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Clouds Are Rising on Many Fronts

Cloud computing Public Clouds in Use Amazon and Google currently dominate the public cloud landscape. Amazon Web Services leads at 24%, followed by Google Compute Engine, at 16%. Private Cloud Platforms in Use VMware leads, but OpenStack appears to be gaining ground rapidly. At 15%, VMware vCloud Director leads the market, but OpenStack has already […]

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Michael Vizard

Jun 26, 2014

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Cloud computing

Public Clouds in Use

Amazon and Google currently dominate the public cloud landscape. Amazon Web Services leads at 24%, followed by Google Compute Engine, at 16%.

Private Cloud Platforms in Use

VMware leads, but OpenStack appears to be gaining ground rapidly. At 15%, VMware vCloud Director leads the market, but OpenStack has already climbed to 11%.

Cloud Use Cases

As cloud computing matures, the use cases continue to increase. In both public and private cloud scenarios, the top use cases were Web services, databases and storage and backup.

Top-Three Private Cloud Attributes

Private cloud adoption is still driven by traditional IT issues. Cost savings (44%) and operational efficiencies (38%) are the top two attributes sought when moving to the cloud. Integration with existing systems came in a close third, at 37%.

Top SQL Databases in Use

Microsoft and Oracle are battling it out for supremacy. Microsoft SQL Server tops the list, at 57%, followed by the MySQL database owned by Oracle, at 40%, and then Oracle RDBMS, at 38%.

Top NoSQL Database in Use

NoSQL databases still have a relatively small share of the market. MongoDB comes in first, at 10%, followed by Hadoop, at 8%.

Database-as-a-Service Use

DBaaS is still in search of broader market adoption. While overall use is still relatively small, Amazon RDS leads with 12%, followed by Google Cloud SQL, at 6%.

Database-as-a-Service Deployment Plans

Adoption rates for DBaaS appear to be slow but steady. Only 21% will be implementing DBaaS over the next two years on top of the 10% that already have.

Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) on a Private Cloud

Databases may be too strategic to put in a public cloud service. A full 52% said they would implement DBaaS on a private cloud.

Michael Vizard

Michael Vizard is a seasoned IT journalist, with nearly 30 years of experience writing and editing about enterprise IT issues. He is a writer for publications including Programmableweb, IT Business Edge, CIOinsight, Channel Insider and UBM Tech. He formerly was editorial director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise, where he launched the company’s custom content division, and has also served as editor in chief for CRN and InfoWorld. He also has held editorial positions at PC Week, Computerworld and Digital Review.

Clouds Are Rising on Many Fronts

Michael Vizard

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