Summary of 2011 Virtualization predictions put together by virtualization.info
Posted by Kenneth van Surksum | Wednesday, December 29th, 2010 | 0 Comments and 30 Reactions
At the end of every year, industry analysts and reporters are releasing their predictions for the coming 12 months. Jonny Bentwood, Director, Analyst Relations and Strategy at Edelman running the Technobabble 2.0 blog summarized some of these predictions, giving an overview of the different predictions made by the following firms: Gartner, Ovum, CCS Insight, Nucleus Research, HfS, Infotrends, Quocirca, IHS Screen Digest, Forrester, Disruptive Analysis, Tech Market View.
Some of the predictions related to virtualization and cloud computing include:
Gartner:
By 2015, tools and automation will eliminate 25 per cent of labor hours associated with IT services.
By 2015, 20 per cent of non-IT Global 500 companies will be cloud service providers.
By 2014, 90 per cent of organizations will support corporate applications on personal devices.
By 2013, 80 per cent of businesses will support a workforce using tablets.
Ovum:
Mobility – In IT management, the mobility challenge in 2011 will be to embrace the new technology while developing a strategy that maintains a balance between user preference and productivity and corporate security and compliance.
Data centre transformation – The role of the data centre is witnessing a dramatic shift as the cloud computing era heralds a new dawn in the delivery of IT services in 2011.
Cloud services – Cloud computing will continue to grow steadily in 2011.
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