In January 2016, RightScale conducted its fifth annual State of the Cloud Survey of the latest cloud computing trends, with a focus on infrastructure-as-a-service. The survey results are presented in more than 60 charts along with summary analysis.
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2. • Significant growth in hybrid cloud adoption
• Companies use six clouds on average – 3 public, 3 private
• More enterprise workloads shift to cloud; faster growth in private cloud
• Enterprises gain alignment on role of central IT in cloud
• Security is no longer top cloud challenge
• Cloud cost management challenge grows, but optimization efforts lag
• Docker spreads like wildfire, especially in the enterprise
• Public cloud reaches 89% overall penetration
• AWS increases penetration in enterprise, but flat overall
• Azure increases both IaaS & PaaS adoption, especially in SMB
• Private cloud adoption goes up across all providers
• VMware sees largest gains in enterprise
• OpenStack and CloudStack gain most among SMBs
Key Highlights
3. • 69,023 people from the RightScale database were emailed the
survey
• 1060 responses
• 433 (42%) are 1000+ employees (Enterprises)
• 3.07% margin of error
• Respondents are not just RightScale users
• 17% are RightScale users
Methodology
4. 42%
25%
33%
Respondents by Company Size
1060 respondents
Company Size
1001+
employees
101-1000
employees
1-100
employees
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
5. 25%
24%
27%
7%
6%
4%
4%
3%
Respondents by Industry
1060 respondents
Industry
Software!
Tech!
Services!
Financial Services!
Other!
Media & Publishing!
Education!
Business Services!
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
Hardware!
7. 55%
11%
34%
Role of Respondents
1060 respondents
Role of Respondents
Dev!
Business!
IT/Ops!
26%
24%
13%
16%
10%
11%
Level of Respondents
1060 respondents
Architect!
Dir/Mgr!
Exec!
IT/Ops!
Dev/QA!
Other!
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
8. 44%
40%
16%
Role of Cloud Architect Emerges
Role of Cloud Architect Emerges
IT Architect!
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
Cloud
Architect!
Development!
Architect!
9. Cloud Maturity
9%
11%
26%
25%
29%
Cloud Maturity of Respondents
Cloud!
Watchers!
Cloud!
Beginners!
Cloud!
Explorers!
Cloud!
Focused!
No!
Plans!
Planning
First project
Apps running
Heavy use
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
10. A Quarter of Enterprises and A Third of SMBs
are “Cloud Focused”
11%
6%
13%
9%
26%
26%
19%
34%
32%
25%
SMB
Enterprises
Cloud Maturity by Company Size
No plans
Cloud Watchers
Cloud Beginners
Cloud Explorers
Cloud Focused
1000+ employees
<1000 employees
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
11. Enterprises Increase Cloud Maturity in 2016
3%
6%
14%
9%
27%
26%
38%
34%
18%
25%
2015
2016
Enterprise Cloud Maturity 2016 vs. 2015
No plans
Cloud Watchers
Cloud Beginners
Cloud Explorers
Cloud Focused
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
13. 82% of Enterprises Still Want Multi-Cloud
Single private!
6%!
Single public!
9%!
No plans!
3%!
Multiple private!
11%!
Multiple public!
16%!
Hybrid cloud!
55%!
Enterprise Cloud Strategy
1000+ employees
Multi-Cloud
82%
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
14. Multi-Cloud Strategy 2016 vs. 2015
3%
3%
5%
6%
10%
9%
13%
16%
14%
11%
55%
55%
2015
2016
Enterprise Multi-Cloud Strategy 2016 vs. 2015
No plans
Single private
Single public
Multiple public
Multiple private
Hybrid cloud
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
16. 95% of Respondents Are Using Cloud
(Running Apps or Experimenting)
Public Cloud!
Only!
Private Cloud!
Only!
95% of Respondents Are Using Cloud
71%! 6%!18%!
Hybrid!
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
Private = 77%!Public = 89%!
17. 88%
63%
58%
93%
89%
77%
71%
95%
Public Cloud! Private Cloud! Hybrid Cloud! Any Cloud!
Respondents Adopting Cloud 2016 vs. 2015
2015
2016
Private/Hybrid Adoption up YoY
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
18. # of Clouds Used
Public Clouds
All respondents
Private Clouds
All respondents
Running applications
1.5
1.7
Experimenting
1.5
1.3
Total
3.0
3.0
Average # of Clouds Used
19. 29%
27%
23%
10%
10%
Top Priority for Enterprise Central IT
Top Priority for Enterprise Central IT is Hybrid
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
Leveraging !
hybrid cloud!
Building a !
private cloud!
Using a hosted
private cloud!
Using !
public cloud!
Public and private are
equal priority!
22. 12%
13%
32%
28%
16%
14%
27%
28%
13%
17%
2015
2016
Number of VMs Enterprises are Running
in Public Cloud
None
1-50 VMs
51-100 VMs
100-1000 VMs
1000+ VMs
Growth in VMs Running in Public Cloud –
Enterprises
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
23. 18%
14%
18%
16%
11%
13%
31%
26%
22%
31%
2015
2016
Number of VMs Enterprises are Running
in Private Cloud
None
1-50 VMs
51-100 VMs
100-1000 VMs
1000+ VMs
Growth in VMs Running in Private Cloud –
Enterprises
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
24. 7%
4%
13%
11%
10%
11%
28%
26%
42%
48%
2015
2016
Number of VMs Enterprises are Running
in Virtualized Environments
None
1-50 VMs
51-100 VMs
100-1000 VMs
1000+ VMs
Growth in VMs Running in Virtualized –
Enterprises
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
25. 13%
22%
17%
31%
Public Cloud! Private Cloud!
Enterprise Respondents
with 1000+ VMs in Cloud
2015
2016
Enterprises with 1000+ VMs in Cloud YoY
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
29. BUs and Central IT Get Aligned
24%
29%
42%
44%
44%
42%
42%
47%
30%
48%
49%
49%
51%
52%
55%
55%
Pay for cloud services
Manage all cloud deployments
Broker cloud services
Set policies for cloud use
Select private clouds
Build private cloud
Select public clouds
Decide/advise on which apps go to cloud
Works in Central IT
Works in Business Unit
Enterprise Views of Role of IT in Cloud
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
30. BUs Give Central IT Larger Role
25%
39%
34%
40%
47%
31%
35%
44%
24%
29%
42%
42%
42%
44%
44%
47%
Pay for cloud services
Manage all cloud deployments
Select public clouds
Broker cloud services
Build private cloud
Set policies for cloud use
Select private clouds
Decide/advise on which apps go to cloud
2016
2015
Enterprise BU Views of Role of Central IT
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
31. 30%
34%
35%
37%
43%
46%
52%
58%
38%
38%
39%
43%
45%
48%
56%
63%
Approval policies for cloud
Cost policies for cloud
Availability or disaster recovery policies for cloud
Portfolio of clouds that can be used
Which applications should go to cloud
Timeline for implementing a cloud strategy
Security policies for cloud
Benefit or value the company wants to achieve
Enterprises with Key Areas of Cloud Governance Defined
2016
2015
Progress on Cloud Governance YoY
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
33. 39%
41%
38%
40%
40%
40%
48%
51%
57%
57%
37%
38%
39%
39%
39%
41%
52%
52%
58%
62%
Cost savings
IT staff efficiency
Move CapEx to OpEx
Geographic reach
Higher performance
Business continuity
Faster time-to-market
Higher availability
Greater scalability
Faster access to infrastructure
Cloud Benefits 2016 vs. 2015
% of Respondents Reporting These Benefits
2016
2015
Cloud Benefits in 2016
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
34. 46%
52%
48%
57%
52%
62%
Faster speed-to-market
Faster access to infrastructure
Respondents that Gain Speed Benefits
from Cloud
2014
2015
2016
Cloud Increasingly Means Speed
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
35. 0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Cloud Beginners
Cloud Explorers
Cloud Focused
Benefits Grow with Cloud Maturity
% of Respondents Reporting These Benefits
Cost savings
Geographic reach
Higher performance
Business continuity
IT staff efficiency
CapEx to OpEx
Higher availability
Faster time-to-market
Greater scalability
Faster access to infrastructure
Benefits Grow with Cloud Maturity
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
36. 22%
24%
20%
20%
23%
17%
25%
26%
30%
32%
21%
22%
24%
25%
25%
27%
27%
31%
36%
37%
Move CapEx to OpEx
IT staff efficiency
Higher performance
Geographic reach
Cost savings
Business continuity
Faster time-to-market
Higher availability
Greater scalability
Faster access to infrastructure
Cloud Benefits for Cloud Beginners 2016 vs. 2015
2016
2015
Cloud Beginners See More Benefits in 2016
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
39. 47%
2014
Central IT Concerns About Security Decline
41%
2015
Enterprise Central IT Rating Cloud Security
as Significant Challenge
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
37%
2016
40. 0%
20%
40%
60%
Cloud Beginners
Cloud Explorers
Cloud Focused
Challenges Decrease with Cloud Maturity
% of Respondents Reporting These As Significant Challenges
Lack of resources/expertise
Security
Compliance
Managing multiple cloud services
Governance/control
Building a private cloud
Managing costs
Performance
Challenges Decrease with Cloud Maturity
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
41. Place
Cloud Beginners
Cloud Explorers
Cloud Focused
#1
Lack of resources/
expertise (38%)
Lack of resources/
expertise (34%) é 3
Lack of resources/
expertise (26%) é 5
#2
Security (35%)
Compliance (32%)
Building a private cloud
(19%)
#3
Compliance (34%)
Managing costs (30%)
Managing costs (18%)
#4
Managing multiple cloud
services (30%)
Security (28%) ê 2
Managing multiple cloud
services (18%)
#5
Governance/Control (29%)
Managing multiple cloud
services (26%)
Security (17%) ê 4
Top 5 Challenges Change with Maturity
Top 5 Challenges Change with Cloud Maturity!
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
42. • Enterprises - Security is #2
• SMB – Security is #3
• Central IT – Security is #2
• Business Units – Security is #4
• Security Pros- Security is #2
• Cloud Focused - Security is #5
• Cloud Explorers - Security is #4
• Cloud Beginners - Security is #2
• Cloud Watchers (in planning stages) - Security is #1
Security is #1 Issue Only If Cloud Experience Is Low
44. 18%
21%
24%
26%
2013! 2014! 2015! 2016!
Respondents that Say Managing Cloud Costs
is a Significant Challenge
Challenge of Managing Costs is Growing
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
45. 3%
18%
17%
18%
21%
36%
29%
28%
28%
45%
4%
14%
22%
24%
25%
28%
31%
33%
34%
45%
Use Google Preemptible VMs
Use AWS Spot Instances
Move workloads to cheaper cloud/region
Select cloud or region based on cost
Track AWS Ris to make sure they are used
Purchasing AWS Ris
Look for storage volumes not in active use
Shutdown workloads during certain hours
Automate shutdown of temporary workloads
Monitor utilization and rightsize instances
How Companies are Optimizing Cloud Costs
Enterprise
SMB
Few Companies are Optimizing Cloud Costs
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
46. 3%
17%
21%
22%
25%
33%
32%
33%
33%
49%
5%
15%
18%
20%
24%
36%
29%
29%
28%
42%
Use Google Preemptible VMs
Use AWS Spot Instances
Move workloads to cheaper cloud/region
Select cloud or region based on cost
Track AWS Ris to make sure they are used
Purchasing AWS Ris
Look for storage volumes not in active use
Shutdown workloads during certain hours
Automate shutdown of temporary workloads
Monitor utilization and rightsize instances
How Companies are Optimizing Cloud Costs
Cost is challenge
Cost not a challenge
People that See Cost as Challenge are
Optimizing LESS
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
48. 17%
29%
30%
29%
34%
38%
43%
35%
33%
39%
40%
44%
44%
46%
47%
57%
Enabling IT to broker multiple cloud services
Expanding private clouds we use
Expanding use of containers
Implementing a cloud first strategy
Implementing CI/CD in the cloud
Expanding public clouds we use
Optimizing existing cloud use (cost savings)
Moving more workloads to cloud
Cloud Initiatives in 2016
Enterprise
SMB
2016 Cloud Initiatives
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
49. Place
Cloud Beginners
Cloud Explorers
Cloud Focused
#1
Move more workloads to
cloud (43%)
Move more workloads to
cloud (63%)
Optimizing existing cloud
use/cost savings (62%)
#2
Implement a cloud first
strategy (40%)
Optimizing existing cloud
use/cost savings (53%)
CI/CD in the cloud (52%)
#3
Expand public clouds we
use (37%)
Expand public clouds we
use (51%)
Expand public clouds we
use (50%)
#4
Expand private clouds we
use (36%)
CI/CD in the cloud (46%)
Expand use of containers
(48%)
#5
Optimizing existing cloud
use/cost savings (34%)
Expand use of containers
(41%)
Move more workloads to
cloud (44%)
2016 Initiatives Depend on Cloud Maturity
Top 2016 Initiatives Depend on Cloud Maturity!
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
51. Strong Growth in DevOps Adoption in 2016
66%
74%
19%
16%
15%
10%
2015
2016
DevOps Adoption Up in 2016
Adopting DevOps
Not adopting
Don't Know
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
52. Enterprises Adopt DevOps at Even Higher Rate
70%
81%
19%
12%
11%
7%
SMB
Enterprise
Enterprise vs. SMB DevOps Adoption
Adopting DevOps
Not adopting
Don't Know
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
53. 21%
31%
29%
12%
7%
Enterprise Adoption of DevOps
Enterprise Adoption of DevOps is Widespread
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
Adopting DevOps
company-wide!
Adopting DevOps for
projects or teams!
Not adopting
DevOps!
Adopting DevOps!
for BUs or divisions!
Don’t know!
63. 5%
5%
8%
5%
9%
12%
57%
4%
5%
6%
7%
7%
7%
13%
17%
57%
Oracle Cloud (IaaS)
DigitalOcean
Google IaaS
IBM SoftLayer
Google App Engine (PaaS)
VMware vCloud Air
Azure PaaS
Azure IaaS
AWS
Public Cloud Adoption 2016 vs. 2015
% of Respondents Running Applications
2016
2015
Public Cloud Adoption YoY – All Respondents
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
Not asked in 2015
Not asked in 2015
66. 7%
9%
6%
10%
15%
19%
50%
2%
6%
6%
6%
7%
11%
17%
23%
56%
DigitalOcean
Google IaaS
Oracle Cloud (IaaS)
Google App Engine (PaaS)
IBM SoftLayer
VMware vCloud Air
Azure PaaS
Azure IaaS
AWS
Enterprise Public Cloud Adoption 2016 vs. 2015
% of Respondents Running Applications
2016
2015
Public Cloud Adoption YoY – Enterprises
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
Not asked in 2015
Not asked in 2015
68. 3%
5%
6%
7%
11%
15%
58%
9%
12%
8%
9%
19%
25%
17%
6%
8%
7%
5%
14%
14%
9%
Oracle Cloud (IaaS)
VMware vCloud Air
IBM SoftLayer
DigitalOcean
Google (IaaS+PaaS)
Azure (IaaS+PaaS)
AWS
SMB Public Cloud Adoption
% of Respondents Running Applications
Running apps
Experimenting
Plan to use
Public Cloud Adoption – SMB
Google and Azure IaaS + PaaS Combined
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
69. 3%
5%
4%
8%
6%
9%
61%
3%
5%
6%
6%
7%
7%
10%
13%
58%
Oracle Cloud
VMware vCloud Air
Google IaaS
IBM SoftLayer
DigitalOcean
Google App Engine
Azure PaaS
Azure IaaS
AWS
SMB Public Cloud Adoption 2016 vs. 2015
% of Respondents Running Applications
2016
2015
Public Cloud Adoption YoY – SMB
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
Not asked in 2015
Not asked in 2015
70. Place
Enterprise (1000+ employees)
SMB (Under 1000 employees)
#1
AWS
AWS
#2
Azure IaaS
Azure IaaS é 1
#3
Azure PaaS
Azure PaaS é 2
#4
VMware vCloud Air é 1
Google App Engine
#5
IBM SoftLayer é 3
DigitalOcean
#6
Google App Engine (PaaS)
IBM SoftLayer é 1
#7
Oracle Cloud (IaaS)
Google IaaS ê 1
#8
Google IaaS ê 1
VMware vCloud Air
#9
DigitalOcean
Oracle Cloud (IaaS)
Top Public Clouds – Enterprise vs. SMB
Top Public Clouds Used!
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
73. 7%
8%
10%
13%
13%
33%
9%
13%
13%
15%
19%
19%
44%
Microsoft Azure Pack
CloudStack
Microsoft System Center
Bare-Metal Cloud
VMware vCloud Suite
OpenStack
VMware vSphere/vCenter
Private Cloud Adoption 2016 vs. 2015
% of Respondents Running Applications
2016
2015
Private Cloud Adoption YoY – All Respondents
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
Not asked in 2015
77. 4%
6%
6%
6%
10%
23%
6%
7%
12%
13%
13%
17%
32%
Microsoft Azure Pack
Microsoft System Center
VMware vCloud Suite
CloudStack
Bare-Metal Cloud
OpenStack
VMware vSphere/vCenter
SMB Private Cloud Adoption 2016 vs. 2015
% of Respondents Running Applications
2016
2015
Private Cloud Adoption YoY – SMB
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
Not asked in 2015
78. Place
Enterprise (1000+ employees)
SMB (Under 1000 employees)
#1
VMware vSphere/vCenter
VMware vSphere/vCenter
#2
VMware vCloud Suite
OpenStack
#3
Microsoft System Center
Bare-Metal Cloud
#4
OpenStack
CloudStack é 1
#5
Bare-Metal Cloud
VMware vCloud Suite ê 1
#6
Microsoft Azure Pack
Microsoft System Center ê 3
#7
CloudStack ê 2
Microsoft Azure Pack ê 1
Top Private Clouds – Enterprise vs. SMB
Top Private Clouds Used!
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
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