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McKinsey’s Report on Cloud Computing
Recently McKinsey & Company published a report (you can access the report from here) on Cloud Computing, which I found quite interesting. According to some of the key findings of the report:
- Cloud computing is approaching to the “top” at Gartner Hype-Cycle.
Wikipedia says “This is the phase, a frenzy of publicity typically generates over-enthusiasm and unrealistic expectations. There may be some successful applications of a technology, but there are typically more failures.” about that part of the Hype-Cycle.
- Getting an industry “fix”on the definition of what a cloud actually is would be a good first step and we propose one for adoption here
- Clouds already make sense for many small and medium-size businesses, but technical, operational and financial hurdles will need to be overcome before clouds will be used extensively by large public and private enterprises
- Rather than create unrealizable expectations for “internal clouds,”CIOs should focus now on the immediate benefits of virtualizingserver storage, network operations, and other critical building blocks
- Users, hardware vendors and service suppliers can take specific steps to ensure the successful adoption of cloud technology—and prevent it from getting stuck in the “trough of disillusionment”
I wonder when we will see the next phase, “Trough of Disillusionment”.
