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N = 638
Base = All Respondents
Notes: Managed by IDC’s Quantitative Research Group.; Data Not Weighted; Use caution when interpreting small sample sizes.
Source: EMC Cloud Maturity Survey, IDC, July, 2014
For this report, IDC conducted a survey of large enterprises around the globe to
explore public, private, and hybrid cloud IT adoption trends.
A key focus of the research: evaluate worldwide enterprise IT cloud strategies
and workload priorities. Respondents had enterprise-wide knowledge of cloud
environments and represented a variety of industries.
Study Goals
Total Employees
Worldwide
Regions
Revenues
16% 24%
28%
32%
29%
15%
31%
25%
36%
13%
37%
14%
n
1000 to 4,999
n
5,000 to 14,999
n
15,000 to 29,000
n
30,000+
n
US/Canada
n
EMEA
n
AP
n
LATAM
n
Under $2B
n
$2B to under $4B
n
Over $4B
n
Don’t Know
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N = 604
Base = All respondents that agreed with cloud definition provided in survey
Notes: Managed by IDC’s Quantitative Research Group.; Data Not Weighted; Multiple dichotomous table - total will not sum to 100%; Use caution when interpreting small sample sizes.
Source: EMC Cloud Maturity Survey, IDC, July, 2014
93%
of Large Enterprises
Worldwide are Taking
Cloud Seriously
Overall, how
would you
describe your
organization’s
current approach
to cloud?
Currently use/
in process of
implementing
private cloud
Evaluating but
no formal
decisions yet
Currently use/
in the process of
implementing
public cloud
Educating
ourselves
No interest in
cloud at this time
36.1%
32.3%
24.5% 22.0%
6.6%
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N = 564
Base = Respondents indicated organization using or considering to implement cloud computing
Notes: Managed by IDC’s Quantitative Research Group.; Data Not Weighted; Use caution when interpreting small sample sizes
Scale: 1-It will not improve IT’s ability at all 5-It will significantly improve IT’s ability Source: EMC Cloud Maturity Survey, IDC, July, 2014
Business Agility is the Priority:
73%
Expect Cloud to Improve IT’s
Ability to Support the Business
To what extent do you believe the use of cloud computing will improve IT’s ability to provide
support for the business in the next two years? Please use a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 means
“It will not improve IT’s ability at all” and 5 means “It will significantly improve IT’s ability.”
Will improve IT’s ability
to support the business
73%
27%
Will have limited or no
impact on IT’s ability to
support the business
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N = 564
Base = Respondents indicated organization using or considering implementation of cloud computing Notes: Managed by IDC’s Quantitative Research Group.; Data Not Weighted; Use caution when interpreting small sample sizes.
Source: EMC Cloud Maturity Survey, IDC, July, 2014
Hybrid Cloud Becomes
Dominant Strategy by 2015
2015
Overall, when you consider all of
your organization’s production
workloads, what percent do you
expect will be deployed in the
following environments by 2015?
n
Private cloud
n
Public cloud
n
Non-cloud
23%
32%
45%
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N = 564
Base = Respondents indicated organization using/plan to implement cloud computing
Notes: Managed by IDC’s Quantitative Research Group.; Data Not Weighted; Use caution when interpreting small sample sizes.
Source: EMC Cloud Maturity Survey, IDC, July, 2014
Most Widely-Used Public Cloud
Production Workloads Focus
on Commerce, Mobility
and Collaboration
Percentage of
all cloud users
expecting to
deploy this type
of workload into
public cloud
E-commerce/
customer/partner
services and
support
Mobile
Applications
and Device
Management
ERP including
finance, HR and
CRM/sales force
automation
Collaboration and
end user productivity
including email,
content
management, and
training
New cloud
enabled revenue
generating
business services
19.7% 17.2% 16.8% 15.8%
14.9%
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N = 564
Base = Respondents indicated organization using/plan to implement cloud computing
Notes: Managed by IDC’s Quantitative Research Group.; Data Not Weighted; Use caution when interpreting small sample sizes.
Source: EMC Cloud Maturity Survey, IDC, July, 2014
Most Widely-Used Private Cloud
Production Workloads Emphasize
Large-Scale Data Volumes and
Infrastructure Needs
Percentage of
all cloud users
expecting to deploy
this type of workload
into private cloud
Content serving
and archiving
Database, Big Data
& Analytics
Virtual Desktop
(VDI)
On-demand
compute and
storage IT
resources
ERP including
finance, HR and
CRM/sales force
automation
42.9% 42.4% 42.2%
41.0% 40.8%
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The Top 10%: Optimized
Cloud Characteristics
•
Workload awareness
•
Consistent SLAs across hybrid public
and private cloud architectures
•
Unified software defined management
across compute, storage and network
•
Broad support for open source
•
Readiness for container based application
and workload management
N = 564
Base = Respondents indicated organization using/plan to implement cloud computing
Notes: Managed by IDC’s Quantitative Research Group.; Data Not Weighted; Use caution when interpreting small sample sizes.
Source: EMC Cloud Maturity Survey, IDC, July, 2014
90%
of Cloud Strategies
Still Maturing – Workload
Awareness is Often Missing
Overall, using the
maturity scale
shown below, how
would you describe
your organization’s
cloud strategy
and operational
environment today?
Optimized
10%
Other
4%
Ad hoc
12%
Too soon
to tell
13%
Repeatable
13%
Opportunistic
22%
Managed
30%
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N = 384
Base = Respondents indicated organization classify workloads into priority Tiers
Notes: Managed by IDC’s Quantitative Research Group.; Data Not Weighted; Multiple dichotomous table - total will not sum to 100%; Use caution when interpreting small sample sizes.
Source: EMC Cloud Maturity Survey, IDC, July, 2014
Use of “Workload Tiers” Indicates
Mature Workload Awareness
Which of the following are considered primary
characteristics of Tier 1 workloads?
N = 638
Base = All Respondents
Notes: Managed by IDC’s Quantitative Research Group.; Data Not Weighted; Use caution when interpreting small sample sizes.
Source: EMC Cloud Maturity Survey, IDC, July, 2014
Does your organization classify
workloads into priority tiers
(e.g., Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3)?
Don’t know
9%
No
31%
Yes
60%
Need for reliable, predictable performance Confidential info protection, regulatory or security reqs Revenue-producing workloadsAudit & change control requirements Scale of data managed and protected Other
70.8% 70.1%
56.8%
47.4% 40.6%
1.6%
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N = 564
Base = Respondents indicated organization using/plan to implement cloud computing
Notes: Managed by IDC’s Quantitative Research Group.; Data Not Weighted; Use caution when interpreting small sample sizes.
Source: EMC Cloud Maturity Survey, IDC, July, 2014
Workload Awareness: A Sign
of Cloud Maturity
Mature Cloud Users More Likely to Use Workload Tiers
Does your
organization
classify workloads
into priority Tiers
(eg. Tier 1, Tier 2,
Tier 3)?
81.0%
66.3% 68.9% 64.0%
58.5%
40.8%
Optimized
Managed
Repeatable
Opportunistic
Ad hoc
To soon
to tell
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N = 564
Base = Respondents indicated organization using/plan to implement cloud computing
Notes: Managed by IDC’s Quantitative Research Group.; Data Not Weighted; Use caution when interpreting small sample sizes.
Source: EMC Cloud Maturity Survey, IDC, July, 2014
Workload-Aware Organizations
Recognize Value of Open
Technologies to Cloud Strategies
Docker is important
to cloud strategy
Openstack is important to
cloud strategy
21.3%
40.9%
42.7%
51.7%
n
No, do not designate Tiers
n
Yes, designate Tiers
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N = 384
Base = Respondents indicated organization classify workloads into priority Tiers
Notes: Managed by IDC’s Quantitative Research Group.; Data Not Weighted; Use caution when interpreting small sample sizes.
Source: EMC Cloud Maturity Survey, IDC, July, 2014
Workload Awareness Links Cloud
Strategies to Business SLAs
Which statement
best describes your
organization’s plans
for supporting Tier
1 workloads in any
cloud environment?
Equally likely
to deploy onto
private or public
clouds if costs &
SLAs are consistent
Only consider
deploying Tier 1
workloads into
private clouds
Tier 1 workloads
will be some of
the last workloads
moved to any kind
of cloud
We do not plan to
move any Tier 1
workloads to cloud
Preference to
deploy Tier 1
workloads
onto public clouds
34.9%
30.2%
12.5% 11.7% 10.4%
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Base = Respondents indicated organization using/plan to implement cloud computing
Notes: Managed by IDC’s Quantitative Research Group.; Data Not Weighted; Multiple dichotomous table - total will not sum to 100%; Use caution when interpreting small sample sizes.
Source: EMC Cloud Maturity Survey, IDC, July, 2014
Workload Awareness
Emphasizes Critical Role of
Storage, Data Management,
and Data Protection for Cloud
With respect to
storage, which
statement(s) best
describe your
cloud strategy?
Data mgt, backup,
data protection and
storage are top
priority issues
Data confidentiality
& access control are
top priority issues
Concerned about
cost of storage
in cloud and
are working to
optimize
Storage not
part of cloud
strategy
44.4%
39.4%
37.7%
14.8%
29.3%
27.4%
26.2%
20.7%
n
Yes, designate
tiers (N = 358)
n
Do not designate
tiers (N = 164)
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Base = Respondents indicated organization using/plan to implement cloud computing
Notes: Managed by IDC’s Quantitative Research Group.; Data Not Weighted; Multiple dichotomous table - total will not sum to 100%; Use caution when interpreting small sample sizes.
Source: EMC Cloud Maturity Survey, IDC, July, 2014
