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Clive Longbottom,
Service Director, Quocirca Ltd
Coming if you’re ready or notb
How being prepared for the inevitability of the cloud makes a difference to your business
Bob Tarzey
Analyst and Director, Quocirca Ltd
April 18th 2013
© Quocirca 2013
New Scientist – March 2013
54% of people claim to never use cloud computing
95% of them actually do
Lost in the cloud
Formal (IT department) attitude to cloud-based services
3
Cloud “AVOIDERS”
Cloud “ENTHUSIASTS”
VERSUS
Source – Quocirca 2013 - Digital identities and the open business
Traditional on-premise
Co-locationManaged hosting
Infrastructure-as-a-service
(IaaS)
Platform-as-a-service (PaaS)
Software-as-a-service (SaaS)
Application software
Infrastructure software
Hypervisor
Hardware
Data centre
Provided by userMay be provided by eitherProvided by service provider
Services that can be
subscribed to direct by LoB
(informal)
Includes consumer
applications
Cloud based services are wide ranging and diverse – need to be specific
Issues ranked 1st, 2nd or 3rd
Source – Quocirca 2013 – unpublished cloud security report
Comparison of barriers to adoption reportedAvoiders v. enthusiasts – security is a concern for all
Issues ranked 1st
Comparison of barriers to adoption reportedAvoiders v. enthusiasts – security is a concern for all
Source – Quocirca 2013 – unpublished cloud security report
When considering using a new cloud service to what extent are the following security issues a concern to
you?
Source – Quocirca 2013 – unpublished cloud security report
Comparison of concerns about the secure use of cloud
Average importance where 5 = very important 1 =
unimportant
Importance of security technologies providing access to cloud based services
Source – Quocirca 2013 - Digital identities and the open business
IAM deployment status
Overall attitude to cloud-based services versus IAM deployment method
Source – Quocirca 2013 - Digital identities and the open business
IT spending priorities
Comparison of % spend on IT security with attitude to cloud
Source – Quocirca 2013 – unpublished cloud security report
What does cloud enablement deliver?
• Lower cost of ownership– Application test beds– Failover platforms
• More reliable application delivery• Flexible workloads via hybrid cloud
– Peak load handling– Unexpected success (or failure)
• Easy of access when dealing with external users
Top three issues when selecting partners to work with on IT service delivery
Source – Quocirca 2013 – (unpublished) mid-market IT report
What are your top five priorities for 2012?
Source – Quocirca 2013 – The year of APM
Corporate firewall
Server
Server
Server
Server
Server
Server
Server
Private infrastructure Public cloud infrastructure
Server
Server
Server
Server
Server
Server
Public cloud from CSP
Private cloud
Server
Server
Server
Server
Server
Server
Private cloud from CSP
Hybrid cloud
CSP = cloud service provider
Flexible work load management
Types of users being given access to business applications
58% open applications to
consumers and/or users
from customer organisations
UK 65%
Source – Quocirca 2013 - Digital identities and the open business
