84 percent of enterprise IT decision makers surveyed say OpenStack is
part of future private cloud plans, Red Hat and IDG Connect survey shows
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
An overwhelming majority of enterprise IT decision makers surveyed say
that OpenStack is part of their organization's future cloud
infrastructure plans, according to results of the 2013
Path to an OpenStack-Powered Cloud survey announced today by Red
Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions.
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The OpenStack
and private cloud development survey of 200 U.S. enterprise decision
makers, commissioned by Red Hat through IDG Connect, found that the
majority of organizations (51 percent) are on either their second or
third implementation of private cloud, using internally developed
solutions or alternative offerings from vendors. The survey results show
that internal development of private cloud has left organizations with a
host of challenges to address, including:
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Resource management (21 percent);
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Simplifying IT management (18 percent);
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Application management (18 percent); and
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Application migration (18 percent).
As organizations work to address these issues, survey results indicate
that enterprises are moving, or have plans to move, to OpenStack for
private cloud initiatives. Sixty (60) percent of survey respondents
indicate that they are in the early stages of their OpenStack
deployments, and have either not yet completed the implementation stage
or are early in the process. An overwhelming 84 percent of respondents
say that OpenStack is part of their future cloud plans.
Survey respondents cite management visibility (73 percent); deployment
speed (72 percent); platform flexibility (69 percent); better agility
(69 percent); and competitive advantage (67 percent) as the unique
benefits offered by OpenStack over private cloud alternatives. The top
challenges to OpenStack adoption include IT staff skill gaps (32
percent), budget limitations (23 percent), and questions about OpenStack
project maturity (11 percent) and where to start (10 percent). Survey
data further indicates that decision makers believe OpenStack vendors
and system integrators are best-positioned to provide experience, help
justify investments, and close employee skill gaps.
"The survey findings offer a clear indication that OpenStack is quickly
becoming a reality for many IT organizations, and can serve as a viable
cloud infrastructure backbone for private cloud," said Radhesh
Balakrishnan, general manager, Virtualization, Red Hat. "The survey
shows that business leaders understand that OpenStack can bring improved
visibility, speed, flexibility, and agility to the private cloud. As
these organizations move to OpenStack-powered clouds, they are looking
to IT industry leaders to deliver enterprise-class OpenStack by offering
a normalized lifecycle, training and support, and a broad ecosystem of
partners and OpenStack-certified solutions that will make their journey
seamless."
See an infographic highlighting the results of the 2013 Path to an
OpenStack-Powered Cloud survey at http://bit.ly/PrivateCloudSurvey.
Methodology and Demographics
IDG Connect conducted an online survey on behalf of Red Hat to
understand perceptions of private cloud, and particularly, OpenStack.
The survey polled 200 individuals actively involved in IT investment
decisions from U.S. companies with at least 1,000 employees. Thirty-five
(35) percent of respondents were from organizations with more than 5,000
employees. Respondents represented major verticals, including
manufacturing, financial services, healthcare / pharmaceutical, retail,
and public sector.
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