how fast is the market moving to cloud...really? - rightscale compute 2013

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Who’s really using the cloud?James Staten, VP & Principal Analyst

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We play a special role in the market

30% 70%

Cloud developers are:

›Leaders

› Innovators

›Risk takers

›Trouble makers

Source: Forrsights Developer Survey, Q1 2013



Working as a game developer. I am paid by my employer primarily to develop games, which is our core business.

Working in the technology services industry. I work at a systems integrator or consulting company and develop sof

Working in an internal information technology (IT) role at my company. I am paid by my employer to develop softwa

Working for a software company. I am paid by my employer primarily to develop software or online services, which

2%

17%

27%

25%

3%

15%

23%

35%

Please select the statement below that best described your status as a software developer.

Using Cloud computing/elastic applications (n=604) Not using Cloud computing/elastic applications (n=1434)

Less than 1/4th of cloud devs work for enterprises


1 - 5

11 - 50

101 - 200

501 - 1000

5000 or more

17%

9%

16%

10%

9%

11%

7%

10%

11%

19%

11%

15%

6%

13%

13%

11%

6%

6%

What is your best estimate of how many developers work at your organiza-tion, including contractors?


Cloud devs are more prominent in smaller firms



Hong Kong

Taiwan

UK

Canada

France

Germany

India

US

China (mainland)

0%

0%

12%

11%

11%

10%

8%

46%

2%

0%

0%

5%

6%

9%

10%

15%

24%

32%

In which country do you work?


Less than 1/4th work in the US



Under 21

21 to 35

36 to 50

51+

1%

37%

39%

23%

1%

49%

42%

8%

What is your age?

Using Cloud computing/elastic applications (n=604)

Not using Cloud computing/elastic applications (n=1434)

Nearly ½ are under 35



Just learning now via schoolwork or independent study

Less than one year

One year but fewer than two years

Two to five years

Six to 10 years

11 to 15 years

16 to 20 years

More than 20 years

3%

3%

4%

15%

20%

15%

9%

31%

1%

2%

4%

22%

33%

18%

9%

11%

How many years have you been writing code?


Most are very experienced programmers



Mainframe or terminal applications

Big data (e.g., Hadoop, SAP Hana)

Business intelligence, reporting, dashboards (e.g., Cognos, MicroStrategy, SAS)

Rich-client/client-server apps (e.g., Java Swing, Microsoft WPF, Win 32, GTK)

Custom applications that use application servers (e.g., IBM WebSphere, Oracle WebLogic, or Apache Tomcat)

Custom applications that use SQL databases (e.g., Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL)

19%

7%

7%

17%

16%

17%

21%

16%

24%

23%

57%

60%

42%

49%

50%

53%

55%

58%

59%

59%

66%

71%

79%

85%

Which of the following types of development technologies have you worked with in the past 24 months? (Select all that apply)


Most work with modern applications/designs



Source: Forrsights Developer Survey, Q1 2013RPGPL/1

GroovyCICS

Other (please specify)Ruby/JrubyObjective-C

PerlABAP

COBOLBasic (including Visual Basic 6.0 or earlier)

Delphi/Object Pascal/PascalPython

PL/SQLC

Visual Basic .NETPHP

C#C++Java

HTML/CSS/JavaScript

1.40.30.5

0.711.6

0.51.4

1.71.7

3.33.6

1.51.3

7.06.0

5.35.6

8.08.5

11.418.7

0.91.0

1.41.61.92.12.12.12.22.2

2.62.72.9

4.35.15.3

6.27.7

13.016.1

16.7

How do you allocate the time you spend writing code across the following programming languages?


Cloud devs code in Java and C++


I do not program or develop on my own time outside my day job

I average less than 5 hours a week programming for personal reasons

I average between 5 and 10 hours a week programming for personal reasons

I average between 11 and 20 hours a week programming for personal reasons

I average more than 20 hours a week programming for personal reasons

29%

40%

20%

6%

5%

8%

22%

33%

27%

10%

On average, how many hours a week do you spend programming personal or side projects not related to your day job?


Most program on the side far more than non-cloud devs




Business unit managers

Marketing

2%

3%

5%

10%

25%

25%

33%

26%

25%

20%

10%

17%

How would you rate the quality of the working relationship your team's developers have with other parts of your company?

Very poor 1 2 Neither good nor poor 3

4 Very good 5 Does not apply

Business unit managers

Marketing

0%

0%

0%

11%

23%

17%

32%

25%

36%

32%

9%

15%

Not using Cloud (n=645)

Using Cloud (n=53)

Cloud devs have far better relationships with business


It is easy for me to get funding for new projects or tools I need to do my job

I feel challenged every day

I feel recognized for the effort I put in

I feel empowered to find new ways to solve customer and business problems

I love my job

If I can find a better way to do my job, my boss will always support me

I have access to the technology and tools that I need to solve my own problems and challenges at work

It's clear to me how my work contributes to my company's overall success

I like sharing what I know with others

26%

52%

55%

65%

61%

64%

62%

68%

80%

61%

74%

76%

80%

81%

81%

82%

84%

87%

Thinking about your current role at work, please indicate how much each statement describes your attitudes.


Cloud devs love their jobs



We play a special role in the market

30% 70%

Cloud developers are:

›Leaders

› Innovators

›Risk takers

›Trouble makers

We need to be:

›Evangelists

›Teachers

›Team players

›Advocates


Thank youJames Staten

+1 650.380.3733

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@Staten7

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