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How’s cloud computing going to change business?
As businesses shift to cloud computing, the public cloud giants, including AWS, will keep on growing, with Gartner, Inc. forecasting that their global revenue will grow 17 per cent in 2020, to total $266.4 billion. A major part of this will be down to the integration of multi cloud strategies into their core offerings. Multi cloud is going to be a major trend over the coming decade. By embracing more than one service, businesses are no longer reliant on one supplier, reducing the risk of total failure should any downtime occur, and ensuring business continuity. Furthermore, not all providers are the same, so by embracing a multi cloud strategy businesses can pick the best qualities from across different providers so they can best suit their unique requirements. That’s why providers are pumping resources into developing their cloud offerings, with 75 per cent of enterprises around the world predicted to employ a multi or hybrid cloud model by the end of 2020.
The rise of public and multi cloud will drive digital transformation across the UK, streamlining business operations, slashing overheads and boosting productivity. Enterprises that fail to adapt to this changing landscape – no matter how established or strong their reputation – will fall behind the curve.
Is it finally time for the SD-WAN revolution?
For many businesses a hybrid architecture is likely to deliver the right balance of performance, reliability, security, and value.
New technologies are facilitating growth across all industries, giving ample opportunity to those involved, but they also have the potential to disrupt any major players who fail to adapt. The early adopters of new technologies usually reap the highest rewards, as other organisations invest heavily to catch up and compete.
In 2020, those who have an established software-defined networking in a wide area network (SD-WAN) platform will rise to the top, as the hype that’s built up over the last 23 years finally becomes a reality. SD-WAN technology can deliver an application-centric network via the ability to assess the performance of
connections in real time, dynamically choosing the best path for business critical applications. It can also offer improved efficiency for businesses who have made significant progress along the road to cloud adoption by enabling local internet breakout for trusted applications, rather than routing all traffic through a central location. It can facilitate connectivity in areas which have been historically difficult or expensive to reach, as well as providing enhanced resilience through the use of multiple carriers and diverse technologies.
One thing that SD-WAN will typically not deliver, particularly in the UK and Europe, is cost savings. As a technology the benefit is delivering additional features and functionality that are not possible with traditional network solutions.
The choice of underlay network over which to run SD-WAN is an important consideration. The messaging in the early development of SD-WAN was that MPLS was “dead” and internet connectivity was all that is required. In the past year or so this message has shifted as it has become clear that whilst the internet is a perfectly acceptable choice for many applications, there are others which require the performance and reliability guarantees that only MPLS can deliver.
What’s going to fill the ISDN and WLR vacuum?
Alongside the ongoing migration to cloud, we are going to see the removal of traditional analogue services. As we head further into 2020, businesses in the UK need to understand that Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) and Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) are disappearing in the next several years (2025). Businesses will continue to value voice communications, but the way these are delivered is going to radically change, as the cloud has the same impact on phone lines as it had on on-premise infrastructure solutions.
To be successful today, businesses must deliver the other technologies that are needed to accompany the movement away from traditional analogue technologies. Having a full communications strategy, and not just a voice strategy, is central to achieving this, as it will help the organization to integrate technologies, such as those offered by cloud, into their core operations. With WLR’s scheduled withdrawal by the end of 2025, enterprises are going to have to migrate their phone services and, for many smaller businesses who use phone lines to take payments, upgrade their point-of-sale machines. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking and cloud communications will manage to fill much of the vacuum left by ISDN and WLR, as their growth continues from the last decade and rises to dominance in the B2B space – but organisations must start planning ahead for this eventuality today to avoid the shockwave.
This forward-thinking approach is not unique to telecommunications, and needs to be reflected in every business, no matter the sector, that takes on a digital transformation project. Integrating new technologies into your core operations is a natural and increasingly essential move for businesses. Those that fail to adapt will find the competition passing them by, offering the efficiency and services that customers now demand. However, businesses also need to consider the technology that’s right for them and not rush into projects, as investing in the wrong area, or in the wrong way, could be very costly. Technology is not a silver bullet for businesses, but it can greatly help if considered and implemented in the right way. What’s clear though, is 2020 is set to be another year of change for those that embrace it head on.
Some practical steps to building your cloud strategy
So, what is your public cloud strategy? Here are some of the key questions that you will need to answer:
1. What are the new products and services that will add most value to our internal and external customers?
2. Which components are available from the cloud to support new products and services?
3. How does the map look for each of the hyperscalers – they each have very different strengths and strategies – and which will provide the best fit for our business?
4. How many cloud providers will we use? Will we go deep with one to drive fast and transformational change? Or will we partner with several to tap into different streams of innovation and maintain leverage in negotiations?
1. In which areas will we want to devote our own resources to custom-build differentiating capabilities that cannot be sourced from elsewhere?
2. Where will we use partners to assemble and manage cloud components because they bring distinct experience and skills, and/or the capabilities in question do not deliver meaningful difference in our customers’ eyes?
3. What changes are required in the enterprise’s operating model to take advantage of potential to build cloud native applications and assemble (rather than build) cloud-native business capabilities?
4. What does our composite map look like?
5. Where do we begin?
Ignore it at your peril
The failure to see cloud for what it is and what it has to offer is currently widespread. However, experience shows that banks that can define a strong cloud strategy, and act on the business transformation needed in order to make it a reality, open up the potential for a market-leading competitive advantage. Building new products and services and replacing aging infrastructure, they are able to respond rapidly to market demands with low technical, regulatory and financial risks. Cloud is ready for banking. Banks now just need to decide whether they can really afford to ignore the opportunity.
8 Cool Projects Funded by Google's Secret Research Company
Is it possible to generate electricity from the Earth’s magnetic field by laying a giant copper ring around the North Pole? Can carbon-neutral fuel be developed from seawater? How long until human beings are zooming around via jetpack, and when will teleportation become a reality?
These are just some of the ideas interrogated and ultimately discarded by X.
In 2010, Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin formed X (formerly known as Google X), a semi-secret research company seeking to address the world’s most intractable problems, improving the lives of millions of people and making the world a radically better place.
Today, X’s innovation lab, known as the Moonshot Factory, exists as a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet.
Because company philosophy dictates that even the most outlandish ideas are taken seriously, it’s unsurprising that less than half of X’s investigations go on to become formal projects. For the ones that do succeed, “graduation” from X to become a standalone company is the typical outcome.
With the year 2020 marking X’s tenth birthday, it seems fitting to honor some of the company’s most successful and impactful “moonshots” to date.
1. Loon
Loon’s network of stratospheric balloons is designed to help nearly four billion people across the globe living without internet access. Partnering with mobile network operators to extend their LTE reach, the balloons provide coverage to those in remote and unserved communities and during the aftermath of natural disasters.
In 2013, a sheep farmer in Canterbury, New Zealand became the first person to connect to a Loon balloon via an internet antenna on the roof of his home.
After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2007, the balloons delivered connectivity to more than 200,000 people.
2. Glass Enterprise Edition
Google Glass’ wearable smart glasses were a major flop within consumer markets. However, the latest iteration of the device, Google Glass 2.0, has established itself within factories and warehouses and is now being used by more than 100 organizations.
Manufacturers and factory workers can work faster and more safely thanks to the Glass Enterprise Edition. No longer will employees be distracted from the task at hand, which could very well put them in danger, by having to consult a manual or guide. Instead, the device intuitively fits into the user’s workflow, boosting engagement, and reducing mistakes.
DHL reported 15% increased supply chain efficiency following its adoption of Glass Enterprise Edition. Meanwhile, healthcare professionals can benefit from being able to maintain eye contact with their patients while medical notes are automatically transcribed.
3. Wing
Wing made drone delivery history when it became the first organization in the U.S. to receive a Part 135 certification, authorizing it to operate as a commercial drone airline. With the goal of reducing traffic and pollution, Wing made its first deliveries back in 2014 when it provided first-aid supplies to farmers in Queensland, Australia.
Since graduating from X in 2018, Wing has gathered data on more than 100,000 flights and catered to customers in the U.S., Australia, and Finland.
The organization has proved itself particularly useful in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. With libraries closed, Wing began delivering library books to children in Virginia to ensure they still have access to reading throughout the crisis. Medicine, toilet paper, baby food, and other essential supplies have also been delivered to Virginian residents throughout lockdown.
4. Verily
Verily is committed to advancing medical technology and transitioning the medical profession to a preventative care model, which will ultimately lower the overall cost of healthcare. The organization’s work includes the development of smart contact lenses that can measure biological markers in a patient’s eye and nanotech that can identify and latch onto cancer cells.
Last month, Verily partnered with Cognizant to help facilitate COVID-19 testing throughout the United States. To date, Verily’s ‘Baseline COVID-19 Testing Program’ is operating in more than 140 testing sites across 13 states.
5. Waymo
Starting out as the Google Self-Driving Car project in 2009, this organization eventually graduated from X in 2016 and became Waymo. Waymo’s self-driving cars are fitted with sensors and software that can detect hundreds of objects 360 degrees around the vehicle.
Considered the leader in autonomous tech, Waymo has collaborated with Fiat-Chrysler and Jaguar to expand its offerings.
Last month, Waymo partnered with Volvo Car Group to integrate its technology with a mobility-focused electric vehicle for ride-hailing services.
6. Dandelion
Dandelion, which graduated from X in 2017, provides geothermal heating installation in a bid to reduce heating costs and carbon emissions. This clean, abundant, and renewable resource moves homeowners away from conventional heating methods, boasting low installation costs, and high-performance equipment. The system uses a heat pump and underground pipes to move heat between the earth and the home. The ground loops move heat into the home in winter, and in summer they return heat from the home back into the ground.
7. Chronicle
Established in 2016, Chronicle helps organizations to better manage cybersecurity through the speedy identification and prevention of attacks by finding patterns within vast quantities of data.
Last year, Google Cloud announced that it would be acquiring Chronicle from X where it would become part of Google’s security portfolio.
8. Makani
Acquired by X in 2013, Makani produces wind energy using T-shaped kites. Requiring 90% less material than a traditional wind turbine, the energy kites are 85 feet wide and have eight turbines tethered to the ground capable of generating 600kW. Makani graduated from X in February 2019 and separated from Alphabet one year later.