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Customers Want Hybrid Clouds, Not Just
IaaS

    Will your enterprise be                                  Customers seek to leverage service
   pursuing a hybrid cloud                                provider clouds to augment, not replace
computing strategy by 2015?
                                                                        on premise servers

YES    70%*                                                Which statement best describes your firm’s current or planned
                                                          strategy regarding the use of of service providers for cloud IaaS?

NO 7%                                                           Use IaaS for peak workload or                     43%
                                                             special demand to complement in-            33%

                                                                   house servers and storge

                                                          Use IaaS as primary, complemented
                                                          by on premise server and storage for

                                                                       special demands

                                                          Use IaaS for all server and storage       16%
                                                                             needs

MAYBE  23%                                                We don't have an IaaS strategy yet    7%

                                                          Source: Forrester, 2013 (study commissioned by Cisco)

Source: Gartner DC Summit , December 2012
                   (Base 400+ Enterprise customers)

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