Cloud Surveys
Grazed from CloudTimes. Author: Florence de Borja.
In the same survey, some 39% of the respondents said that their organizations are currently implementing cloud solutions, an increase of 11% from the 2011 figures. Some 60% of the IT respondents believe that their use of cloud services in their non-work related endeavors have greatly influenced their recommendations to adopt cloud computing at their workplace... |
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In the “2013 State of the Cloud Report”, CDW found out that about 75% of its respondents have this notion that the personal use of mobile devices and applications by employees influence how businesses take advantage of cloud computing. 68% of the respondents said that organizations have decided to adopt cloud computing because of requests from their employees. Also, cloud adoption savings have increased by as much as 3% from the 10% savings in 2011. CDW surveyed a total of 1,242 IT practitioners.
Grazed from PC Advisor. Author: Ellen Messmer. Many CIOs and chief information security officers are struggling to adapt security practices to a changing environment that includes cloud computing, social media and tablets , according to a survey of 1,850 such IT pros. The Ernst & Young 2012 Global Information Security Survey published today found cloud computing to be one of the main drivers of business model innovation and IT service delivery, with 59% of respondents saying they use or plan to use cloud services. But 38% admitted they have not taken any measures to mitigate risks. Use of social media in business is prevalent, but 38% of the CIOs and CISOs surveyed say they don't have a coordinated approach to address risks, such as defending the organization's brand or determining how employees use work time to engage in social media. The Ernst & Young survey indicated that 31% of respondents said they saw an increase in the number of security incidents compared to the previous year... |
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Grazed from Technorati. Author: Ed Valdez. With 55% of employees now using their smartphones at work, 42% of all companies want to leverage the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) workplace and launch mobile sales applications to seek a competitive advantage. These user-centric survey results and other cloud-based trends are now available in a Yankee Group whitepaper commissioned by FeedHenry, the developer of cloud-based mobile application solutions. “The Cloud Pushes Enterprise Mobile Applications Up a Gear” whitepaper notes that 87 percent of all companies believe that cloud computing will play a significant role in their IT infrastructure within the next year.
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Grazed from MarketWatch. Author: PR Announcement.  VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced the results of a recently commissioned study conducted by Spiceworks that investigated desktop virtualization industry trends among small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). The research revealed that more than 60 percent of SMBs who responded to the survey plan to roll out or evaluate desktop virtualization in 2012. In addition, the study showed that VMware View(TM) is the leading desktop virtualization solution deployed by SMBs.
"It's clear that SMB customers want virtual desktop solutions that are both easy to implement and can scale with them as they grow," said Vittorio Viarengo, vice president, End-User Computing, VMware. "Customers choose and deploy VMware View(TM) because of its proven ability to simplify their desktop deployments, improve security and manage IT more efficiently."... |
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Grazed from Forbes. Author: R "Ray" Wang. A. Executive Summary Organizations have escalated their adoption of cloud computing and SaaS applications in the past 3 years. As part of the broader trend in consumerization of IT (CoIT), business leaders have slowly tipped the balance of power in determining technology acquisition. However, the proliferation of adoption has led to organizational chaos in data, process and meta data integration as users adopt and deploy the cloud in silos without considering the implications of organizational silos and services oriented architecture (SOA). As cloud integration emerges as an enterprise-wide issue, CFOs must get acquainted with the cost-value equation of cloud and SaaS applications. Why? Cloud integration emerges as a key competency for successful organizations seeking to innovate while maximizing returns on investment. Consequently, CFOs should understand ten key points on why they must master cloud integration... |
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Grazed from MarketWatch. Author: PR Announcement. MeriTalk Cloud Computing Exchange (CCX) ( www.meritalk.com/ccx ), a community of Federal cloud leaders focused on public-private collaboration and best practice exchange, today announced findings from a new study, "Cloudy with a Chance of Savings." The study, which identifies where the Federal government stands on cloud today and what the future holds for cloud adoption, reveals that Federal agencies are saving approximately $5.5 billion with cloud implementations today. This number pales next to the $12 billion annual savings estimates from the Cloud Computing Exchange Calculator, based on budget data input by Feds from real Information Technology (IT) programs. MeriTalk CCX announced these findings at the inaugural Cloud Computing Brainstorm today, co-hosted by Senators Carper (D-Del.) and Brown (R-Mass.). The program brought together Federal and state chief information officers (CIOs) with industry executives to discuss cloud computing best practices, lessons learned, progress against FedRAMP, and fundamentally, to accelerate the government's path to cloud computing... |
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Grazed from Silicon Republic. Author: John Kennedy. Smaller companies in the Irish economy are attributing job creation directly to the adoption of cloud computing and 35pc of firms have implemented cloud, according to the inaugural Microsoft/Amarach cloud index as part of the brouhaha surrounding Cloud Week. The survey of 151 organisations, including large, mid and small-sized firms, found that just less than two-fifths - 37pc - had implemented cloud computing. This rises to more than half (53pc) of the large organisations in Ireland that employ more than 250 people. The majority of public and private-sector organisations, however, have yet to deploy cloud technology... |
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Grazed from Business Wire. Author: PR Announcement. High-tech companies are struggling to transform their traditional business models of shipping hardware products or packaged software to more complex business models of providing new services based on cloud computing, new Accenture (NYSE: ACN) research has found. The research, summarized in a new report released today, Where the Cloud Meets Reality: Scaling to Succeed in New Business Models, included interviews with more than 40 senior executives from 30 companies that operate, or are building, Software-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service or Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud-based businesses. The goal was to develop deeper insights to help companies create approaches to successfully scale and operationalize these new cloud-based business models... |
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Grazed from eWeek. Author: Chris Preimesberger. In North America, hosting (42 percent and cloud IaaS have achieved the highest level of client adoption, while the markets in the rest of the world are dominated by data center outsourcing (80 percent), Gartner reported. Depending upon where they are located in the world, enterprises are buying and using data center-related and cloud-based services very differently, researcher Gartner revealed March 26 in a new report... |
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Grazed from Computer Business Review. Author: Editorial Staff. The utilities prefer private or hybrid cloud deployment options Big data is increasingly driving the adoption of cloud computing by Western European utilities, with 46.2% of utilities positive that cloud would be able to solve big data issues, according to a new survey by IDC. The survey found that budget allocation for cloud computing is still not a priority for Western European utilities, with only 25% allocating 1% to less than 3% of budgets to it in 2012, while short-term expectations for cloud computing budget shares are positive... |
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