Cloud is no longer a novelty. The majority of businesses are using it, and many for external-facing production workloads. But it’s now more disruptive than ever. It’s driving a radical change in how enterprises do IT and the relationship between IT and the lines of business.

State of the Market: Enterprise Cloud 2014MAINSTREAM BUT MORE DISRUPTIVE THAN EVER

38% year-on-year growth in enterprise cloud spend.1

41% of enterprises using IaaS are using it for

mission-critical workloads.1

65% of enterprises are using cloud computing.1

71% of Verizon cloud customers are using it for external-facing

production applications.2

Over 80% of cloud spend is managed

by the IT department.1

72% say they expect to put more than half of their workloads in the cloud by 2017, up from 58% today.1

1. 451/Verizon Cloud Deliverable, Sean Hackett, 2014 | 2. Verizon Customer Survey and/or usage data | 3. Business Agility in the Cloud, HBR Analytic Services, 2014

41%

38%

32%

65%

72%

32% of companies using cloud said business agility was their primary driver.3

80%

ENTERPRISE CLOUD 2014

State of the Market

71%

71% of businesses expect tohave external-facing production

applications in the cloud by 2017

Cloud is now mainstream, but it’s actually more disruptive than ever.

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