Cloud Computing Grows Up: Benefits Exceed Expectations According to Report
May 21 2013 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Cloud computing is exceeding expectations. According to The
TechInsights Report 2013: Cloud Succeeds. Now What? commissioned by
CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA), respondents indicate the cloud has
moved beyond adolescence and is on the path to maturity in the
enterprise. Survey participants—IT decision makers that have
implemented cloud services for at least one year—reported they are
achieving better results, faster deployments and lower costs than
expected as a result of cloud computing implementations.
Luth Research and Vanson Bourne conducted the survey on behalf
of CA Technologies to learn how cloud computing is being used,
problems or successes encountered, and how its use changed as IT
teams gained more experience.
The report confirms that cloud computing is not only delivering
on its major promises of saving money and speeding time-to-market,
but also exceeding expectations. The vast majority of respondents
reported their cloud implementations met or exceeded expectations
across service models including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS),
Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS).
Experienced cloud users also shed light on the evolving nature of
the cloud, and how their objectives and requirements for success
change as they advance along the cloud adoption curve.
“Going in, we expected the results to be much more balanced
between successes and challenges across a variety of deployments
and service models,” said John Michelsen, chief technology officer,
CA Technologies. “Surprisingly, survey respondents were pleased
with their cloud computing initiatives, which validates that the
cloud is not just a fad, and instead they are focusing on making
the most of it to drive innovation, speed and performance.”
Though the overall study results were generally consistent
across US and Europe, the length of experience and overall intended
objectives for cloud differ. The US leads Europe in terms of years
of experience, with 55 percent reporting three or more years of
cloud use, compared to only 20 percent of European respondents. The
majority (79 percent) of European IT decision makers have
implemented cloud computing for one to two (41 percent) or two to
three (38 percent) years.
In terms of intended benefits, while cost savings continues to
be a priority, increased speed of innovation rose to the top for
more experienced organizations. When asked to name their top three
objectives across IaaS, PaaS and SaaS deployments, Europeans most
often selected “reduced total costs,” while US respondents noted
“increased speed of innovation” and “superior IT
performance/scalability/resiliency.” In fact, cost reduction did
not even make the list of the top three objectives in the US.
“As enterprises advance in their adoption of cloud, the desired
outcomes evolve, as well,” said Michelsen. “Cost is often
considered an early benefit – or even a required result – in order
for IT teams to justify moving in the direction of the cloud. Once
they show that cloud computing improves the bottom line, they can
shift their focus to innovation and other objectives, such as
increased performance and enhanced security.”
Additional notable results include:
- Larger organizations are leading the
way:
- They have been in the cloud longer (93
percent that report using cloud for four or more years have
revenues of $1 billion or more), and;
- They are more likely to be using all
three types of cloud services (79 percent of those using IaaS, PaaS
and SaaS together in their organizations have revenues of $1
billion or more).
- Security remains a contradiction:
- Nearly all respondents (98 percent)
agree that the cloud met or exceeded their expectations for
security across IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
- Nearly one-third indicated “security
has been less of an issue than originally thought” when asked to
share their primary reasons for success with cloud computing.
- Yet, security was cited as the number
one reason that an application is not moved into the cloud by
nearly half of respondents (46 percent).
- Cloud spending plans increase at a
faster rate for IT decision makers with more experience:
- Companies using cloud computing for
four or more years are almost six times more likely (34 percent
compared to 6 percent) to report that they are increasing cloud
spending by more than 30 percent in 2013.
- US respondents plan to increase
spending on cloud at a higher rate than their European
counterparts, with 48 percent planning to increase spending up to
30 percent, and 17 percent more than 30 percent; versus 42 percent
and 4 percent for European respondents, respectively.
- Overall cloud spending is expected to
stay about the same or increase for the majority of respondents (95
percent across US and Europe).
- Experienced cloud users recognize the
need for IT management to ensure future success:
- Respondents that have been using cloud
computing for longer, or have used multiple types of cloud,
identified the following IT management capabilities as critical to
their success:
- End-to-end service automation,
- Service-level management across both
cloud and non-cloud environments, and,
- The ability to switch between cloud
service providers.
For more information and to download The TechInsights Report:
Cloud Succeeds. Now What?, visit
http://www.ca.com/cloud-success-factors.
Survey Methodology
Luth Research and Vanson Bourne conducted the CA
Technologies-sponsored study of 542 IT leaders in the US, UK,
France, Germany, Italy and Benelux from December 2012 to January
2013. The study included companies with annual 2011 revenues of
$500 million or more and was limited to respondents who had
implemented IaaS, PaaS or SaaS for a minimum of one year.
About CA Technologies
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that help customers manage and secure complex IT environments to
support agile business services. Organizations leverage CA
Technologies software and SaaS solutions to accelerate innovation,
transform infrastructure and secure data and identities, from the
data center to the cloud. Learn more about CA Technologies at
www.ca.com.
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