It will take five to 10 years for cloud computing to become mainstream, but it is likely enterprises will always stay in hybrid environments using cloud and on-premises solutions.
That was the view of a number of leading industry executives at a cloud computing open day hosted today by BT.
Chris Lindsay, general manager of Business Applications at BT, told IT PRO: “No doubt, in 10 years cloud will be the dominant technology for businesses moving forward, but there will still be elements of hybrid environments.”
He added: “In 10 years, I think we will see the move from the old world to the new world.”
Phil Wainewright, chief executive of analyst firm Procullux Ventures, agreed with Lindsay.
Cloud computing is one of those things you are either going to embrace because you see real business value in buying in elements of infrastructure or service which delivers a specific function to you, or a tool that is a bit too far from your comfort zone due to legislative or internal business requirements. That said, cloud email solutions, storage, grid or hpc and virtualization could so easily be the beginnings of your adoption towards cloud computing – whether it’s do I really want to pay to replace my Exchange, or shall I buy it in using a cloud solution or looking at Amazon or something similar to power your grid computing requirements.
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