CLOUD TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2017
For many organizations , IT planning increasingly revolves around building a robust cloud strategy . With cloud adoption on the rise , and with so many cloud technologies and consumption models now available , the question for businesses of all sizes across numerous verticals is how best to leverage cloud solutions to achieve their specific business objectives . Today , organizations are asking crucial questions like :
• How can we quickly and cost-effectively deploy cloud applications ?
Containerization Grows More Popular
Containers allow organizations to deploy and manage applications without launching entire virtual machines for each individual application . Some of the largest cloud vendors — including Microsoft , Google and Amazon — are already offering container platforms , and a host of others are expected to follow suit in 2017 . Forrester Technology Analyst Dave Bartoletti estimates that currently only about 10 percent of enterprises are currently leveraging containers , but that figure is expected to grow significantly this year .
• Is a private , public or hybrid model right for our business ?
• How do we monitor cloud consumption ?
• How can we secure cloud technologies and data in the cloud ?
With these questions and others in mind , here are a few cloud trends to watch in 2017 :
Hyperconvergence Picks Up Steam
Hyperconverged infrastructure offers integrated IT functions like computing , networking , virtualization and storage . With this integrated infrastructure serving as a foundation , organizations can eliminate IT silos and deploy workloads to the cloud more rapidly , making it an attractive approach to organizations looking to employ a more robust cloud this year .