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Cloud Adoption Barriers Start to Fall, Slowly

Cloud barrier 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 […]

Written By: Michael Vizard

Dec 26, 2013

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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%

Michael Vizard

Michael Vizard is a seasoned IT journalist, with nearly 30 years of experience writing and editing about enterprise IT issues. He is a writer for publications including Programmableweb, IT Business Edge, CIOinsight, Channel Insider and UBM Tech. He formerly was editorial director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise, where he launched the company’s custom content division, and has also served as editor in chief for CRN and InfoWorld. He also has held editorial positions at PC Week, Computerworld and Digital Review.

Cloud Adoption Barriers Start to Fall, Slowly

Michael Vizard

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