Thursday 6 September 2012

Cloud Technology By The Numbers: Enterprise Cloud Adoption

1.) The Number One is Cloud Adoption is widespread:
Cloud is not just another IT fad passing through the night. Cloud adoption is broadening as brighter brighter benefits appear on the horizon.

Applications already migrated or in the process of being migrated to the cloud include:

57% of Enterprises are using software as a service (SaaS) applications.

38% have adopted platform as a service (PaaS) solutions.

54% are Application development/test environments.

45% are Disaster Recovery and Storage.

41% are Email/collaboration.

35% are business intelligence or analytic.


2.) The Number Second is Buyers' Cloud sentiment is High:
Buyers ranked reduced time for provisioning applications and flexible infrastructure as their top cloud adoption drivers.

88% are expect to achieve greater benefits from cloud solutions in the future.

82% of cloud buyers met their flexible infrastructure objectives.

71% of cloud buyers met their quicker time to market objectives.

64% were satisfied with the current results from their cloud initiatives.


3.) The third number is that the Cloud is evolving from a cost reduction initiative to an Enabler of top line Growth for Enterprises.
Cloud Top drivers
Top Adoption Drivers According To:

Cloud sellers are still pitching cost savings but enterprises are looking for more.



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