling artificial intelligence? Learn these answers and other findings in this brief.
In 2016, cloud technologies went mainstream. But with maturity came the realization that moving to the cloud doesn’t happen overnight. CIOs are prioritizing hosted computing and cloud data storage. But they’re approaching the shift as a gradual, multi-year journey.
Many startups and small businesses will continue to go all-in on cloud. But enterprises will find success in a slow but steady move from on-prem. Hybrid ecosystems—of data, software, and infrastructure—will be the reality for most established organizations.
As this shift to cloud progresses where are things are headed? This paper highlights the top cloud trends for 2017.
enterprise cloud computing adoption accelerated in 2016 and will do so again in 2017. are you ahead of your competitors or lagging behind the average enterprise? Infrastructure and operations (I&o) leaders must answer this question to chart their companies’ cloud futures. this report gathers important adoption metrics for public, private, and hybrid cloud and explores enterprise cloud priorities and policies to help you benchmark your progress against the broader market. use these benchmarks to inform your cloud strategic plan.
this is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and revises it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy. We’re updating it now to include new data from Forrester’s Business technographics surveys.
How do organizations in Europe view their cloud investments? Are they realizing the true potential of cloud to drive innovation at scale? Learn these answers and other findings in this brief.
Enterprises have been embracing hybrid IT infrastructures that combine on-premises and public cloud capabilities, and more and more enterprises are expected to adopt this strategy in the future. But, is it right for your business?
Find out if hybrid cloud services are a winning fit for your company: https://www.oneneck.com/cloud/hybrid-it-a-winning-strategy
The power of Cloud - Driving business model innovationIBM Software India
Although businesses today are leveraging the power of Cloud to transform the way they function, they are yet to realize its potential when it comes to driving innovation in the organisation. When utilised effectively, Cloud capabilities offer numerous advantages to drive business innovation. Read through or download the study to find out more.
State of Cloud - Takeaways for Sales & Marketing ProfessionalsUBM (Technology)
2017 State of Cloud provides a thorough analysis of one of the technology industry’s most critical resources – the cloud. Interop ITX’s detailed research explores influences of the cloud today, concerns, management, security and cost, and what it has in store for the future. Read the full report here: http://reg.interop.com/inlv17-stateofcloud?kcode=slideshare
While use of the cloud today is generally associated with the ability to reduce costs and improve efficiency, widespread adoption of this technology is projected to have a transformative effect on all businesses of all sizes.
No one knows hybrid SharePoint like Bill Baer, Christian Buckley, and Rick Taylor. They all came together for one webinar to cover the state of SharePoint and where the future lies, best practices and key scenarios for hybrid, and how to implement a successful hybrid deployment.
Presented by Microsoft, CollabTalk, and AvePoint.
Find more hybrid SharePoint resources at:
www.avepoint.com/products/office-365-hybrid-management
www.avepoint.com/hybrid-study
Learn how to leverage software on premise infrastructure and public cloud to automate common IT and business processes, create a better user experience and save money
The 2014 IDG Enterprise Cloud Computing Survey highlights research on today’s cloud computing trends that technology decision-makers are faced with, including usage and plans across various cloud service and deployment models, investments, business drivers and impact on business strategy and plans.
How are organizations in the United Kingdom & Ireland using cloud-enabled business models to innovate at scale? What is cloud’s role in sustainability? Learn these answers and other findings in this brief.
Data center outsourcing a new paradigm for the ITAlessandro Guli
Decisions relating to the hosting of IT assets are reaching new levels of risk and of complexity.
The availability of new technologies and services, principally those associated with the cloud,
have created new possibilities for aligning IT delivery with business needs and, in the process,
meeting new challenges of data traffic, mobility and the cluster of initiatives that are included
under ‘speed to market’.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
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Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
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- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
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Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
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We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
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In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
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1. State of the Hybrid Cloud 2017State of the Hybrid Cloud 2017
Understanding Hybrid Cloud in 2017
Over the past several years, hybrid cloud has been a consistent topic of interest in our discussions with
enterprise customers. The notion of hybrid cloud has been around in the industry for a while now. But
we’ve long had the sense that people think about and approach hybrid cloud in different ways. Despite
this, organizations have moved ahead with hybrid cloud strategies, looking to achieve the benefits of
cloud computing while also continuing to get value from their existing on-premises resources.
With the explosive growth of cloud, particularly at commercial companies, we felt it was time for a
definitive study on hybrid cloud. We found no research available to help us more deeply understand
the topic. What follows is the result of a survey conducted from December 2016 through January 2017
by Kantar TNS. We surveyed midsized to large organizations, that have either deployed Hybrid Cloud
solutions or were planning to do so within 12 months, to determine their understanding and usage of
hybrid cloud. We wanted to get at the drivers, benefits, challenges, and solutions in the hybrid cloud
space. This report outlines the data obtained and provides a detailed look into the state of the
hybrid cloud.
Key takeaways from the survey
• Digital transformation and business growth drives the need for hybrid cloud.
• Hybrid cloud usage is generally high and varies widely by industry, country, and age of the organization.
More established organizations are very likely to be using hybrid cloud.
• The top benefit of hybrid cloud is flexibility, offering the opportunity to achieve cloud benefits while
still maintaining existing resources. The benefits outweigh the challenges.
• The top challenges with hybrid cloud are complexity and lack of skill sets. Organizations that have
deployed hybrid cloud put more value on consistency across cloud and on-premises environments.
1
2. 2
Overview of respondents
The survey was conducted in four countries (U.S., Germany, U.K., and India) with a total of 1,175 participants.
Most respondents were in IT, although there is a good representation from the business side as well. Most
respondents were decision-makers in some aspect of their role. The organizations where the respondents
worked spanned many industries and company sizes.
More detailed organization and demographic information is available in the Appendix.
Digital transformation and business growth drives the need for hybrid cloud
Enterprises must innovate to remain competitive and ahead of the game. Digital transformation is top of mind
for executives, and one cause for the growth of cloud computing is the need for enterprises to innovate faster.
IT is at the heart of how companies use technology, and IT staff are looking for ways to evolve their strategy to
support this pace of innovation while still providing the stability and protection their companies need.
So it’s no surprise that the top triggers for hybrid cloud projects relate to business growth and the continued
evolution of overall IT strategy. IT and business leaders alike view hybrid cloud as part of their business strategy—
and it seems to be working, with 92 percent of those who have deployed a hybrid cloud solution indicated
they would do it again.
46%
37%
35%
34%
33%
Preparation for future
IT strategy in the
organization
Business growth (new
units, divisions,
merger, geographies,
etc.)
Alignment with
business strategy
Integration of
different systems
New
application/software
Q: What were the primary reasons
behind your organization’s last Hybrid
Cloud solution deployment?
3. 3
There is a common understanding of hybrid cloud,
but challenges identifying it in practice
Generally, respondents all had very similar definitions of hybrid cloud. Nearly everyone chose to define it as
some form of integration of cloud and on-premises environments. First we asked whether they were yet using
hybrid cloud, and then later in the survey asked them to select solutions from a list that they had deployed in
the past year, with 63 percent saying they currently have at least one hybrid solution. What we found surprising
was the large number of cases where a respondent said they were not using a hybrid solution, but then selected
a hybrid option from the list of deployed solutions. It seems that while the conceptual definition of hybrid cloud
is not challenging for people, identifying hybrid cloud in practice is more difficult.
Real vs. Perceived Hybrid usage
63%
37%
52%
48%
Current user (one or
more use cases
deployed)
True intender (no
use cases deployed)
Current users who stated
to have a Hybrid solution
Intenders who stated
NOT to have a Hybrid
solution yet
… almost half of those
Intenders are actually
deploying a Hybrid Use
Case.
However…
Q: Which of the following deployment methods is your organization
using or planning to use for its technology solutions/applications?
For each of the following Hybrid Cloud use cases, please indicate
where your organization is in the deployment process.
Real vs. Perceived Hybrid usage
63%
37%
52%
48%
Current user (one or
more use cases
deployed)
True intender (no
use cases deployed)
Current users who stated
to have a Hybrid solution
Intenders who stated
NOT to have a Hybrid
solution yet
… almost half of those
Intenders are actually
deploying a Hybrid Use
Case.
However…
4. 4
Once engaged, hybrid cloud is the most popular deployment method
We presented different cloud and on-premises models and asked which of them would be used going forward.
The most selected model was hybrid cloud, with all users either using it now (81 percent) or planning to use it
in 12 months (19 percent). On-premises plans were similar, whereas public cloud and private cloud lag. Even as
more and more enterprises have moved toward the cloud and even taken cloud-first strategies, often they are
not taking a cloud-only strategy. A cloud transition does not happen overnight. Some organizations have
indicated that hybrid is, in fact, an end-state for them as it helps them deal with regulatory or privacy challenges.
80%
60% 59%
81%
19%
34%
33%
19%
1% 4%
5%
1% 2% 4%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
On Premise Public Cloud Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud
Currently using Planning to use in the next 12 months Planning to use in more than 12 months Not planning to use in the future
Q: Which of the following deployment methods is your organization
using or planning to use for its technology solutions/applications?
5. 5
Hybrid cloud usage varies a lot by industry and country
While the adoption of hybrid cloud is generally high, regulated industries like banking and
healthcare rank near the top. Hybrid cloud allows such companies to leverage the cloud as much
as possible, while still meeting their compliance requirements. Other industries near the top of the
list are those like retail that tend to have remote or distributed facilities, which may not have reliable
or fast connections to the cloud. Hybrid cloud provides these industries with the flexibility needed to
optimize their environments.
Hybrid cloud adoption also varied between countries. Along with lower adoption of the cloud in
general due to data sovereignty laws, Germany also lagged far behind in hybrid cloud adoption.
India, on the other hand, showed very high adoption, perhaps in part due to Internet latency and
the need to keep IT assets close to where they are used.
Average: 81%
Above
average
Average: 81%
Above
average
Q: Is your organization using hybrid cloud solutions?
6. 6
More established organizations are using hybrid cloud
The correlation between the number of years a company has been in business and its hybrid cloud
usage is very strong. Organizations over 10 years old have already made significant technology
investments, and they are extremely likely to be using hybrid cloud. The number drops quite a bit
for companies less than 10 years old, especially when filtering out IT services and software companies,
which are generally more likely to use hybrid cloud. With that filter about 50 percent of companies
less than 10 years old are using hybrid cloud, versus nearly 90 percent for 10-year-old companies.
49%
59%
86%
91%
84%
52%
41%
14%
9%
16%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
< 10years * < 10years 10 - 24 years 25 - 49 years 50 + years
User Non User
Source: FY17 Hybrid Cloud Note : * indicates Not including IT Services/Software Industry
49%
59%
86%
91%
84%
52%
41%
14%
9%
16%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
< 10years * < 10years 10 - 24 years 25 - 49 years 50 + years
User Non User
Source: FY17 Hybrid Cloud Note : * indicates Not including IT Services/Software Industry
Usage of Hybrid Cloud by organization age.
7. 7
26%
26%
26%
28%
28%
29%
30%
31%
32%
33%
35%
40%
41%
44%
41%
40%
42%
40%
39%
41%
40%
40%
21%
22%
19%
21%
22%
19%
20%
20%
18%
19%
16%
9%
9%
6%
7%
6%
6%
7%
7%
7%
6%
6%
5%
2%
5%
3%
3%
4%
3%
2%
2%
2%
3%
Using Trialing Engaged Interested No plans
< Using: already
deployed a hybrid
solution
< Trialing: running hybrid
solution trials
< Engaged: Not yet
deploying, but
researching about it
< Interested: Not yet
deploying, nor
researching;
< No plans: no interest
More likely used
in enterprises
Integrated productivity experiences across environments
Secure, high performance networking
Single-user identification Cloud and on-prem
Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service
Front end Cloud, data on-premises
Archival of on-premises data to Cloud
Analytics/BI from on-prem to Cloud
Unified monitoring across multiple environments
Dev/Test Cloud, Production on-premises
Advanced security analytics in unified view
Global applications
37% 21% 31% 62%
37% 23% 38% 63%
46% 24% 40% 70%
54% 32% 56% 81%
n=71
n=31
n=77
n=112
Hybrid cloud solutions are used in many scenarios
Hybrid cloud is happening now, with 48 percent of respondents indicating they were currently
undergoing a deployment. In looking at usage by different types of use cases (see the Appendix
for the definitions), the distribution is fairly spread out, as you can see from the chart. More interesting
are the solutions that stand out more for enterprises, which tend to deal with greater complexity,
including dealing with managing identity, data location, and global rollouts.
Going a step further and categorizing the use cases
into applications, data, infrastructure, and identity, we
see other interesting trends. Infrastructure use cases
lead overall. But again this varies widely by country—
for example, with very high usage of identity use
cases in India.
Q: For each of the following Hybrid Cloud use cases, please
indicate where your organization is in the deployment process.
8. 8
Prioritization of hybrid capabilities changes once users deploy a solution
We also asked participants to identify the most important capabilities in a hybrid cloud. The “other”
response was very low, indicating this was a good list of the requirements people typically consider.
Network connectivity scored the highest, which makes sense given that it’s a foundational element
for connecting different datacenters.
Q: In your opinion, what are the key capabilities of a Hybrid Cloud solution?
Please select up to three most relevant characteristics from the list below.
59%
50%
49%
47%
40%
37%
1%
Network connectivity between on-
premises and public cloud
Unified management across multiple
operating systems and public clouds
Consistent end-user experience for an
application across environments
Seamless portability of applications and
data
Common APIs, services, and tools to build
and deploy applications
Single User identity for controlled
application access across environments
Other
9. 9
The differences in the results between those who have deployed and those who have not were
interesting. Those who were planning to deploy considered network connectivity as the most
important capability, but that number dropped nearly 15 points for those who were already using
hybrid cloud. On the other hand, the importance of having a consistent application experience
across environments, seamless portability, and common tools to build and deploy applications were
higher for those who were currently using. Current users had a more accurate notion of what they
needed to fight potential complexity in their hybrid environment, and indeed successful hybrid
cloud requires much more than just connectivity.
56%
49%
50%
48%
42%
35%
1%
70%
51%
44%
43%
32%
41%
0%
Network connectivity between on-
premises and public cloud
Unified management across multiple
operating systems and public clouds
Consistent end-user experience for an
application across environments
Seamless portability of applications
and data
Common APIs, services, and tools to
build and deploy applications
Single User identity for controlled
application access across
environments
Other
Hybrid user Hybrid intender
ect up to three most relevant characteristics from the list below (Total n=1175, Hybrid User, n=947, Hybrid Intender n=228)
Key capabilities according to
users vs. intenders
Expectation
higher than
Experience
Experience
higher than
Expectation
Q: In your opinion, what are the key capabilities of a Hybrid Cloud solution?
Please select up to three most relevant characteristics from the list below.
10. 10
Responses also showed a variance in the importance of certain hybrid cloud capabilities by the
age of the company as well as by country.
US UK India Germany
Hybrid Cloud Components
n 513 169 325 168
Network connectivity between on-premises and public cloud
Seamless portability of applications and data
Common APIs, services, and tools to build and deploy applications
Unified management across multiple operating systems and public clouds
Single User identity for controlled application access across environments
Consistent end-user experience for an application across environments
Other (specify)
57%
49%
39%
49%
37%
48%
1%
56%
44%
37%
42%
47%
47%
2%
58%
47%
45%
54%
35%
53%
0%
70%
44%
38%
53%
26%
45%
0%
Source: FY17 Hybrid Cloud
< 10years 10 - 24 years 25 - 49 years 50 + years
Hybrid Cloud Components
N 257 464 247 197
Network connectivity between on-premises and public cloud
Seamless portability of applications and data
Common APIs, services, and tools to build and deploy applications
Unified management across multiple operating systems and public clouds
Single User identity for controlled application access across environments
Consistent end-user experience for an application across environments
Other (specify)
68%
43%
41%
52%
44%
43%
0%
59%
49%
42%
49%
38%
50%
0%
56%
43%
41%
51%
34%
48%
2%
51%
51%
37%
47%
29%
54%
1%
Source: FY17 Hybrid Cloud
11. 11
Flexibility is key as organizations move toward hybrid cloud
Organizations overall say flexibility and portability rank first, followed by scalability and
performance, as the top three benefits they are looking for in a hybrid cloud.
46%
45%
43%
38%
35%
35%
33%
32%
31%
30%
28%
26%
More flexibility because of portability/compatibility
across environments
Better scalability
Increased performance and/or higher availability
More cost-efficient
Better security and/or control
Improved IT risk management
Ability to extend or modernize my current
applications
More opportunity for innovation
Easier to maintain
Faster time-to-market
Ability to improve analytics and intelligence on my
existing data
Better governance and compliance
Q: Which of the following do you consider the most important benefits of Hybrid
Cloud (versus a non-hybrid cloud) environment? Please select up to five responses.
12. 12
Benefits is another area where the picture differs between those who are planning to deploy
versus those who have deployed. Those already in deployment find flexibility and scalability
more important. While planners also felt scalability was important, they responded that IT
risk management was an important benefit.
Benefits Using Planning
n 947 228
Faster time-to-market
Better scalability
Increased performance and/or higher availability
More cost-efficient
Better security and/or control
Better governance and compliance
Easier to maintain
More flexibility because of portability/compatibility across
environments
Ability to improve analytics and intelligence on my existing data
More opportunity for innovation
Improved IT risk management
Ability to extend or modernize my current applications
Other (specify)
None of the above
30%
47%
43%
37%
34%
26%
30%
47%
27%
31%
33%
31%
0%
1%
31%
39%
43%
42%
41%
28%
33%
40%
32%
34%
43%
39%
0%
1%
13. 13
Complexity and lack of skill set are top challenges for hybrid cloud
Hybrid cloud provides many benefits, but organizations also face challenges. Respondents indicated
complexity was the biggest challenge they faced, along with a lack of skill sets. This is even more true
for financial services and manufacturing firms, as well as for more established organizations.
53%
48%
47%
38%
38%
37%
30%
29%
More complex environment
Lack of hybrid cloud skillset available
Limited support available for issues
Limited governance and compliance
More availability issues and/or reduced
performance
Less secure
Less cost-efficient
Slower time-to-market
Q: Which of the following do you consider the most important challenges of Hybrid
Cloud (versus a non-hybrid cloud environment)? Please select up to five responses.
14. 14
Complexity is potentially multiplied in a hybrid cloud where multiple locations need to be integrated.
This can mean multiple systems, which then require multiple skill sets. As noted earlier, more established
companies recognize the value of consistency across these environments to help reduce this complexity.
< 10years 10 - 24 years 25 - 49 years 50 + years
Hybrid Cloud Challenges
N 257 464 247 197
Limited support available for issues
Lack of hybrid cloud skillset available
More complex environment
More availability issues and/or reduced
performance
Limited governance and compliance
Less cost-efficient
Less secure
Slower time-to-market
None of the above
Other (specify)
57
%
56
%
55
%
54
%
49
%
44
%
44
%
40
%
2%
0%
48
%
46
%
50
%
41
%
41
%
30
%
34
%
32
%
5%
0%
42
%
44
%
49
%
30
%
35
%
27
%
35
%
22
%
6%
1%
37
%
47
%
62
%
22
%
24
%
17
%
41
%
14
%
8%
2%
Planning
227
224
228
3%
63%
17%
12%
5%
0%
2%
4%
70%
15%
3%
2%
1%
3%
55%
3%
2%
40%
Hybrid Cloud Challenges Using Planning
n 947 228
Slower time-to-market
More availability issues and/or reduced
performance
Less cost-efficient
Less secure
Limited governance and compliance
More complex environment
Lack of hybrid cloud skillset available
Limited support available for issues
Other (specify)
None of the above
27%
35%
27%
35%
34%
52%
44%
45%
1%
6%
35%
54%
43%
46%
56%
57%
61%
56%
1%
2%
15. 15
Appendix A: Demographics
US
n=513
UK
n=169
India
n=325
Germany
n=168
xxx
Industry US UK India Germany
n 513 169 325 168
Process manufacturing
Discrete manufacturing
Professional services
Resources and construction
Transportation
Banking
Healthcare services
Retail trade
IT Services / Software
Communications
Other financial services
Wholesale
Utilities
Insurance
Personal and other services
Other
14%
13%
9%
8%
7%
6%
6%
6%
6%
5%
4%
4%
3%
2%
1%
5%
11%
11%
12%
2%
8%
14%
2%
5%
7%
6%
5%
2%
3%
3%
1%
9%
11%
9%
7%
2%
1%
7%
2%
12%
20%
1%
3%
14%
2%
6%
0%
4%
14%
16%
5%
7%
10%
5%
7%
2%
2%
5%
4%
2%
4%
8%
1%
6%
Source: FY17 Hybrid Cloud
Gender
Male Female
Formal IT
Informal IT
Developer
Business DM
Primary Role
82%
4%
1%
13%
84%
2%
1%
13%
56%
3%
2%
39%
74%
2%
1%
24%
18 to 24
25 to 34
35 to 44
45 to 54
55 to 64
65 or older
N= 508 165 325 167
Age
1%
34%
33%
20%
9%
2%
3%
30%
36%
22%
8%
0%
3%
52%
38%
4%
2%
0%
2%
41%
26%
21%
10%
0%
77%
23
%
88%
12
%
62%
38
%
88%
12
%
I make decisions
I rarely influence
User Access Decision Making
96%
4%
96%
4%
99%
0%
98%
3%
Application Decision Making
I make decisions
I rarely influence
97%
3%
99%
1%
99%
0%
98%
2%
I make decisions
I rarely influence
Infrastructure Decision Making
97%
3%
93%
6%
99%
1%
99%
1%
16. 16
Appendix A: Demographicsxxx
Organization Size (In-Country PCs)
n 513 169 325 168
250 to 499 PCs
500 to 999 PCs
1000 to 2999 PCs
3000 to 4999 PCs
Or 5000 or more PCs
Organization Age
n 508 166 323 168
Less than 2 years
2 to 5 years
6 to 9 years
10 to 24 years
25 to 49 years
50 or more years
US UK India Germany
25%
32%
18%
7%
18%
18%
46%
18%
5%
12%
16%
35%
36%
4%
9%
0%
2%
13%
40%
24%
22%
0%
3%
23%
33%
23%
17%
0%
4%
24%
53%
17%
2%
Source: FY17 Hybrid Cloud
17. 17
Appendix B: Use Case Definitions
Hybrid Applications
Global applications – deploying the same app to multiple
locations worldwide
Enable your developers to build applications in a common way and deploy
them to the right locations, based on business and technical requirements.
Increase application development agility and consistency by reusing
application templates and components
Application front end in public cloud with sensitive data on-
premises
Extend your existing applications by combining on-premises application
data with on-demand public cloud resources. Provide scalable web and
mobile experiences during times of high application use.
Data
Archival of on-premises application data in public cloud
Integrate lower cost, bottomless cloud storage to your existing application by storing cold
application data in public cloud. No application code changes are needed. Your application
data is securely encrypted and remains online for queries.
Using analytics or business intelligence in the cloud to process
data from on-premises applications and/or smart devices
Improve your business processes by transforming customer and/or operational data (e.g.;
from applications and smart devices) into actionable insights using the scale and intelligence
of public cloud.
These are the definitions and pictures shared with respondents to identify use cases.
18. 18
Appendix B: Use Case Definitions
User
Integrated email/ collaboration experiences across on-
premises and public cloud
a) Combine a public cloud collaboration solution with on-premises collaboration for
connected experiences, including team sites, document storage, and search.
a) Combine a public cloud email solution with on-premises mail servers while having all
users sharing the same email address space. Leverage your existing mail server
infrastructure till you feel ready to move email fully to public cloud.
Controlled application access with a single user identity across
on-premises and public clouds
Maintain control over employees’ access to applications with a single user identity across on-
premises and cloud environments. Enhance end user productivity by enabling single sign on
(SSO) access to 1000s of SaaS apps.
Infrastructure
Secure, high performance networking between on-premises
and public cloud
Seamlessly integrate your on-premises applications with public cloud resources through
virtual networking. Extend your datacenter securely with flexible connectivity options,
including VPN or dedicated high-speed links.
Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service (DR as-a-Service)
Ensure availability of critical applications and data with automated, workload-aware Disaster
Recovery (DR) plans. Protect and replicate complex workloads, including SAP and SQL.
Achieve near-synchronous replication between on-premises to cloud or cloud to cloud.
19. 19
Appendix B: Use Case Definitions
Infrastructure
Unified monitoring across multiple public clouds and on-
premises environments
Gain actionable insights and analytics across your applications and workloads across on-
premises and multiple public clouds, all in a single management experience.
Dev/Test in public cloud with on-premises production
deployment
Accelerate application development with dev/ test infrastructure in the public cloud. Enable
self-service so your developers can start building in minutes. Turn off the resources when
you don’t need them to save costs. Mirror your on-premises production environment in
public cloud for consistency.
Infrastructure
Advanced security analytics across entire environment in a unified view
Prevent, detect, and respond to threats across your hybrid cloud. Understand the security posture of your entire environment in a single view, be it antimalware, patching or configuration
baselines. Use cloud-scale analytics to perform more intelligent and effective threat detection.