Top Ten
Cloud Computing Predictions for 2010 from CIOL News.
USA:
Virtual Global, provider of cloud-enabled enterprise solutions and the TeamHost
online platform for creating SaaS applications, released its "Top ten
cloud computing predictions for 2010".
"Cloud computing's time has come," said Cary Landis, CEO of Virtual Global.
Landis
cites multiple factors driving the adoption of the cloud, including costs,
entrepreneurship, telecommuting and the more collaborative workspace.
"In
2010, we'll see infrastructure prices fall, platforms become the norm, and big
IT companies struggle for new identities," noted Landis. "Ultimately,
the cloud is more than just a piece of technology. It's changing the way we do
business, the way we work, and even the way we think."
Virtual
Global calls cloud computing "the biggest shift in business since the
Industrial Revolution." The top ten predictions include:
1. Cloud
infrastructure commoditizes, and prices fall. cloud computing already provides
a price advantage. The underlying hardware prices are decreasing as data center
competition is increasing. Prices will fall, making it easier for thousands of
SaaS providers to enter the market.
2. Open standards
emerge as dominant in cloud platforms. As the Platform as a Service space gains
acceptance, the proprietary shakeout will give way to more open platforms in
the cloud. This will simplify development, allow for more customization, and
address the question of what happens to a company's applications if a cloud
provider goes out of business.
3. Homesourcing
becomes mainstream. The era of the cubicle is over. Because applications and
data no longer need to reside on the computers in front of us, the physical
office is quickly becoming redundant.
4. Corporate processes
become decentralized. Larger companies take advantage of the decentralization
made possible by cloud computing. This leads to more of outsourcing, which in
turn triggers the need for more small companies to fill the need for those
outsourced services.
5. A new wave of
entrepreneurship emerges. Cloud computing ushers in the next great dotcom boom,
only this time things are different. Cloud computing has lowered the barriers
to entry so entrepreneurs won't need to be programming wizards or venture
backed. They only need an idea, ambition and a credit card.
6. Smart phones evolve
with cloud apps. Smart phones continue to gain functionality, and their reach
extends further with access to wireless broadband. This makes smart phones more
attractive as an actual working machine, and a tool for accessing productivity
apps over the cloud for corporate use.
7. The days of
multi-million dollar enterprise software projects dwindle. Enterprise-level
cloud computing apps will gradually replace huge on-premises implementations.
The Platform as a Service space will become the norm, rather than exception for
new software projects. The days of multi-million IT projects will eventually
fall by the wayside along with the fall of ground-up Web 2.0 engineering.
8. Cloud computing
penetrates all areas of business management. Cloud applications will evolve to
accommodate more mission-critical needs, delivering full-fledged management
systems to the largest government agencies and corporations in the world.
9. Big-name companies
will struggle for new identities. The emergence of new cloud offerings will
drive competition in the cloud infrastructure arena. Several new brands will
emerge, both from established players and newcomers to the market.
10. Social networking
systems will give way to collaborative management systems. The future of
collaboration will be more focused on the emerging needs of mangers who are
coping with increased complexity and reporting demands. The future will be less
focused on social needs.
Cloud computing is here. Running applications on
machines in an Internet-accessible data center can bring plenty of advantages.
Yet wherever they run, applications are built on some kind of platform. For
on-premises applications, this platform usually includes an operating system,
some way to store data, and perhaps more. Applications running in the cloud
need a similar foundation. The goal of Microsoft’s Windows Azure is to provide
this. Part of the larger Azure Services Platform, Windows Azure is a platform
for running Windows applications and storing data in the cloud.
Cloud computing is a style of computing in which
dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a service
over the Internet. To deploy a new solution, most of your time and energy is
spent on defining the right infrastructure, hardware and software, to put
together to create that solution, Cloud computing allows people to share
resources to solve new problems. Cloud computing users can avoid capital expenditure
(CapEx) on hardware, software, and services when they pay a provider only for
what they use.
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