Public Cloud Computing: The End Goal

Grazed from MidsizeInsider. Author: Marissa Tejada.

Public cloud computing seems to be the end goal for various firms, according to a new survey by RightScale featured in CloudTimes; hybrid and multiclouds are also on the upswing. No matter which cloud route a firm chooses, the findings revealed that, as more organizations adopt cloud technology, they derive increasing value while the difficulties of adoption diminish.

Levels of Cloud

RightScale’s "2014 State of the Cloud Survey" aimed to understand how companies are adopting the cloud and what changes IT professionals are making within their IT management to do so. The survey tallied responses from enterprises and small and midsize firms with various levels of cloud experience, from those developing cloud strategies to those that are heavily reliant upon it…

Overall, the survey found that there is an increased adoption of public cloud services: When it comes to public cloud computing, 87 percent of organizations are using it while 74 percent have a multicloud strategy and 48 percent are planning hybrid clouds. Almost 90 percent are already utilizing the public cloud, and the remaining 10 percent are planning to use it in the future. More than 90 percent of firms are using infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS)…

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