To-date, cloud storage is firmly premised in our everyday PC usage. It has been studied ever since it was introduced. These are the most up-to-date pieces of research we have managed to acquire.
The article “TBR 2015 Cloud Predictions: Fragmented Capabilities” features the TBR experts’ prognoses over the implementation of a private cloud in 2015. They state that there have been some trends recently that they believed to last in 2015. The trends include the rapid spreading of private cloud adoption, an increase in private cloud security funding, and the growth of profit up to more than a fifth, yearly. The services will be more widely available, the experts state. Also, the providers will work on a more customer-friendly interface (Krans et al. par. 2-4).
Some statements on the public cloud storage were articulated by Yousef Khalidi, a Microsoft expert, during the Cloud Computing Roundtable conducted by IEEE Cloud Computing in 2014. He stated that, currently, users do not ask whether it is worthwhile to use the cloud at all. Instead, the questions they ask mainly refer to what applications should they use for clouds in their organizations and in what geographical point it is optimal to use it. Thus, the expert states, public cloud adoption is in high gear (Mazin et al. 41-42).
These statements are supported by other research concerning governments and businesses of various sizes. It is said that a trend has emerged: governments and organizations opt for the cheapest and most efficient solutions in terms of software. Big data is yet another factor explaining an increase in public cloud usage. It is also claimed that, presumably, cloud storage systems will soon become a necessity (“The Dawn of the Cloud Era” par. 4-11).
As to the innovations in cloud storage, it is stated that, during the past decade, the public cloud consisted of big data centers. The servers were plentiful. Despite the fact that such a scheme passed the tests of time and security, there are some technical and non-technical disadvantages to it. For example, if a zone suddenly fails, the tenants will be probably dropped out. A remote server can be insecure in terms of private data. The researchers suggest that an alternative model is applied. The distributive cloud model would be more suitable for small businesses since it is cheaper; besides, all data is stored locally, which ensures privacy security (Coady et al. 38).
Another piece of research offers an overview of big data innovations. Such public clouds as Google have introduced new platform technologies. They opt for a customer-friendly set of tools to create one’s own software. With the usage of such tools, a user can build his/her own servers and applications; besides, the cloud offers a secure infrastructure to handle them (Collins 13).
As the year 2015 comes to an end, some companies go into predicting further ways of cloud development. It is true that cloud storage has to meet security challenges. However, in spite of such serious doubts, organizations continue to adopt cloud systems. According to a recent survey conducted by IDG Enterprise, it is estimated that, in 2016, approximately 50% of all software will be cloud-based as opposed to the current 8%. The percentage of organizational software stored in the cloud is less than a half; this number is expected to increase up to 56% by the end of 2016 (Betts par. 1-4).
Works Cited
Betts, Mitch. “IT shops will pass the cloud tipping point in 2016, survey finds.” Computerworld. Computerworld, Inc., 2015. Web.
Coady, Yvonne, Oliver Hohlfeld, James Kempf, Rick McGeer, and Stefan Schmid. “Distributed Cloud Computing: Applications, Status Quo, and Challenges.” ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review 45.2 (2015): 38-43. Print.
Collins, Eli. “Big Data in the Public Cloud.” IEEE Cloud Computing (2014): 13-15. Print.
Krans, Allan, Matt Healey, Jillian Mirandi, and Cassandra Mooshian. “TBR 2015 Cloud Predictions: Fragmented Capabilities.” Computing Now. IEEE Computer Society. 2015. Web.
Mazin, Yousif, Tom Edsall, Johan Krebbers, Stefan Pappe, Yousef A. Khalidi. “Cloud Computing Roundtable.” IEEE Cloud Computing (2014): 40-49. Print.
“The Dawn of the Cloud Era.” Gulf Business. Motivate Publishing, 2015. Web.