RightScale conducted its 7th annual State of the Cloud Survey detailing trends for 2018. Some key takeaways from the survey:
- 81% of enterprises with over 1,000 staff employ a multi-cloud strategy (ie. they utilize multiple public and/or multiple private cloud apps)
- Only 5% of these enterprises have no plans to use cloud-based apps currently.
- Enterprises using a hybrid cloud strategy (combining the use of public and private cloud apps) dropped while those utilizing the multi-cloud strategy has increased.
- Public cloud spending (ie. on an app such as DocBoss) continues to increase: 20% of enterprises spend more than $6 million annually on them.
NOTE: DocBoss doesn’t cost nearly that much!
From the survey website, here is what the report focuses on:
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Trends in cloud adoption among enterprises and SMBs
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The role central IT is taking to govern enterprise cloud use
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Which public and private clouds are growing most quickly
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How quickly public cloud will grow in 2018
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How companies are attacking wasted spend
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Which cloud services are on the rise: Containers? Serverless? IoT?
You can download the full report by clicking here.