TECH BUYER Oct 2017 - IDC FutureScape - Doc # US42014717
IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Cloud 2018 Predictions
By:
Eric Newmark
Group Vice President of IDC’s SaaS, Enterprise Apps, Industry Cloud division, Deepak Mohan, Larry Carvalho, Frank Gens, Kimberly Knickle, Satoshi Matsumoto
Research Director, IT Services, IDC Japan, Benjamin McGrath, Carla Arend
Senior Program Director: Lead Analyst, Cloud in Europe, Erik Berggren, Douglas Hayward
Research Director, Worldwide Digital Strategy and Agency Services, Mickey North Rizza
Program Vice President, Enterprise Applications and Digital Commerce, Jeronimo Piña, Adelaide O'Brien
Research Director, Government Digital Transformation Strategies, Henry Morris, Chris Morris
Vice President, IDC Asia/Pacific, Jason Bremner
Research Vice President, Industry and Business Solutions, Daphne Chung
Research Director, Cloud Services and Software Research, IDC Asia/Pacific, Alejandro Florean
Vice President Consulting & Strategic Solutions, Latin America, Eren Eser
Principal Analyst, Turkey, IDC, Vladimir Kroa
Associate Vice President, IT Services , CEMA, Richard Lee
Research Director, Custom Solutions, IDC China, Megha Kumar
Research Director, Software and Cloud Services, Eric Samuel
Program Manager, IT Services, Middle East and Africa, Giorgio Nebuloni
AVP, Verticals and DX Research, Europe, Jonathan Tullett
Research Manager, Michael Versace
Abstract
This IDC study discusses key drivers of cloud adoption and the future impact of cloud on business and technology and discusses how IDC believes the cloud will impact the business ecosystem over the next 12–36 months.
According to Eric Newmark, program vice president for IDC's SaaS, Enterprise Applications, and Industry Cloud research practices, "Most businesses now think 'cloud first' when it comes to IT strategy, since the benefits of cloud are clear and have been broadly demonstrated in most industries. As cloud adoption becomes less of a question and more of an assumption, the biggest focus areas will be multicloud management, the API economy, and the ecosystem impact of industry clouds. All of these topics are discussed in greater detail within this IDC FutureScape, along with our assessment of their IT impact and our recommendations for how organizations should approach these initiatives."
In addition, Erik Berggren, VP of Cloud Transition Strategies with IDC, says, "The impact of cloud as part of the overall IT strategy is so profound that there will be no separate cloud strategy living in parallel with the overall IT strategy. They will become one and the same. Organizations need to invest in their understanding and take a long-term view of this evolving space. Organizations that take a comprehensive structured approach to their cloud transition strategy will win."
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CIO and Technology Professionals Agenda , Cloud Services: Global Overview , Digital Commerce , Digital Strategy Consulting and Agency Services , Enterprise Applications , Enterprise Private Cloud , IDC Government Insights: United States Government Digital Transformation Strategies , IDC Manufacturing Insights: Worldwide IT Priorities and Strategies , Industry Clouds, Solutions and Technology Verticalization Strategies , Infrastructure as a Service Overview , SaaS and Cloud Software
Regions Covered
Topics Covered
Application development and deployment, Cloud strategies, Digital transformation strategies, Global IT and economic markets, Governance, risk and compliance infrastructure, IT operations and implementation, Infrastructure and platform clouds, Operating model transformation, Platform as a service, Private cloud services, Public cloud services, Software as a service, Technology buyer
Vertical Markets
Energy as a service, Government performance, Manufacturing life-cycles
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