Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 17 | Page 35

FEATURE: SD-WAN AFTER YEARS OF DIPPING THEIR TOES INTO THE CLOUD COMPUTING WATERS, 2017 LOOKS TO BE THE YEAR WE SEE ENTERPRISES FULLY EMBRACE THE CLOUD. EIGHTY-FOUR PERCENT OF BUSINESSES REPORT THEIR USE OF THE CLOUD HAS INCREASED IN 2015, AND THEY EXPECT THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE. HALF SAY THEY WILL USE CLOUD FOR AT LEAST 75% OF THEIR WORKLOADS BY 2018 www.intelligentcio.com perform. As James Staten, Chief Strategist, Cloud+Enterprise Division at Microsoft, told Network World in March 2015: “We know that cloud services and cloud platforms are here to stay and should be considered part of your overall IT portfolio, but how much of that portfolio will these services occupy in your future? For most companies – and probably all enterprises – your future won’t be 100% cloud. And your business units and line employees have already ensured that it won’t be 0% cloud.” INTELLIGENTCIO 35