How are Cloud Objectives and Obstacles Impacting IT Decision-Makers?

Sources: 2014 Navigating IT: Objectives and Obstacles, InfoWorld / 2014 Cloud Computing Survey, IDG Enterprise1

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agree that their organization is evaluating investments in emerging technologies such as SDN and network virtualization as a way to get the most agility out of its cloud investments.161%

LATEST CLOUD FORECASTWHATS NEXT?Top Goals Driving Cloud Investments are

#1 Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity #2 Improving Application Scalability/

Flexibility#3 Eliminating Capital Expenditure

plan to invest or increase cloud investment in the next 12 months.

81%

Organizations are investing in an average of

3 cloud technologies.WHAT ARE THEY INVESTING IN?Top Cloud Computing Investments are #1 Software-as-a-Service #2 Private Cloud Infrastructure #3 Hybrid Cloud

57%of IT decision-makers feel that cloud computing will be impacted by the Internet of Things in the next 12 months.

37%of organizations plan to move data storage/data management to the cloud in the next 3 years. 1

61%say that vendors must implement monitoring and access control policies and procedures to become a trusted partner. 1

In 2014,the top benefits of cloud computing include increased IT agility, IT innovation and employee collaboration. 1WHOS INVOLVED?

Top Individuals Involved in the Purchase Process are1 CIO or Top IT Executive(70% Enterprise vs. 43% SMB)IT/Networking Management(55% Enterprise vs. 30% SMB)IT/Networking Staff(45% Enterprise vs. 25% SMB)

Enterprise will invest

$3.3B in cloud servicescompared to

$400K for SMB.1

WHAT MAY GET IN THE WAY?Top Cloud Computing Challenges are 1 #1 Concerns about the security

of cloud computing solutions #2 Concerns surrounding integration #3 Concerns about information governance

of organizations have created, or plan to create a cloud governance policy.1

80%