Many CIOs are findng themselves in the midst of a "cloud honeymoon," with little empirical data available about how cloud should perform and with other C-level executives just happy to have cloud. But this is likely to end in the next 18 months, when the hard questions about cost savings, agility, and speed of deployment begin to emerge.
I'm shocked by this too, Kim. I can't see how this could happen except with specific kinds of applications. Mary, do you see cloud services being adopted without IT for really sophisticated transaction-oriented apps? Or is it more likely to be something like backup or sales apps?
Mary, I'm shocked to hear that some enterprises are opting for the cloud without IT input. I suppose this is a symptom of viewing IT just as a support department which can be expected to manage whatever it is given to manage. Very short-sighted.
Some of them certainly are, for sure. Also, some believe this is just the beginning of the Cloud, and all of a sudden they hear the honeymoon with the Cloud is coming to an end, so it is a little abrupt and somehow unexpected for some, I would say, especially for the ones who have been denying the importance of the Cloud until now; or the ones not accepting it and being relunctant to adapt to the Cloud.
My own thought would be to table the hybrid cloud until you have enough private cloud experience under your belt--but unfortunately, many CIOs just can't do this.
The practical reality for many of them is that cloud providers (public, primarily) are coming to end business executives and getting contracts signed--without any opportunity for IT to weigh in. Eventually, IT gets cut into the action--after the deal is signed and the company starts looking around for someone to manage the cloud apps.
Yes, Nicole--and the differing opinions are out there because we don't yet have sufficient empirical knowledge on cloud to have a set of mature best practices.
I wonder if enterprise leaders are distressed to be getting these two messages: the honeymoon is over with cloud, but cloud is becoming increasingly necessary for the scaleable, quickly deployable applications which keep you competitive?
Thanks for another good Vblog with a lovely background.
Indeed, Private Cloud seems to be having a good and celebrated moment in some enterprises. However, some people still question the same old issues we have been discussing for a long time now, namely security and storage issues. Would you agree on trying a Hybrid Cloud if the company is not yet ready to decide on a Private Cloud for one reason or another?
Great insight, Mary. It's important that CIOs begin to answer questions about the benefits of private cloud so that the industry can better understand what a private cloud can bring to the enterprise that a public cloud can't, and vice versa. I am still unclear on the cost benefits and security benefits of private cloud -- it seems everyone has differing opinions here.
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