WEBINAR Predictions 2018: Cloud Accelerates Enterprise Transformation Everywhere

2. WEBINARPredictions 2018: Cloud Accelerates Enterprise Transformation Everywhere Dave Bartoletti, Vice President, Principal Analyst Lauren E. Nelson, Principal Analyst December 14, 2017. Call in at 10:55 a.m. Eastern time.

4. Agenda Source: Predictions 2018: Cloud Computing Accelerates Enterprise Transformation Everywhere Forrester report

5. 1 • Amazon Web Services, Google, and Microsoft will capture 76% of all cloud platform revenue in 2018 and 80% by 2020. • Expect more exits from the cloud provider markets. • Start preparing for lock-in.

6. 2 SaaS • SaaS players feel pressure to deliver a high-quality platform beneath their service. • Some will extend down to differentiate. • Others will abandon current platforms (regional decision) to leverage strengths of platform players. • Expect budget shifts to technology teams and more platform criteria on your SaaS RFPs. IaaS

7. 3 • The NA cloud market focuses on megaclouds. • Elsewhere, it’s been fragmented. • In 2018, these fragments will see success through unique value propositions. • Fill your edge-case, investment-protection, and regional needs with specialist cloud platforms.

8. 4 • Kubernetes is well positioned to win the container orchestration war. • Other options will continue, but the ecosystem surrounding it will be unparalleled. • Develop your strategy around container orchestration. • As is typical with any emerging space, seasoned experience is hard to come by — so invest in these skills.

9. 5 • Bolt-on security is replaced with native security. • Cross-cloud security pops up in new places across the ecosystem. • Expect at least one major cloud security breach in 2018. • Evaluate native offerings, push existing partners for capability, and design a Zero Trust Model. • Plus, plan for GDPR — May 2018.

10. 6 • Azure Stack has (finally) arrived — along with many others. • This has restored much faith in a hybrid — both today and into the foreseeable future. • Strategies are undergoing evaluation, pushing for efficiency and optimal developer outcomes. • In 2018, enterprises will test the portability of workloads across deployments. • Make changes where they count; leverage investments elsewhere when savings are high.

11. 7 • Expect more from private cloud platforms. • Thus far, it’s been hard, expensive, and lacking of innovative developer services. • New versions will focus on delivering faster development and increasing data center efficiency (low cost and immediate). • In 2018, private cloud renews itself through cloud-native services and slimming down its software suites. • Reevaluate your private cloud plans.

12. 8 • Enterprises want specific management fixes — not full suites. • Cloud cost tools are most common. • Managed services players are building out free versions of hybrid cloud managers. • Native platforms are building out their own capabilities. • Plan your cloud budgets accordingly.

13. 9 • Telcos use existing contracts and network backbones to incentivize use of their platform. • Colos and platforms both resell and provide their own backbones and network services. • In 2018, some traffic will be diverted to colos and platform providers for both cost and speed. • Explore these options for cost and speed. • Teach your developers basic network skills such that the LOB can establish connections more rapidly.

14. 10 • Self-service access is still a work in progress. • Fast development with quality is hard — doing it at scale is even harder. • Processes and culture must change. • Enterprises are willing to spend. • This market will grow in 2018. • Invest in training focused on process and culture, not tools.

15. Applying 2018 predictions to your cloud strategy Source: Top 10 Decision Factors That Must Influence Your Cloud Strategy Forrester report

16. Dave Bartoletti dbartoletti@forrester.com Twitter: @davebartoletti Lauren E. Nelson lnelson@forrester.com Twitter: @lauren_e_nelson