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Your Personal Cloud Forecast


Based on your survey responses, here is how we see your company
is positioned to take advantage of cloud opportunities.

You are right on course


We fully understand the legacy and business imperatives of
running an on-premise technology environment. Yet, your plans to
start moving at least some of your IT functions to the cloud in the
near-future will make your company more aligned with other
similar-sized organizations who are lowering costs and opening up
new cutting-edge business opportunities by adopting cloud
technologies.

In your journey towards using the cloud more, we recommend you


carefully consider and plan the following:
1. Plan your cloud migration holistically and for the long
term, using a blueprint that maximizes both on-premise investment and your venture into the
cloud. Getting too opportunistic may help in the short term, but could risk creating application
silos and blurring an otherwise clear IT architecture.
2. Talk to your end users to understand their needs, then incorporate their feedback into your plan
to ensure the company adopts cloud technology and shares the success with you.
3. Before committing to a cloud vendor, make sure they can successfully migrate the applications
you plan to use in the cloud and that their cloud solution meets the necessary regulatory
compliance requirements your company may have.

Now, ready to learn more about how the cloud is impacting other businesses across the US? Read on

The Cloud Powerhouse Continues to Transform the Business Landscape


New IDG research shines light on cloud deployment models, business drivers and key
investments for todays tech decision-makers.

As cloud continues its mainstream adoption, an increasing number of small and midsize companies are
placing their computing infrastructure and applications in the cloud. Thats the key takeaway from the IDG
2015 Cloud Computing survey.

IDGs survey measured cloud computing trends among 962 technology decision-makers, including usage
and plans across various cloud service and deployment models, investments, and business drivers. The
survey fielded online with the objective of understanding organizational adoption, use cases, and solution
needs with respect to cloud computing.
Companies participating in the survey span the spectrum, including those on the cutting-edge of
adopting innovative cloud technologies, those starting to move at least some of their IT functions to the
cloud, those that have explored the cloud but now plan a move back to an on-premises solution, and
those that arent ready to adopt cloud technology.

Cloud Becoming a Tech Powerhouse


The survey found that organizations have a variety of cloud models they can use,
each providing specific benefits. Survey respondents said that 21% of their IT
environment is currently in private cloud, 19% in public cloud, and 5% in hybrid
cloud. Non-cloud accounts for 55%. Over the next 18 months, respondents expect
to place more of their IT environment into private (27%), public (23%), and hybrid
(7%) cloud. Non-cloud is expected to fall to 43%.

Software as a service (SaaS) reigns as the primary cloud service offering,


accounting for 53% of survey respondents budgets, although an increasing
number of companies are recognizing the value of making deeper cloud
investments, with 30% of their budget being used for Infrastructure as a Service
(Iaas) and 17% for Platform as a Service (PaaS).

And with the unlimited potential of the clouds possibilities coming into greater
focus, emerging tools are launching and competing for budget dollars. Cloud
models that will grow over the next 12 months include Storage as a Service,
Disaster Recovery as a Service, and Monitoring as a Service models.

The promise of cloud computing is also bearing fruit, with 70% of respondents
reporting that access to company data from any location on any device is their
end users favorite cloud benefit. Half of the respondents report that increasing
employee productivity and improving collaboration with co-workers and other stakeholders are two other
key benefits of cloud technologies.

Applications that empower employees to communicate (email, collaboration


solutions) and sell (CRM, sales force automation) are the most popular applications
being migrated to the cloud by survey respondents. HR documents and services are
the second most popular cloud solutions.

What are the most important factors to consider when deciding whether to migrate
an application to the cloud? Four out of five survey respondents cited the following
three: the importance of the application to daily business operations, the sensitivity of
the data being accessed by the application, and migration costs.

Embracing Cloud Initiatives


Its no surprise that cloud spending remains strong as adoption of cloud models
continues to thrive. More than one-quarter of total IT budgets will be allocated
specifically to cloud computing within the next 12 months. The majority of this
spending is fueled by cloud computings ability to enable business continuity (49%),
lower Total Cost of Ownership (43%), improve customer support or services (38%),
speed up development (37%), and replace on-premises legacy technology (35%).
While investments in cloud technologies are increasing for all companies, the amount invested varies
according to company size. The survey found that 56% of companies with fewer than 100 employees will
invest less than $50,000; 53% of companies with 100 to 500 employees will invest $50,000 or more; while
34% of companies with 500 to 1,000 employees will invest $100,000 or more.

Key Issues: Security and Integration


When asked about the security of the information assets their organization have
placed in the cloud, a solid majority of respondents (80%) said they now feel
confident about it. (Only 10% reported not being very confident.) Despite that
strong vote of confidence, security remains the top concern for survey
respondents when devising their cloud strategy. Integration and access privileges
remain a concern to nearly half of the respondents, even though cloud
technologies have made vast improvements in those areas over the past year.
Compliance (31%), ROI measurement (25%), and information governance (23%)
are not as much of a concern.

What issues need to be addressed or resolved before an organization can fully


embrace the cloud? Ensuring that cloud service providers meet compliance
requirements is the primary issue that needs to be addressed for half of the
survey respondents. Nearly 38% report the need to review the efficiency of their
existing applications so theyre not just moving a problem from their current
location to the cloud. Another important issue: finding ways to simplify access to
multiple cloud service providers.

Cloud Leads to Increased Training and Collaboration


When asked about the ways in which cloud computing will impact their
companys IT function in the year ahead, 39% reported that they will retrain
their current staff and increase their collaboration with other business units,
while 30% reported they will recruit new IT talent. Even fewer expect budgets
or headcount to decrease with the implementation of cloud technologies.

Finally, respondents were quizzed about the areas in which they would most
appreciate help from vendors to promote the benefits of cloud computing to
company stakeholders. Consistent with their reasons for adopting cloud
technologies, respondents said they are primarily looking for vendors to help
them make a business case for how the cloud lowers Total Cost of Ownership
and how it ensures business continuity. Also important: showing how their
solution will improve customer support/services, enable innovation, and
increase speed of deployment.

Conclusion
At a time when all organizations must be flexible to adapt to market needs and changes, cloud is proving
to be a fundamental component of that dynamic. As cloud capabilities and offerings continue to mature
and tech departments get their legacy systems in order, this creates opportunities to innovate to meet the
needs of the business today and tomorrow.

To learn more about what cloud computing can do for your company, go to
www.CloudforTomorrow.com.

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