As the Cloud Evolves Telx Believes that Enterprise Datacenters Will Too

Cloud computing continues to entice businesses, but the execution and management of the Cloud seems to be in a constant state of metamorphosis. The fact that Cloud adoption rates are increasing means it has staying power, and it’s likely the Cloud will be around for a long time. While it’s true that Cloud computing offers a new level of capability, the ideal characteristics which users hope the Cloud will deliver on is a work-in-progress. Public cloud or private cloud? Hybrid? These are the most basic questions companies face.

For providers like Telx, the ability to diversify and offer flexibility is key to success. In many ways it depends on the ability to put current infrastructures to work and business on the cloud. Data center providers are seeing the benefits of partnerships and alliances that help build out industry-specific ecosystems.

For today’s cost- and resource-dependent business world and executives and IT managers who need to innovate, the Cloud has offered a wealth of promise. According to research by Gartner (News - Alert), estimates say worldwide cloud application will quadruple by 2013; growing at a 25% annual rate to reach $47 billion by 2012.

Interconnectivity and the introduction of cloud computing has changed datacenters from flat, static repositories of hardware to dynamic, instant-response centers related to every aspect of a company – from data storage to desktop virtualization. Today’s enterprise cloud users have high expectations for their cloud computing experience. Anything less than perfect-pitch computing is nearly intolerable. This lends itself to the distributed hybrid cloud approach. Some predictions maintain that most enterprise portfolios will eventually consist of hybrid collections of legacy, on-premise systems, hosted and cloud-sourced offerings.

While that remains to be seen, there are already true benefits to cloud computing in 2012. Telx foresees that cloud technologies will drive some exciting trends and deliver significant benefits to the data center market in 2012, including better security, access flexibility and scalability, and premium network performance. In addition, there’s increased customization to IT support, accelerating cloud-aware applications and increasing proximity to users to exceed expectations for application delivery and performance.

The road to this integration of cloud types has involved a range of promised cloud attributes coupled with the realities of what’s truly possible. Telx firmly believes that the most successful data center providers will be those who are part of an established cloud community. That is, one who supports fast adoption of the latest connectivity technology in a highly redundant, cloud-neutral colocation environment and whose strategic use continues to evolve.