The Global Market for Cloud Automation is Projected to Reach US$55.7 Billion by 2020
The Era
of On-Demand Services Lays the Platform for the Growth of Cloud Automation, According
to a New Report by Global
Industry Analysts, Inc.
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global
report on Cloud Automation. The
global market for Cloud Automation is projected to reach US$55.7 billion by
2020, driven by the rapidly approaching on-demand era where goods and
services are immediately provisioned for instant customer gratification.
The
on-demand economy, where goods and services are immediately provisioned, is
creating a paradigm change in consumer behaviour. Key factors driving the
on-demand era include growing consumer demand for higher levels of
customization of products and services, and rising preference for prompt and
rapid delivery of services. Companies
under this scenario are therefore forced to morph into agile and flexible
entities capable of nimbly responding to the dynamically changing market
environment and customer needs. Major offline services are rapidly moving
online. Automated self-service is a ballooning trend across all service
industries. The scenario is creating a dire need for business to adopt an
end-to-end integrated business process system that tightly binds companies and
their suppliers, partners, and customers together. Given that effective management
of IT services begins both providing customers with self-service options,
demand for cloud automation services and tools is rising.
Cloud
automation revolves around creating a self-service portal for consumers of
cloud based IT services. Key benefits of cloud automation driving adoption
among cloud service providers and encouraging migration to a fully automated
self-service environment include ability to maximize cloud ROIs, achieve cost
effective cloud processing, streamline workflow and create a hybrid
environment, elimination of costs associated with human capital, and higher
operational efficiency by eliminating browser-based interaction with cloud
facilities.
In
addition to widespread adoption among public cloud service providers to enable
automated provisioning and self-service, cloud automation is being increasingly
adopted by enterprises to automate private cloud infrastructure to reap true
benefits from the cloud concept. “On-Demand Capacity” for instance, is the
backbone of the cloud concept, which can be realized only through automation. Automation
of private clouds enables companies to scale out administrative capabilities of
a virtualized environment and improve operational tasks and efficiency. Automation
for instance, helps companies manage their increasingly complex virtual
environments by streamlining deployment of virtual machines (VMs) including
approval, rejection and decommissioning VMs. This kind of automation enables
sprawl prevention by curbing over-provisioning of VM inventory. The admin-to-VM
ratio represents the key indicator of the efficiency of private cloud
deployment. A ratio of 1:500 is considered as optimal and achievable only
through the deployment of effective management and automation strategies.
As
stated by the new market research report on Cloud Automation, the United States
represents the single largest market worldwide. Asia-Pacific and Europe are
forecast to emerge as the fastest growing markets worldwide. In Europe, growth
is driven by the EU government’s commitment to leverage cloud computing technologies
to reduce digital inequalities and enhance digital interactions between the
government and people. As more and more government data is made available
online, deficit ridden European governments are focusing on cloud computing to
reduce the IT expenditure of the public sector, while simultaneously ensuing
the integrity of eGovernment as an enabler for better governance and provision
of public services.
Major players covered in the report include CA
Technologies Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., CloudVelox Inc., Dell Inc., EMC
Corporation, Flexiant Limited, Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P.,
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Microsoft Corporation,
Parallels®, Skytap Inc., Skydera Inc., VMware Inc., among others.
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