Change has been the name of the game over the last decade for the IT industry – in part due to companies who specialize in enterprise IT scaling their data consumption upward beyond what anyone imagined.
Because of this rapid expansion, enterprise IT companies now require exponentially more bandwidth, power and speed to be successful than the previous decade.
It’s likely that the IT practices we’ll encounter in 2020 will be vastly different than what we have now and definitely different from what we saw 10 years ago.
Here’s just a glimpse at the trends we can expect to see over the course of the next year.
Cloud technology evolution
While cloud technologies were born in the 1960s, they really didn’t bloom until recently. More and more, tech companies are investing money into cloud technology to better their own businesses.
Tech giants are not the only ones making use of cloud tech. Small businesses are starting to incorporate cloud tech as well. Moreover, cloud tech has grown to the point where companies are not limited to a single cloud solution; there are now multi-cloud solutions.
Storage and security
With all this growth, the need for storage and security have increased. Luckily, we now have smart storage and autonomic storage that is perfect for the hybrid cloud. These IaaS innovations work by ensuring data is housed on the correct storage tier for tier-to-tier migration, which means that data storage is not passive, but actively works toward better network performance and flexibility.
Security is another important cloud concern. Granted, security practices have evolved over the last several years; however, there were serious security breaches in 2016 that prove that security still has a long way to go.
One such way security is evolving is by companies outsourcing their data to providers of specialized high-quality cyber security methods.
Conclusion
These were just a few of the major cloud infrastructure trends we’ll be watching in the coming months and years. Stay tuned to the Software Six blog to remain plugged in.