Top 10: why your cloud is only as good as your network
November 4, 2012
Revenue from cloud computing products and services are due to increase from around $20bn to almost $150bn by 2020 – a total of 8% for all technology spend, according to research by Bain & Company. Their study, titled The Five Faces of the Cloud indicates that the Middle East needs a better network to the cloud.
1 – Your cloud workload will evolve as applications change
Today you are running Software as a Service (SaaS), or infrastructure applications that stay resident in the provider cloud, often locked behind semi-proprietary architectures. This is a logical first implementation that’s common to most technology roll-outs. The next step is also predictable – a turn to a more open architecture with standards in place for APIs and management tools…
2 – Management wants to see your cloud performance metrics
As cloud implementations mature from trials to full deployments, management will demand to see tangible benefits of the cloud deployment. The way you design your network can be a deal breaker to success. The network is the strategic lever to achieve the cloud benefits of lower costs, reduced deployment time and new functionality. In short, the cloud is only as good as the network…
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