MAY 2016CIOAPPLICATIONS.COM8Welcome to the World of `Cloud of Clouds'By Andrew Wildblood, Head of Global Enterprise, Telstra Global Enterprise and ServicesThe way we work has changed dramatically in recent years thanks to the cloud. The power of the cloud has driven the emergence of mobile and social collaboration technologies, with more employees now expecting to be able to access the corporate data, network and applications they need, wherever they are. Consequently, organizations are under pressure to offer the technologies their employees demand and, in turn, need to look to service providers to best equip them. To cope with the plethora of digital environments now available, many businesses are moving from in-house technologists to managed service offerings. This allows them to take advantage of the level of experience and understanding service providers have of critical business applications, such as securing user data and implementing new forms of data backup, restoration, and access, while ensuring the delivery of services is not compromised.Winning with New Business ModelsService providers are a natural fit to provide end-to-end cloud services with huge opportunity to enter new markets and generate new revenue. However, service providers should also look at their current offerings and assess whether they are fit for today's fast-changing business IT requirements. From the original cloud concept to Personal, Public, and Hybrid Cloud solutions, it is clear the cloud has evolved into much more than just one basic, universal solution. In fact, from our experience, what is clear is that one size does not fit all. Last year, research undertaken by the Everest Group predicted that cloud adoption across global service engagements--a market measured at U.S. $40 billion in 2014--is expected to continue its rapid growth through 2018, with 23 to 27 percent per year compound growth. In the coming years, a combination of web scale IT, Hybrid Cloud, Personal Cloud and the Internet of Things (IoT) In My OpinionService providers are a natural fit to provide end-to-end Cloud services with huge opportunity to enter new markets and generate new revenueAndrew Wildblood
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