Public cloud, a brand new, bright shiny object back in the mid-2000s, is now a foundational component of enterprise IT environments. While scalable, flexible infrastructure remains part of the value proposition, enterprises and vendors are shifting their focus from "building clouds" to "building on top of clouds." As a result, architectural approaches and Day 0 thinking are starting to displace basic migration and operational issues — leading to broader considerations involving application, data management, financial cost optimization, distributed computing and hybrid/multicloud strategies. Cloud (both public and private) is coming into its own as a platform for digital innovation and transformation, and the analytics, edge/internet of things, generative (as well as traditional) AI and other specialized solutions built on top are changing the game — resulting in shifting organizational dynamics, new technology roles, greater IT-business alignment and development of extensive cloud partner ecosystems.
Explore the ten key trends that the 451 Research analysts anticipate will affect the cloud industry.
Introduction:
The year ahead holds significant promise for IT, especially considering the recent upheaval that swept across the field. Enterprises scrambled to address the changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and vendors and service providers pivoted to fill the needs that these shifts created. This report looks at five key areas in IT that will have significant impacts today and in the near future. They are bound together by the need to more closely connect technology to the people who interact with it, shifting technology from an end to a means. Technology must serve new models of work, meld dispersed elements of infrastructure, and inform and enhance customer experience while securing the systems and information that drive it.
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