Cloud services and cloud computing as a whole are expected to have a strong
impact on business IT strategies this 2017. Experts state that some trends will
be more prevalent this year. If you are planning to get these services soon,
you might want to become familiar with the trends you should watch out for.
Hyperconvergence
This year is set to increase the hype around the so-called
hyperconvergence although total solutions might still be out of reach. The
hyperconverged systems serve as essential building blocks for creating base
cloud infrastructure but right now, these still remain as basic standard
platforms that support virtualization. There is also an undeniably big gap on
their standard offers and what organizations require from the cloud. While they
offer the initial 20 percent of the important integration, users have to do the
remaining 80 percent on their own.
Enterprise Cloud
By far, enterprise cloud is a term used to refer to the
virtualized in-house environments with reporting and user self-service
elements. Hyperconvergence is usually described as an enterprise cloud. But,
the real enterprise cloud must be a common suit of provisioning, design,
reporting and management tools which control hybrid clouds allowing every
service to be controlled and hosted on a suitable platform. This is regardless
of whether these are private, public, hosted, community or any combination.
Hybrid Cloud Management
For a hybrid cloud to work, organizations will require an audit
function to guarantee that the service is and will remain apt for the purpose.
There is also a need for an independent service management and monitoring
either contracted by an independent third party or in-house to ensure that the
provider will really provide as promised. This paved way to the creation of a
brand new role, which is the cloud service broker who is responsible for defining
the services and determining the most suitable way to provide, secure and
manage them.
Cloud Architecture
A core IT infrastructure design requires different skills to
architect systems for cloud or work out the ultimate method for moving the
current services to cloud. Through public cloud services, organizations now
lack the ability of uniquely configuring every element to their service or
application but have a fundamental set of building block which must be
integrated and cannot be altered most of the time. This is similar to using raw
ingredients to cook a meal for yourself and eating in a restaurant with a set
menu and you choose your meal, complete with service quality and ambience to
suit your budget. More and more organizations will develop these architecture
skills this year to ensure successful migrations.
Specific Problems
Addressed by New Cloud Services
With the growing scale and capability of cloud, you can expect
that numerous new applications, with the vision and ingenuity of cloud services
providers being the limit in scope. While others target niche markets, there
are some that address common issues. Patch management is among the fastest
growing services and others which now follow suit include identity management
service and endpoint data compliance and protection.
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