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. We highlight several key findings from the survey, including stats on hybrid cloud adoption, top challenges among cloud users, and the demand for DevOps. We've also provided a link to download the full report for free.
3. • Survey Methodology
• Cloud Adoption
• Cloud Workloads
• Central IT Role in Cloud Adoption
• Cloud Benefits and Challenges
• DevOps Adoption
• Cloud Providers
Agenda
4. • 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
5. 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
6. 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!
8. 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
9. 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!
10. 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
12. 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
13. 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%!
14. 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
15. # 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 13%
22%
11%
12%
17%
24%
16%
39%
12%
11%
11%
10%
0% public, 100% private
20% public, 80% private
40% public, 60% private
60% public, 40% private
80% public, 20% private
100% public, 0% private
Cloud Workloads by Cloud Type
Enterprise
SMB
Enterprise More Private, SMB More Public
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
23. 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
24. 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
26. 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
27. 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
30. 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
31. 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
33. 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
34. 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
35. 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
37. 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
38. 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
40. 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
41. 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
47. 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
49. 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
50. 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