The Cloud
has evolved a lot in the past 1 year. Only a few years ago cloud didn’t even
exist and now in 2012 the Cloud phenomenon is going to reach new heights. The
top trends of Cloud Computing in 2012 are:
- The move to platforms
- The move out to public clouds
- The advent of big data
- Spikiness
- Consumer expectations come back to roost
- Here comes one really messy leak
- Disaster recovery and scaling are the new drivers
- An SLA detente
- The rise of real brokerages
- Inception, the brain in the vat, and hardware
- What can't I put in the cloud?
- Infrastructure, code, and data are intertwined
Read
more to see how these top trends in Cloud Computing is going to effect
2012.
Security
concerns continue to dampen enterprise eagerness to move applications to the
cloud, but there is another cloud computing risk that could bring down doom if
not anticipated: bandwidth bottlenecks. For an in-depth look at this
less-discussed risk, see an article by Sandra Gittlen at Computerworld.
InterContinental
Hotels Group has moved storage and in-house mobile phone applications to cloud
services in recent years. The measure has saved money and improved customer
service, leading to a current project migrating the room reservation system to
the cloud. Despite the positive experience, IHG CIO Tom Conophy is quite clear
that a successful cloud implementation requires careful attention to bandwidth
needs.
This year
promises to be one that will be remembered as the year that outsourcing to the
cloud gained significant momentum. But it could also be the year that
cyber-attackers target the cloud and send shockwaves through corporations by
causing a huge cloud security breach. Security is a major concern for
businesses putting their systems in the cloud, but these fears don't appear to
be stopping cloud computing in its tracks. Ok private clouds are being taken up
by big firms that are unwilling to move to public clouds, but they could
themselves be the subject of a major breach.
For most
enterprises, focusing on the private cloud seems the most logical starting
point as all uncertainty, doubt and risk is contained within the corporate data
center. But on this path to the private cloud, as we transform the data center from
its traditional form to a more dynamic one that provides services to customers,
is it really a question of technology? The major roadblocks are people, process
and technology in the path of a successful private cloud initiative.
Concerns
over data security and privacy and an immature ecosystem are likely to stunt
the growth of cloud computing in India. Despite the obvious benefits of lower
capital expenditure and quicker rollout of new products and services, chief
information officers (CIOs) are hesitant to make full-scale investments in the
new technology.
We hope these
short sum-ups on Cloud Computing in 2011 helped you to take a more
knowledgeable approach towards moving to the cloud. Stay tuned for more sum-ups
on in the forthcoming year.
Don’t
forget to add your comments and suggestions. I will have more around the cloud
a week later.
Santanu Das
Marketing
Evangelist, WOLF Frameworks
NOTE: The views expressed above are purely personal and for
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