Upcoming cloud trends in 2016
Ubiquity of the micro services architecture, and the growing popularity of containers, actually set cloud’s direction in 2016 and marks off the following three major trends:
Hybrid Cloud
Following the already mentioned Gartner report, hybrid cloud will prove to be a perfect mix of private and public clouds, and will be finally replaced by a more generic “cloud”. With a vast range of new technological trends appearing on the market, it is crucial that you are ready to cope with the hybrid cloud strategy. It is a challenging, but manageable task opening new opportunities for any business to stay successful.
Cloud Optimised Application Design
With big power comes big responsibility, so the expected cloud trends pose a new challenge when it comes to developing applications: now software development processes need to be adapted to the cloud infrastructure. A cloud infrastructure in general resembles the on-premises one; however it requires changes in the applications in order to make them reliable and workable in conditions with varying latency and elastic environment.
Cloud Security and Security in the Cloud
Cloud deployment and integrations between multiple service providers always raise questions regarding security. According to the LinkedIn Report on 2015 Cloud Security Survey, 90% of the surveyed companies experience security concerns with hybrid cloud being one of the main drivers initiating this trend. With the existing security threats (in particular, unauthorized access, hijacking, and malicious insiders) and numerous breaches, cloud security and awareness about it will be a very hot trend.
To draw a line, 2016 could be named a year of the hybrid cloud where DevOps, containers, cloud optimised design, and security should become harmonized components of a single strategy.
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