A look at the trend in cloud computing space for 2020. Also talks about the level of cloud adoption, architecture models, some of the key drivers, challenges organization is expected to handle and so on

1. 2020 & Beyond…

2.  Continue on their growth path
 Raising overall cloud revenueY-to-Y
 All SIX big players continue to show growth
(AWS,Azure, Google,IBM,Alibaba, Oracle)

3.  Bring in specialization and foster innovation
 With new features and specialization – they
foster faster innovation bringing value to the
clients

4.  Continues to proliferate with new products and
offerings
 AI finding its way to any & every cloud product.
 Intelligent SaaS and cloud native security offerings
grow

5.  Continues to rise…. Everybody is in (well almost)
 On the roadmap of every organization now…
 Predicted that 80% of all computing happens on
cloud by 2025

6.  Portability, real-time procurement, streamlined
integration and cross-platform alliances provide
for a seamless multi cloud strategy
 Increasing architecture focus to enable Omni-
cloud model

7.  Open source & cloud propel each other
 Reduced cost pushes organizations to view open
source as a way to fuel innovation
 Open source & cloud combination seen as a
marriage made in heaven

8.  Beginning to become mainstream
 Function as a Service (FaaS) has come of age

9.  "Edge" & "fog" are the new buzzwords in the
cloud world…
 Seeing increasing no.of edge compute offering
 Driven by the popularity of IoT

10.  Widely expected to be the next big wave in
computing
 All big players vying to establish Quantum
Supremacy
Azure Quantum,Amazon Braket are already released
in preview mode

11. Low overhead,Cost reduction,Achieving scalability &
elasticity,Moving to lean IT operations,Bringing in
appropriate Disaster Recovery setup,Handling
backups,Improving efficiency,Bringing in
automation, Re-establish security & compliance,
Bring in flexibility, Enhance competitive edge,…

12.  Managing cloud spend
 Lack of expertise
 Establishing governance & control mechanism
 Handling security & compliance needs

13. Moving to cloud is not a question ofWHY…
Challenge is in finding answers to HOW!!!

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