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Lead,
Follow, and Get Out of the Way: A Working Model for Cloud IT through
2014
Document: SSR-706
Date of
Publication:
February
25, 2010
Number of Pages:
24
Lead Author(s):
Bruce Guptill
Contributing Author(s): Charlie
Burns, Bill McNee and Mike West
Price: $1,295.00 USD
(Single User License)
Traditional
IT and business leadership strategies and tactics will be of limited
effectiveness in a Cloud-based environment where anyone can do
practically anything they want or need to. Thus, how user
organizations plan for and manage Cloud IT will have to improve upon
established practices and policies. IT, Finance, and
line-of-business executives must learn and use new, combined
management tactics when it comes to Cloud IT.
This
core finding is the foundation of the latest research study from
Saugatuck Technology Inc., titled “Lead,
Follow, and Get Out of the Way: A Working Model for Cloud IT through
2014.” Released on February 25, 2010, the study
uses interviews with experienced user organization executives,
analysis of global survey data, and insights from leading Cloud
providers, to build a realistic, working model of Cloud evolution,
adoption, and most importantly, cost-effective management.
"Cloud
adoption right now is a point-solution phenomenon, and we know from
every previous instance of IT that point solutions cost more in the
long run,” according to Saugatuck Managing Director Bruce Guptill,
the study’s lead author. “If IT, Finance, and business
leaders can see and understand
how Cloud adoption is growing and changing, they can manage it, and
take advantage of tremendous cost efficiencies. In this report, we have developed a simple,
evolutionary model of Cloud IT adoption and its impact over time.
And we deliver guidance to user executives as well as to providers
of Cloud IT and traditional IT as to how best to manage the
Cloud’s present and future.”
This
argument is borne out by the study’s key findings, which include
the following:
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Cloud
IT is growing through four parallel, complementary, and
over-lapping stages of use and evolution:
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Point
and Supplemental Stage,
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Developmental
Stage,
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Internal
Growth Stage, and
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Hybrid/Interwoven
Stage.
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Most
user organizations either are going through, or within the next
few years will go through, at least three of the four stages –
each of which advances, and complicates, the roles and use of
Cloud IT. |
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To
minimize costs and optimize Cloud effectiveness and
efficiencies, leadership is needed from IT, Finance, and
business organizations – and from Cloud IT providers as well.
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Research
Summary: Saugatuck’s
research indicates a series of strategic planning positions (SPPs)
that inform and guide IT leaders, Finance leaders, business leaders,
and for Cloud IT providers users, SaaS providers. These include the
following:
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By YE 2012, 75 percent or more of SMBs, large enterprises and
public sector organizations will be using one or more Cloud IT instances to enable and support ongoing business operations. |
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By YE 2012, more than 25 percent of user firms will be using Cloud development platforms to develop and test critical, internal software that enables and supports business operations. |
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By YE 2014, at least 15 percent of organizations will use Private Clouds for daily business operations; fewer than 10 percent will utilize Internal Clouds for operational systems. |
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By YE 2014, 40 percent or more of NEW enterprise IT spend will be Cloud-based. |
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By YE 2014, 45 percent or more of NEW enterprise IT workloads will be
Cloud-based. |
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By YE 2014, 25 percent or more of TOTAL enterprise IT workloads will be Cloud-based. |
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Executive Summary:
Lead, Follow, and Get Out of the Way: A Working Model for Cloud IT through 2014
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Read this report to learn:
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What,
exactly, is Cloud IT? |
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How
are different types of Cloud IT inter-related, and how can
understanding this enable improved ability to manage Cloud IT
and its providers? |
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How
is Cloud IT spreading and evolving within and between user
enterprises and organizations? |
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What
are the risks of unmanaged Cloud proliferation? |
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What
management strategies and techniques enable the greatest
benefits from Cloud IT – and do the best at preventing costly
mistakes? |
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What
can, and must, Cloud providers do to help customer organizations
improve their ability to manage Cloud solutions – or else lose
business?
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Table Of Contents:
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Summary Research Findings |
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So What? |
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Strategic Planning Positions |
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Introduction A Cloud Full of Ecosystems |
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Staging the Cloud
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Point and
Supplemental Stage |
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Developmental Stage |
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Internal Growth Stage |
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Hybrid/Interwoven Stage |
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Cloud IT Spend and Workloads |
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Cloud Effects and “What to Do” for IT, Finance, and Business Leadership
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Effects on IT |
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Effects on Finance |
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Effects on Business Leadership |
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Cloud Provider Leadership |
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Appendix A: Research
Programs and Demographics |
List of Figures and Sidebars:
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Figure 1: Cloud is Everywhere, Right Now |
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Figure 2: Core SaaS Applications in Use by YE 2009 |
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Sidebar: What, Exactly, is Cloud IT? |
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Figure 3: Saugatuck’s Cloud Ecosystem Model |
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Figure 4: User Executive Expectations: Cloud Infrastructure as Mainstream IT |
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Figure 5: Saugatuck Cloud IT Reality Model |
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Figure 6: Changing Cloud IT Stages Over Time |
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Figure 7: Expected Percentages: Cloud IT-based and Spending and Workloads in Production by YE 2014 |
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Figure 8: Security Tops Executives’ Cloud Concerns |
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