Software-defined data center adoption will grow in 2016

Business and IT executives in the UK and the US (62 percent) expect a higher adoption of software-defined data centers (SDDCs) this year, but the projection for faster deployment is slightly higher in the UK (67 percent), compared to the US (64 percent).

Those are the results of a new study conducted by security, compliance and control software company HyTrust, and co-sponsored by Intel. The study takes a look at the issues and trends among businesses migrating to the cloud and software-defined data centre.

There are some sharp differences between businesses in the two countries, regarding SDDC, with 30 percent of UK’s businesses expecting greater tangible benefits and return on investment (ROI), compared to 56 percent in the US.

Adoption for network virtualization is expected among 23 percent in the UK, and at 56 percent in the US, while adoption for storage virtualization is expected among 31 percent in the UK, and 58 percent in the US.

There is also a sharp difference between the two countries in the better alignment of security strategies built to address SDDC -- 14 percent have aligned their strategies in the UK, compared to 48 percent in the US.

Even though security is still the number one issue stopping businesses from deploying all of their apps to the cloud, the report suggests signs of optimism.

When asked if security will be less of an obstacle to greater SDDC adoption by the end of this year, 68 percent in the UK and 69 percent in the US say "Yes".

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