The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) conducted its annual member survey in 2014 on cloud adoption. The survey found a current preference among members for internal cloud solutions, but a growing interest in software defined networking and hybrid cloud models. Specifically, the number of respondents with over 60% of operations in a private cloud increased from 10% to 24% since 2012. Additionally, over half of respondents expect to have 40% or more of operations in an internal cloud by 2016, up from 38% in 2012. There was also a notable increase in interest in the ODCA's software defined networking usage model.

1. OPEN DATA CENTER ALLIANCE
2014 Member Survey
on Cloud Adoption

2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Open Data Center AllianceSM is an independent consortium of global IT
leaders who have come together to provide a unified customer vision for
long-term data center requirements. Members work together to advance
the deployment of enterprise cloud solutions and services that are
interoperable, secure and free of vendor lock-in.
In its fourth annual survey, the ODCA asked its members what they are
currently implementing and what they’re planning for the future. The
survey, conducted at the end of 2014, revealed a current preference for
internal cloud solutions. However, members showed a growing interest in
software defined networking and hybrid cloud.
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3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
"The results of our member survey validated the importance of
interoperability between cloud vendors to expand enterprise adoption of
cloud computing. Our members are working together to drive the
market toward interoperable cloud services as they continue to push
more operations into the cloud."
-- Reyk Bederke
Chairman and President, ODCA
Vice President, Cloud Integration Center, T-Systems
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4. 2014 SURVEY RESULTS
Over the past three years, there has been significant growth in internal cloud
implementations, with the greatest growth in organizations that have more than half
of their services in private clouds.
• Since 2012, the number of respondents who have greater than 60% of their operations in
an internal cloud has increased from 10% to 24%.
• Respondents with one-fifth or less of their operations in internal cloud services dropped
23%, implying a push of operations further up the stack.
• When asked what percentage of their services would be in internal clouds by 2016, the
expectation for 40% or more of operations increased from 38% in 2012 to 63%.
• In 2012, 18% of members surveyed believed their organizations would house 60% of their
operations in internal clouds by 2016. Since then, that number has doubled.
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5. 2014 SURVEY RESULTS
The ODCA's Usage Models are global requirements for cloud adoption
that can aid businesses building RFPs and requirements for new cloud
implementations. This year showed a notable preference for the
software-defined networking (SDN) Usage Model.
• In 2013, 37% of respondents said their organization was planning to utilize
the SDN Usage Model. In 2014, that jumped to 54%.
• Respondents also declared the SDN Usage Model to be the most valuable
of the ODCA’s products in the first half of 2015.
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6. 2014 SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS
Other survey highlights include:
 More than 80% of survey respondents are using or are planning to
using hybrid cloud solutions at some point in the future.
 For the past three years, the amount of organizations with less than
20% of their operations in a public cloud has ranged from 79-88%.
 The primary concern that slows cloud adoption continues to be
security.
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7. METHODOLOGY
Each year, the ODCA surveys its members on their current and future data center
implementations. The objectives of the survey are to track adoption of cloud
services, track integration of ODCA requirements into deployment plans, and
identify shared outlooks on technical obstacles facing enterprise use of cloud
services and data analytics.
Beginning in December 2014, the survey was sent electronically to registered
contacts from current and former member companies. Response was voluntary and
incentivized by a small gift or charitable donation. More than 100 people
participated in the survey. To track changes over time, most of the questions asked
were identical to the past annual ODCA member surveys.
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8. CONCLUSION
For full survey results, download the white paper, Open Data Center
Alliance: Cloud Adoption Survey 2014, at
http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/docs/2014MemberSurvey04.pdf.
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