Oct 2017 - IDC FutureScape - Doc # US42014717
IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Cloud 2018 Predictions
By:
Eric Newmark
Program Vice President, Cloud, SaaS and Industry Cloud, Deepak Mohan
Research Director, Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service, Larry Carvalho
Research Director, Platform as a Service, Frank Gens
Senior Vice President & Chief Analyst, Kimberly Knickle, Satoshi Matsumoto
Research Director, IT Services, IDC Japan, Benjamin McGrath, Carla Arend
Senior Program Director, European Software, 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
Program Manager, Software and Cloud Solutions, Latin America, Adelaide O'Brien
Research Director, Government Digital Transformation Strategies, Henry D. Morris, Chris Morris
Vice President, IDC Asia/Pacific, Jason Bremner
Research Vice President, Industry and Business Solutions, Daphne Chung
Research Director, Software, IDC Asia/Pacific, Alejandro Florean
Vice President Consulting & Strategic Solutions, Latin America, Eren Eser
Principal Analyst, Turkey, IDC, Vladimír Kroa
Associate Vice President, IT Services , CEMA, Richard Lee
Research Director, Custom Solutions, IDC China, Megha Kumar
Research Director, Software, MEA, Eric Samuel
Program Manager, IT Services, Middle East and Africa, Giorgio Nebuloni
Research Director, European CI&A, Emerging Tech, 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."
Coverage
Subscriptions Covered
CIO and Technology Professionals Agenda , Cloud Services: Global Overview , Digital Commerce , Digital Strategy Consulting and Agency Services , Enterprise Applications , Enterprise Applications and Digital Commerce , IDC Government Insights: United States Government Digital Transformation Strategies , IDC Manufacturing Insights: IT Priorities and Strategies , Industry Clouds By Vertical , Infrastructure as a Service Overview , Infrastructure: Strategies for Cloud Builders , 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