Tech Decision Makers Double Down on Cloud Adoption, According to Insight’s Intelligent Technology Index
May 23 2017 - 8:30AM
The large majority of technology decision makers (84 percent) say
their organizations invested in cloud services in 2016. The
adoption of cloud services in 2016 is a mirror image of the planned
cloud investments expressed in last year’s report.
According to Insight’s 2017 Intelligent Technology
Index report, “As IT leaders make decisions and
arrangements to straddle the needs of today and tomorrow, cloud
services are becoming increasingly popular.”
The survey finds that Software as a Service (57 percent) and
Security as a Service (51 percent) continue to be the leading cloud
computing models that companies are adopting. Infrastructure as a
Service and Disaster Recovery as a Service lag behind, with a 39
and 34 percent adoption rate, respectively.
While only 15 percent have fully migrated their corporate
application workloads to public clouds, 47 percent are more than
halfway implemented in the cloud, with large and medium companies
leading the way.
Type of Company |
More than 50%implemented in the
cloud |
Large |
63 |
% |
Medium |
62 |
% |
Small |
33 |
% |
Companies that did invest in cloud services saw tangible
benefits, including:
- A more flexible and collaborative IT environment (61
percent)
- Safer data environment (59 percent)—this is increasingly
important as 68 percent of respondents say data privacy is their
top concern
- Better remote access (55 percent)
- Improved support from providers (48 percent)
- Faster speed to market (36 percent)
- Reduction in capital expenditure fees (35 percent)
“While an on-premise strategy makes sense for many business
workloads, cloud computing continues to gain market share.
Cloud-based infrastructure allows companies to be extremely nimble
and lean, shifting the bulk of operational responsibility to the
service provider,” said Mike Gaumond, SVP services at Insight.
“However, some companies employ workloads and applications that
work better in an on-premise environment, which is why the hybrid
cloud model is gaining traction and providing organizations with an
integrated approach.”
2017 budget allocations show cloud adoption is a
priority
Technology influencers identify security (55 percent) and the
cloud (44 percent) as the top two areas in which their IT budgets
need to grow. Companies that say they are increasing their 2017 IT
budgets as well as companies that are more than halfway implemented
in the cloud are significantly more likely to feel that security
and the cloud need additional investment.
Marketing (33 percent), sales (33 percent), and mobile (30
percent) comprise the second tier for desired budget growth.
IT infrastructure receives an above average
grade
IT professionals give their current IT infrastructure an average
grade of “B,” which is a modest uptick from a “B minus” in 2016.
However, they still face challenges when it comes to optimization,
with upgrading existing hardware and software as the biggest pain
point (53 percent), followed by:
- Integration of applications without threatening the core
architecture (38 percent)
- Integration of mobile / hybrid devices without threatening the
core architecture (34 percent)
- Better visibility into traffic patterns and data management (32
percent)
“IT leaders may be showing improved optimism around their
ability to manage their IT infrastructures today, but are also
equally as apprehensive about the future,” said Steve Dodenhoff,
President of Insight U.S. “In the rapidly changing technology and
business landscape, their concerns are valid. They not only need to
operate to meet today’s business needs, but they also need to
navigate emergent technologies, applications and complex data
environments in order to provide a rich and flexible technology
ecosystem that enables their organizations to keep pace and drive
transformation.”
Survey Methodology
The Intelligent Technology Index, first released in
2016, is a survey conducted on behalf of Insight among a random
sample of 401 IT professionals with decision-making
responsibilities. Fieldwork was conducted by Market Insights Group
between November 28, 2016 and December 7, 2016. The margin of error
associated with the sample size of 401 is +/- 4.9% at a 95%
confidence level. For this research, small companies are defined as
having less than 100 employees; medium companies having 100 to 999
employees; and large companies having 1,000 or more employees.
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