{"id":10792,"date":"2017-10-31T13:22:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T12:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/?p=10792"},"modified":"2017-10-31T13:29:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T12:29:41","slug":"cloud-infrastructure-expand-16-says-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/cloud-infrastructure-expand-16-says-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud infrastructure to expand by 16%, says report"},"content":{"rendered":"
A recent report,\u00a0Customer Insight: Future-Proofing Your Colocation Business <\/em>by 451 Research,<\/em> found that global operational square footage hosting cloud infrastructure will expand by a 16% compound annual growth rate from 2017 to 2020.<\/p>\n Despite this, the amount of on-premises enterprise\u00a0data centre\u00a0capacity will drop four percentage points, from 77% to 73% in the same time period.<\/p>\n The report found that 62% of respondents said they changed applications from colocation to the public cloud in the past couple of years, but over the same period, 41% revealed to moving applications from the public cloud back to colocation facilities.<\/p>\n Out of all survey participants, 47% said they had faced latency or performance issues, 45% said colocation was less expensive, 39% said they wanted more predictable costs, 37% said it was because of security concerns, 34% said a change from app DevOps test to production, and 13% said regulatory compliance.<\/p>\n For those who moved to the cloud, 63% said the public cloud was cheaper, 59% said it increased functionality of cloud-based\u00a0software, 39% said capacity requirements are unpredictable, and 32% said it enhanced backup options, according to Network World. <\/em><\/p>\n The report said: \u201cThese repatriation trends, and the reasons behind them, underscore the relative immaturity of the shift underway to hybrid IT and datacentre environments.<\/p>\n \u201cAt 451 Research, we talk about the \u2018best execution venue\u2019 (BEV), which is specific to the individual organisation, use case and business needs \u2013 rather than a simple \u2018best\u2019 option for data centre capacity.<\/p>\n \u201cThe challenge for colocation providers is to understand the \u2018mega trends\u2019 driving BEV decisions and to effectively meet customers\u2019 key colocation needs \u2013 cost-effectively and over the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n Written by Leah Alger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A recent report finds that global operational square footage hosting cloud infrastructure will expand by a 16% compound annual growth rate from 2017 to 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":10793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1158],"tags":[2258,70,1416,1030,1042,1523,1069],"yoast_head":"\n