Shifting to Hybrid IT Is No Simple Task
Shifting to Hybrid IT Is No Simple Task
Although most businesses have embraced the cloud, hybrid IT environments challenge them to ensure security.
Importance of Adopting Cloud Technologies
Ninety-two percent of IT professionals say adopting cloud technologies is important to their organizations’ long-term business success, and 27% say it is extremely important.
Extent of Hybrid Strategy
43% of respondents estimate that half or more of their organization’s total IT infrastructure will reside in the cloud within the next 3 to 5 years.
Unlikely to Migrate Entire Infrastructure to Cloud
60% say it is unlikely that all of their organization’s infrastructure will ever be migrated to the cloud. 9% say their organizations have not migrated any infrastructure to the cloud.
Small Businesses and the Cloud
The number of small businesses that have not migrated to the cloud declined from 18% in 2015 to 6% in 2016.
Top Three Hybrid IT Benefits
The top three hybrid IT benefits by weighted rank are:
Infrastructure cost reduction, Increased infrastructure flexibility/agility, Relieving internal IT personnel of day-to-day management of some infrastructure
Security Is Biggest Challenge
62% say that security is the biggest challenge associated with managing hybrid IT environments.
Top Three Barriers to Further Cloud Adoption
The top three barriers to greater cloud adoption are security/compliance concerns, the need to support legacy systems and budget limitations.
What Has Already Been Migrated to the Cloud
69% of respondents say they have already migrated applications to the cloud, followed by storage (49%) and databases (33%). These are the top three areas of highest priority for continued migration.
New Skills and Tools Needed
Only 27% of respondents are sure that their organizations have adequate resources to manage hybrid IT environments.
Top Five Skills Needed
The top five skills needed to better manage hybrid IT environments are: Hybrid IT monitoring/management tools and metrics: 48% new parent, Application migration: 41%, Distributed architecture: 32%, Service-oriented architectures: 31%, Automation/vendor management: tied at 30%
Support From Leadership
56% say they have the level of support they need from leadership to develop and improve the skills they need to better manage hybrid IT environments.
