<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nIDC proposes the dip in spending is due to the need for new infrastructure as a result of the pandemic. That may be the case, but it doesn\u2019t explain why total cloud spend remains a small sliver of total IT spend \u2013 despite indicators of rapid growth and large-scale adoption, says Andrew Cruise, CEO of Routed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt could also be that cloud is, quite simply, cool. For years, decision makers have been told to go big on cloud or risk losing out to competitors. And while this is certainly true, the money doesn\u2019t lie. What organisations are saying and what organisations are doing are quite different. And, until they do make the move, some might be bluffing for fear of sounding like they\u2019re behind.\u201d It might also be that IT leaders, for now, are facing challenges in their move to cloud, he adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey want to make the move, they plan on making the move, but they\u2019re not quite getting there yet. Eliminating traditional infrastructure is a major undertaking and it\u2019s unlikely that every cloud provider is fit-for-purpose for every app. Migrating everything to cloud is a daunting task and, while companies are clearly migrating certain services or apps onto cloud, they\u2019re still running their own datacentres.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Getting there<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cCloud hype has progressed from the urgent \u2018move to cloud!\u2019 call of a decade ago, to \u2018hybrid cloud rules\u2019 five years ago, to the \u2018multicloud or bust!\u2019 message of today. Of course, each of these blanket statements has merit, but there is no magic silver bullet for a businesses\u2019 infrastructure requirements,\u201d says Cruise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Multicloud environments have grown increasingly complex, with no comprehensive visibility. Organisations are running different services on the cloud provider that best meets their needs for the given application \u2013 with no overarching system to link all these siloes. \u201cThat is until you consider the virtual machine, like VMware, which is able to optimise applications independent of the cloud environment. And all the benefits of cloud are not just hype \u2013 it truly does increase agility, efficiency, longer-term hardware efficacy and even greater security,\u201d adds Cruise. And decisionmakers are clearly aware of this \u2013 albeit that the predicted shift is happening slower than expected. All signs point to ever more adoption. IDC predicts that compute and storage spending for cloud infrastructure will expand at a compound annual growth rate of 12.4% for 2020-2025 before reaching $118.8bn in 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAlthough the move to cloud has been slower than experts predicted, I believe that the multicloud story will be slightly more common than niche. There\u2019s still a long road ahead, but the truth is that it\u2019s not too late to start considering the cloud journey and benefit from the great savings and efficiency that virtual hosted environments offer. Using the right tech, and partnering with the right provider, can create the most efficient systems your organisation has seen to date.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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