With the U.S. presidential elections in the not-too-distant past, I thought it would be a timely opportunity to highlight a few of the results of a survey we conducted at the recent CloudCamp Silicon Valley. The survey is part of a series dubbed “Inside the Cloud” and is an effort to gauge the impact of cloud computing on the cloud community in general, and those attending CloudCamp particular, as well as uncover the issues and opportunities cloud presents.
We had 61 CloudCampers respond to the Silicon Valley survey, representing a mix of providers and consultants (and the ever elusive "other"). Through the survey, they provided feedback on cloud leadership, market conditions, innovation, challenges to cloud adoption, critical cloud attributes, and relevant cloud applications.
Some of the key findings include:
- Amazon is perceived as leading the race for cloud king, besting Google by a 2-1 margin.
- Respondents expect an uptick in cloud interest as a result of the current state of the economy.
- Infrastructure is currently seen as the source of the most innovation in cloud computing right now.
- Cloud computing’s "Big Three" — security, reliability and scalability — continue to haunt developers’ dreams.
- There remains a considerable amount of uncertainty around what applications will win the cloud race.
The full survey report was released today complete with deeper analysis and statistics. You can read the press release here.
Have a question you’d like to submit for consideration in the next "Inside the Cloud" survey? Post a comment to let me know.
P.S. We’re tallying the results of a similar survey conducted at CloudCamp Federal in Washington, DC, which focused on the unique challenges and opportunities for cloud computing in the federal market (more to follow in a future post).
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