What’s hot in cloud for New Zealand organisations in 2016?

Despite the benefits of cloud, organisations face many challenges…

Which cloud provider is the best fit for their business?

How can they

best optimise their cloud environment?

How can they achieve

effective cloud management for billing and managing subscriptions?

In the 2016 Cloud Priorities Survey,

ViFX sought to understand the current uptake of public cloud and, if using public cloud, what aspects were providing challenges or are being given priority throughout the rest of 2016.

Get the full 2016 Cloud Priorities Report here:http://www.vifx.co.nz/cloud-priorities-report-2016

Cloud Priorities ReportMay 2016

Here’s some of what we uncovered…

67%of survey participants are using public cloud

24%are not using any public cloud but have plans to in the future

Their priority for assessing public cloud is:

High

44%Medium

41%Low

13%None

2%

41%are using Azure

28%are using AWS

Many participants selected a range of public cloud service

providers, indicating that organisations are already adopting a

MULTI-CLOUD STRATEGY

THEIR FOCUS AREAS FOR EXISTING PUBLIC CLOUD USAGE ARE:

28%Want to make the environment more efficient

20%Want more visibility into their workloads to check what they’re paying for

17%Want tosimplify invoicing

THEIR FOCUS AREAS FOR FUTURE PUBLIC CLOUD USAGE ARE:

29%Want a one-stop portal to manage all cloud subscriptions and billings

IN SUMMARYIt is clear to see that while current

cloud usage is high, and with almost all organisations planning to use some form of public cloud

in the future, there is an evident desire for a structured and considered strategy going forward.

This is just an excerpt of the Cloud Survey findings… Get the full 2016 Cloud Priorities Report here:

http://www.vifx.co.nz/cloud-priorities-report-2016

Cloud Priorities ReportMay 2016