Next Wave of Enterprise Cloud Computing to Focus on Front End and Revenue

Grazed from MSPToday. Author: Gary Kim.

Major changes in computing architecture do not occur overnight, but every change in computing architecture has implications for wide area network data traffic. According to Ericsson, for example, in 2013 data traffic across global networks was eight times as heavy as voice traffic. That is a direct consequence of a shift to cloud-based or distributed computing, widely used by consumers. That is a shift from past eras, where data traffic on wide area networks was driven by business computing centers.

Most of today’s growth is driven by use of the Internet by consumers. In the past, wide area network data traffic was driven by enterprise computing centers. Recent Gigaom Research surveys suggest that another big round of cloud-technology adoption is coming. Though one might argue the first wave of cloud-based computing was driven by startups, the next wave will be driven more by companies re-inventing their own businesses, Gigaom suggests…

Software as a service (SaaS) is mainstream with over 60 percent of survey respondents saying they are currently using some applications. Over one third currently use infrastructure as a service (IaaS), and within two years over half expect to do the same…

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