This IDC Energy Insights report examines the receptivity of the oil and gas industry to the use of cloud services. It is intended to provide guidance to CIOs, CTOs, and exploration and production business leaders in evaluating cloud services as an alternative to capital investment in IT infrastructure in-house. IDC Energy Insights presents up and coming use cases for cloud in the oil and gas industry and guidance on how to approach development of a cloud strategy.
"There has been an uptick in adoption of cloud services by oil and gas companies in the last year," according to Jill Feblowitz, vice president, Worldwide Oil and Gas IT Strategies. "As cloud suppliers are able to overcome barriers such as the need for security, high availability, and bandwidth, we expect to see cloud go beyond IT management such as data storage to services for unconventional resources and collaboration supporting oil field development and production. This is a good time for oil and gas companies to develop an enterprise cloud strategy."
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
IDC Energy Insights Opinion
In This Study
Situation Overview
Defining the Cloud
IT in Oil and Gas
Oil and Gas Acceptance of Cloud
Cloud Sees an Uptick in Oil and Gas
North America
Europe
Motivations for Cloud Adoption
Cloud Appeal for Mergers, Divestitures, and Acquisitions
Security Is Still the Biggest Barrier to Cloud Adoption
North America
Europe
The Approach
Cloud Initiatives Are One-Off Projects Rather Than Enterprise
North America Oil and Gas Tends to Generic Uses of Cloud
Europeans Use More of a Mix of Cloud for Generic and Industry-Specific Applications
Oil and Gas Prefer Private Cloud for Core Operations
Use of Cloud in Exploration and Production
Future Outlook
Essential Guidance
Actions to Consider
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Related Research
Synopsis
Figure: North American Adoption of Cloud in Oil and Gas, 2011 and 2012
Figure: Perceived Benefits of Public Cloud: Europe
Figure: Barriers to Cloud Adoption: North America
Figure: Barriers to Public Cloud Adoption: Europe
Figure: Technologies Delivered via Cloud: North America
Figure: Generic Technologies in Production Using Cloud: Europe
Figure: Industry-Specific Technologies in Production or Trial Using Cloud: Europe
Business Strategy: Cloud - More Traction in Oil and Gas published by IDC Energy Insights in June 27, 2012. This report consists of Pages: 16 and the price starts from US $ 4500.
