Most enterprises (68 percent) run less than 20 percent
of their workloads in the cloud
At first glance, this statistic may not seem particularly
encouraging, but it hides evidence of room for cloud growth
within many organisations. Lending credence to this is that
55 percent of respondents report that at least another 20
percent of applications are built on cloud-friendly architectures and are ready for cloud, and it certainly appears that
the market is increasingly moving to a state of
cloud-readiness
Amazon AWS continues its public cloud market
domination
No surprises here - AWS continues to lead overall in public
cloud adoption, with 57 percent of respondents currently
running applications in AWS, up from 54 percent in 2014.
This continues to be more than four times the adoption
rate of the closest competitor. First for Cloud has recently
become Africa’s only authorised AWS distributor, meaning
that resellers are now able to offer their customers the very
best and most recognised cloud services, via their very own
branded webstores.
Private cloud adoption remains steady
In terms of vendors, VMware remains in the lead overall,
with 33 percent of respondents using vSphere as a private cloud and 13 percent using vCloud Director. As with
Amazon AWS, First for Cloud is proud to offer VMware as
another market leader’s solutions to its resellers.
In summary, RightScale’s 2015 State of the Cloud Survey
shows that cloud adoption is growing and most enterprises
are leveraging multiple cloud environments that combine
both public and private cloud options. Allied to the extraordinary growth statistics predicted by Goldman Sachs and
TechNavio, it’s clear that the market for cloud services is
massive and is only getting bigger.
As a local market-leading cloud brokerage allied to one of
South Africa’s leading distributors, First for Cloud is ideally
placed to enable resellers to profitably offer cloud services
to their customers. Offering services and solutions from
some of the world’s most recognised vendors like Amazon
and VMware, First for Cloud has a range of solutions to suit
every budget and service every IT sector.
https://cloud.equitech.co.za
Equity Technologies does computer
installations and upgrades, as well
as installing operating systems customised to their clients’ needs
and specifications.
https://cloud.cybervine.co.za
Cybervine attempts to develop and implement customised solutions that add real
value and impact positively on their client’s business. This is via the use of customised
architectural design, research and development services, design and management of
large-scale IT systems, networks and directory services, and business and
technology consulting.
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