Where Are Cloud Workloads Going?

Where a cloud resides is critical to an organization’s strategy. To that point, here’s what Accenture found when it comes to public, private, hybrid and multicloud models of cloud computing:

•        On average, 50% of workloads are committed to the public cloud, compared to 35% in early 2021.

•        Private clouds serve as the destination for 32% of workloads on average (including both private and virtual private models).

•        Hybrid and multicloud now represent “the new normal,” according to Accenture.

•        Almost all cloud users report using both public and private clouds (resulting in a hybrid configuration), as well as several public cloud providers (for a multicloud approach).

Even so, a substantial number of workloads remain on legacy systems, Accenture said. That finding points to significant opportunity for cloud channel partners to migrate those applications to modern platforms.