10 predictions for 2013-2014 cloud computing

As the cloud market continues to evolve, the focus of the market is shifting from software to services to infrastructure, or services (IaaS), according to leading cloud industry experts, which will provide organizations with more choices and opportunities to manage their own solutions and services.

IaaS is a configuration pattern in which organizations access computing resources on demand, including storage, hardware, servers, and network components.

At the same time, the organization is still learning how to extend the platform as a service (the delivery model for software development) to custom application development, said Kevin Jackson, vice president and cloud services general manager of the supplier NJVC Company, which provides information services to the organization.

Earlier this year, Jackson predicted the 10 most transformative cloud-computing effects to emerge in 2013. He recently reviewed the forecasts for years and predicted how cloud computing would continue to evolve by 2014.

1. Cloud technology will integrate

Focus more on infrastructure as a service, and increase awareness of the decision to build, buy, or rent IT infrastructure. For the organization, this will lead to more opportunities and choices, and will drive the need for more analysis and a deeper understanding of how cloud computing technology will be used to improve task performance.

2. Custom software

While PAAs technology is maturing, the market is still learning how to extend the PAAs concept to custom software development. The development of the best DevOps business model and operational model may drive a broad deployment next year. This trend will facilitate the deployment of PAAs by federated system integrators. Vendors who use PAAs to deliver customized software products will enjoy significant cost advantages.

3. Integration will become a new "killer application"

Cloud services brokers are becoming a key component in managing the IT environment in a mixed enterprise, while the new members of the market-cloud access security agents-are becoming an important complementary brokerage service. As cloud services standardization becomes more common, federated system integrators will quickly evolve into government service integrators to provide fully integrated, secure cloud service solutions on demand.

4. India and outsourcing countries will promote the broad deployment of PAAs

Major outsourcing countries are exploring how PAAs can be used to reduce development costs and increase profits, which directly affect whether they become preferred suppliers. Security concerns and the need to protect old employment opportunities in the country could lead to a reduction in global offshoring operations. However, the cost savings associated with offshoring may drive their deployment. Refusing to use outsourced services and suppressing user demand for software developers is economically unsustainable for many procurement agencies.

5. Major data centres will experience the "survival of the fittest" link

Data center consolidation continues to occur. Smaller regional data centers will complement the work of very large data centers. These regional data centers provide caching and local storage services. The organization will feel increasing pressure because they need to consider abandoning their own government-owned data centers.

6. Medical it will use PAAs to replace the benefit base application

The Obamacare (Obama Health Care Act) will be fully effective in 2014, and next year will be a major turning point for healthcare-related technology. Security Cloud service integration and powerful protection of digital medical information are the necessary factors to realize medical information transmission. CIOs will need to turn their eyes to real-world case studies to ensure that the Obama health care bill is met.

7. The organization will rapidly adopt cloud services broker

Cloud services Brokers and cloud access security agents are becoming important complementary services. The IT department is currently working on learning these skills, or working with the outside to get these services. Management tools are essential in this multiple sourcing environment. To better address the new paradigm of mixed it, governments will also need to re-examine and update their security policies to achieve a shift from infrastructure-centric to data-centric security posture.

8. The United States Government will reconsider major IT contracts

According to Gartner's latest analysis, the federal agency is cancelling large, comprehensive contracts and moving to short-term performance-based contracts. The move is expected to reduce the "monopoly power" of current federal system integrators and spur them to change their business model and solution offerings. Limited financial and fiscal downsizing will contribute to this trend.

9. Cloud Computing brings change

Cloud computing is bringing change to every business model. A sharp reduction in it costs will help the government respond effectively to rising financial pressures. Cloud computing will also allow governments to provide more valuable services.

10. Cloud technology deployment will evolve from an option to a necessary condition

Cloud computing is a fast-growing business worth billions of of dollars. Amazon has the ability to challenge IBM to compete for a 600 million dollar federal cloud project, marking the advent of a new era of cloud computing. Smaller, more flexible cloud service providers will stimulate competition to achieve a broad deployment of cloud computing.

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