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Plan to use
cloud in the
next year
Using
cloud
now*
Plan to use
cloud in
1 3 years
61%
69%
72%
70%
20%
25%
24%
18%
16%
16%
21%
18%
15%
13%
11%
14%
Adoption
isnt over
56%
Collaboration
& conferencing
solutions
Secure file
sharing and
storage
CRM &
salesforce
automation
Data storage
& data
management
82%
76%
74%
43%
plan to migrate
data storage/data
management and
business/data
analytics to the
cloud in 1-3 years
28%
Average
Investment
SMB
Replace on-premise
legacy technology
Enable business
continuity
84%
CEO
77%
IT Architect
72%
CFO
72%
CSO/CISO/Head of IT Security
69%
80% enterprise 59% SMB
42%
35%
33%
Are using
Are using
62%
60%
26%
Are using
private
cloud
public
cloud
hybrid
cloud
Currently
In 18 months
Private 23%
Public 15%
Hybrid 7%
Services
28%
22%
10%
Cloud budgets
are focused on
these services
Software
-as-aService
30%
Infrastructure
-as-a-Service
19%
Platform-as-a-Service
45%
Backup-as-a-Service
Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service
Security-as-a-Service
Storage-as-a-Service
72%
6%
Other
Rethink IT
organizational
structure
Retrain or
reposition
current IT staff
Seek new
IT talent
and skills
SMB
70%
enterprise
SMB
enterprise
SMB
of enterprise organizations
report to adding new roles
due to cloud investments
enterprise
SMB
of IT decision-makers
say that lack of the
right cloud skill sets
is a challenge to
implementing a cloud
computing strategy
2016s Top
Challenges
Concerns
about where
data is
stored
53%
52%
Concerns
about
security
Concerns
about
vendor
lock-in
22%
21%
PUBLIC 43%
41%
21%
Hybrid 24%
19%
18%
18%
44%
Concerns about
vendor lock-in
37%
40% 35%
32%
44%
29% 25%
33% 31%
Uncertain
ability to
audit provider
45% 41%
30%
2014
2015
2016
Uncertain
ability to
recover data
2014
2015
2016
Uncertain that
provider meets
regulatory
compliance
requirements
2014
2015
2016
40%
2014
2015
2016
56% 41%
Uncertain ability
to enforce
security policies
at a provider site
2014
2015
2016
Access across
an untrusted
network