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.
Benchmark Your Enterprise Cloud Adoption Benchmarks: The Cloud Computing Playbook
1. Benchmark Your Enterprise Cloud Adoption
Benchmarks: The Cloud Computing Playbook
by Sophia I. Vargas and Dave Bartoletti
January 3, 2017
For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
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Key Takeaways
The Cloud Services Market Will Grow Rapidly
Through 2020
Cloud is now a top enterprise strategic priority,
and more workloads are shifting to cloud
platforms every year. The expansion of the global
cloud market puts pressure on every enterprise to
reexamine its use of cloud relative to peers and
competitors.
Enterprises Are Expanding Their Adoption Of
Cloud Computing In All Its Forms
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is the most widely
adopted cloud computing model, with the
majority of enterprises using at least one such
application. From 2014 to 2016, enterprises have
continued to grow their use of infrastructure-as-a-
service in all its forms: public, private, and hosted
private cloud environments.
Cloud Usage Monitoring, Standardization, And
Automation Are Maturing
Most organizations now track and monitor their
cloud usage and spending. Initiatives around
standardizing best practices, optimizing workload
configurations, and creating formal cloud policies
are increasing but still in development. Delivering
in-house services via a cloud model (self-service,
fully standardized, and automated) is also lagging.
Why Read This Report
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.
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