Cloud Adoption Barriers Start to Fall, Slowly

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Compute in the Cloud Use in Next 2 to 5 Years

To one degree or another, just about every organization is going to use compute resources in the cloud. Currently use: 61%, plan to use: 31%, no plans: 8%

Storage Service in the Cloud Use in Next 2 to 5 Years

Demand for storage cloud service is fairly universal, given the amount of data that needs to be managed. Currently use: 71%, plan to use: 25%, no plans: 4%

Cloud Storage’s Main Benefits

Cost savings and disaster recovery still dominate IT thinking when it comes to cloud storage. Lower storage costs: 35%, disaster recovery/business continuity: 28%, centralized data management and retention: 13%, virtualized storage resources: 11%, elimination of remote storage silos: 9%

Cloud Storage Concerns

Performance winds up being a much bigger storage issue than cost or security. Poor performance: 38%, ability to optimize where data is stored: 17%, -potential data loss: 15%, remote management capabilities: 13%, cost: 12%, security: 3%

Incumbent Storage Providers’ Influence

Less than a third are getting help on public or private cloud storage from the incumbent vendor. No: 37%, yes, on both public and private: 29%, yes, but on private only: 8%, yes, but on public only: 5%

App Services in the Cloud Use in Next 2 to 5 Years

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications are usually the first place customers get started in the cloud. Currently use: 64%, plan to use: 30%, no plans: 6%

Cost: A Barrier to Cloud Adoption

On a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 as the highest), about half those surveyed don’t see cost as being much of an issue just yet. 5: 1%, 4: 23%, 3: 26%, 2: 29%, 1: 21%

Performance: A Barrier to Cloud Adoption

As the use of cloud services increases, concerns about performance starts to rise on a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 as the highest). 5: 7%, 4: 22%, 3: 38%, 2: 21%, 1: 12%

Security as a Barrier to Cloud Adoption

On a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 as the highest), security remains a major concern. 5: 27%, 4: 33%, 3: 15%, 2: 17%, 1: 8%

Interoperability: A Barrier to Cloud Adoption

On a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 as the highest), awareness of this issue appears to be significant. 5: 5%, 4: 26%, 3: 34%, 2: 21%, 1: 14%

Uncertainty: A Barrier to Cloud Adoption

On a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 as the highest), fear of cloud computing appears to be falling. 5: 4%, 4: 20%, 3: 35%, 2: 24%, 1: 17%

Organizational Resistance: A Barrier to Cloud Adoption

On a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 as the highest), inertia remains a major challenge. 5: 25%, 4: 28%, 3: 23%, 2: 12%, 1: 12%