Report shows Docker, hybrid cloud usage on the rise

Hybrid and private clouds are gaining in popularity as more enterprise workloads head to the cloud, and Docker is taking off like gangbusters. But there is also a palpable lack of cloud expertise. These are among the conclusions reached by enterprise SaaS cloud provider RightScale in the 2016 edition of its "State of the Cloud Report," which was drawn from a survey of more than 1,000 IT professionals on cloud usage in their organizations. Enterprise customers have more hybrid and private cloud setups than last year, with private cloud adoption increasing year on year from 63 percent to 77 percent, and hybrid adoption up from 58 percent to 71 percent. More workloads also are moving to the cloud -- mainly the private cloud -- up from 22 percent in the last report to 31 percent this time around.