IT Spend
Flows to
Mobility,
Private
Clouds
What technologies have you targeted for innovation
investments in 2011? (Up to 3 responses allowed)
Mobility
52%
collaboration/ social media
43%
Desktop virtualization
35%
cloud computing
30%
network upgrades
26%
CIOs are shifting new investment dollars to the cloud and
preparing for more robust mobile offerings, according to new
data from Arlington, Va.-based
Corporate Executive Board.
storage upgrades
22%
tablets and consumer tech
17%
Virtualization
13%
The repor T, “Trends in Emerging
Infrastructure Technologies” is
based on a survey conducted by
the Infrastructure Executive
Council, whose members include a
diverse array companies including,
Aegon, Ford Motor Company, Nike
and Raytheon.
The survey found that only
modest budget increases are
anticipated across all technology
towers in 2011, but that the
greatest gains were to be seen in
spending on the infrastructure to
support cloud computing and new
mobility initiatives.
As for the cloud, the study
concludes that the attitude among
CIOs has shifted from “Will we go to
the cloud or not?” to “Which
services would be more efficiently
or effectively sourced to the
cloud?” Nonetheless, momentum
continues toward the development
of “private clouds,” with limited
forays into public cloud services
over the next three years. Thus,
the survey expects business
service requirements to influence
the design of technology
roadmaps as cloud-based hosting
and new end-user computing
models are likely to speed the
development of integrated I T
services.
The survey also noted that the
companies perceive slightly greater
enterprise value opportunities in
security, server and storage
technologies than in network or data
center facility investments.
Are you planning to
develop a private
cloud by 2013?
If so, what percentage of the
applications portfolio will be
supported by private cloud?
No
18%
Yes
82%
10-25
37%
25-50
28%
Where can the cloud serve
as a foundation for service
model transformation?
Part of business
shared services
no service model
15%
23%
0-10
14% 14%
6%
10%
34%
50-75
75-100
Infrastructure
or app
services only
18%
It-level services
Infrastructure and app
services, separately
Which of the following characteristics
are important to your private cloud?
Infrastructure resources will be available
to business partners and users on demand
consumers of cloud-based resources will be able to
provision directly from a self-service interface
consumers of cloud-based resources will be
charged as resources are provisioned/consumed
scale and migrate resources
rapidly across multiple clients/tenants
Infrastructure resources will be
available to applications on demand
30%
41%
51%
73%
81%
