A survey has revealed increasing adoption of cloud computing globally with the majority of respondents citing hybrid cloud as their preferred option for greater agility and security.
According to EMC, the survey which was conducted by Vanson Bourne, gauged global sentiment about IT’s evolving role in organizations today.
Hybrid cloud adoption has grown by 9% since 2013, over a quarter of global respondents （27%） have now deployed a hybrid cloud, the survey said.
In Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), 58% report that spend on technology is moving outside of IT’s control–far higher than in the rest of the world.
Globally, 71% believe IT must start to serve as in-house brokers for on-demand services to help business growth.
However, 35% of respondents– rising to 42% in APJ – believe their organization doesn’t have the right level of skills and knowledge to achieve business priorities.
Respondents believe IT is a business enabler now more than ever before, yet spending is moving outside of its control.
To help support business growth, a majority of respondents believe IT must act as an in-house broker of on-demand services. This pressure combined with a widening IT skills gap appears to be driving interest among IT professionals in pursuing hybrid cloud infrastructure.
Critical findings from the survey include:
Further, the survey said 69% of respondents believe training IT staff to keep pace with the implications of megatrends such as cloud, mobile, social, and Big Data, will be a challenge for their organization over the next 1-2 years.
This has put the spotlight on automation and innovations such as hybrid cloud. Similar to global trends, APJ is also seeing the uptake in Hybrid Cloud technologies and automation.
Although organizations are moving increasingly online, only a small percentage (16% of respondents worldwide, and 11% in APJ) would be willing to host any application on a public cloud.
- The applications that most respondents would not be willing to put in the public cloud include financial planning （39%）, human capital management （35%） and ERP （32%）.
- Developed markets with more advanced IT economies lead the charge for cloud adoption, while Emerging markets appear to be more risk averse with lower levels of cloud uptake overall.
- Emerging markets are, however, more positive about the IT department and hybrid cloud – 79% say they expect a competitive advantage from megatrends such as cloud, mobile, social, and Big Data （vs. 75% of developed countries） and 67% think combining public and private cloud will improve security and agility （vs. 60% of developed countries）