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Unless startups that are into developing cloud solutions have a global focus,it will be hard for them to growto sustain investment costs Jay Sappidi, Founder and CEO of Plumsoft Solutions Pvt.Ltd.
DRaaS has gained traction because it can provide up to 75% savings when compared to traditional DR Karan Kirpalani, Associate Vice President,Product Management,Netmagic. 16
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celebrating 2 5 years with the same service level agreements, security, performance, and quality of service and still stay within their budget means? Hence the availability of a secure interconnection where a customer can connect to multiple clouds without the hassle of co-location." He adds that enterprises are looking to put more business-centric applications in the cloud. This requires an approach that builds cloud-based solutions that specifically fit each workload, taking into account geography, security, networking, etc. Enterprises must create individual cloud spaces that correspond to the individual needs of their workload. This trend will gain pace in the coming year. According to Arora of Red Hat India, "Currently the industry is transposing from client-server to cloud-mobile. The major shift that I believe will happen in the coming year is open source becoming the preferred choice for cloud. Indeed, it is the foundation for widespread cloud services and enterprise applications. Also, by incorporating open cloud across the full gamut of features organisations can be confident that their technologies will deliver the full strategic value as promised by cloud computing." He also mentions that cross cloud orchestration is another growing trend. It is gaining in popularity because it offers compliance and control over the burgeoning issue of Shadow IT. As cloud services continue to expand in number and sophistication, enterprises would also be opting for multi-vendor hybrid cloud architectures. Consumers will utilise multiple cloud providers to avail the best possible configuration for their enterprise. As big data evolves, the need for advanced storage infrastructure will also increase, which will boost this growth in the coming year. Companies are also looking out to invest more on business automation
software that will help them prepare for the imminent business opportunities. Jay Sappidi, Founder and CEO of Plumsoft Solutions Pvt. Ltd., says, “Just like accessibility, ease of use and cost has enabled penetration of mobile phones to every consumer income level, likewise, if the right solutions are provided at right price points, Indian companies of all sizes will adopt cloud solutions." He added speaking on trends that, smaller companies will be more open to cloud solutions than larger organisation. Larger companies will be looking for hybrid solutions, which have the flexibility to be deployed as a cloud or onpremise solution. Also, with the proliferation and adoption of smartphones, companies are looking for cloud solutions that take mobile-first approach. "Agility and the ability to respond faster to changing business, customer and worker demands will be some of the major trends to look forward to in the year 2015. ICT providers will enable CIOs to face a series of digital opportunities and threats, which have seen before to keep their market position,� says Narang of BT India. In one of the surveys conducted by BT, it was found that more than 2/3rd of organisations now expect the modern CIO to be an innovator and use technology creatively to take the business forward. Technology partners can also help the CIO to be more creative by sharing their ideas, involving customers in research and engaging in innovative thinking about new ways of working by using technologies such as mobility, cloud services and unified communications. Organisations having a digital roadmap will also clearly have an impact on cloud computing adoption. According to Jiten Patil, Principal Expert, Cloud and EDT Solutions, Persistent Systems, "In the coming year, enterprises will start
AS CLOUD SERVICES CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN NUMBER AND SOPHISTICATION, ENTERPRISES WOULD ALSO BE OPTING FOR MULTI-VENDOR HYBRID CLOUD ARCHITECTURES. MARCH, 2015