State of the Cloud in the Enterprise

Cloud computing has become the de-facto hosting platform for all types of applications, social innovations and use cases such as Big Data, the Internet of Things, smart mobility and social networking – basically it is the new normal. This is true everywhere including all industry sectors and companies in all sizes. Bringing new technology into the market always comes with many challenges. This is no different for cloud computing, even though its adoption in the market has been very fast. I usually bucket cloud adoption challenges in three categories, namely: migration, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Data handling. According to surveys by Netscout and RightScale published in 2018, a cloud users leverage on average around 5 clouds; hybrid and multi-clouds are likely the future; security, managing cost and lack of skilled resources rank on the top challenges; & as expected there are still migration challenges. In this talk, I will provide my views on the state of cloud computing in the enterprise, talk about the challenges and talk about the typical role of the CIO to deal with digital transformation challenges. Key Take away: -Enterprises uses many cloud services at any one time -Hybrid cloud and multi-clouds seem to be the way forward -Cloud challenges in the Enterprises vary based on the size of the enterprise and where they are in the cloud adoption journey. -The central IT organization has morphed its role as cloud adoption increases