Organizations Facing Bumpy Cloud Transition

Organizations Facing Bumpy Cloud Transition

Budget Minded  52% of IT executives say cost reductions are a top objective in pursuing cloud adoption.

Organizations Facing Bumpy Cloud Transition

Passing Grade  70% of overall respondents say the cloud is delivering these needed efficiencies and cost savings.

Organizations Facing Bumpy Cloud Transition

Painful Transition  Even with eventual cost savings and efficiencies, 33% of participants say implementation, transition and integration costs of cloud adoption are too high.

Organizations Facing Bumpy Cloud Transition

IT Execs’ Other Top Cloud Objectives
• Speed to adoption for IT tools: 34%
• New market entry: 29%
• Business process transformation: 20%
• Improved customer alignment and interaction: 20%

Organizations Facing Bumpy Cloud Transition

Alignment Adjustment  31% of participants say integrating cloud resources with existing architecture remains a key challenge of cloud adoption.

Organizations Facing Bumpy Cloud Transition

Big Breach  30% have dealt with significant data loss and privacy issues.

Organizations Facing Bumpy Cloud Transition

Handing Off  30% are concerned about losing control of their operations and assets in the cloud.

Organizations Facing Bumpy Cloud Transition

Disjointed Parties  One-quarter are challenged by the lack of unified standards among cloud providers, leading to interoperability issues.

Organizations Facing Bumpy Cloud Transition

Small Hurdle  Only 18% say that legal and regulatory compliance has impacted their organization's cloud adoption.

Organizations Facing Bumpy Cloud Transition

Top Business Functions Using Cloud Services
• HR: 57%
• IT management: 54%
• Email and collaboration software: 53%
• Sales and marketing: 52%
• Customer care: 51%