What are the trends for cloud adoption among C-Level Executives? Find out in our exclusive View From The Cloud study. This study, conducted on behalf of Veritas for Microsoft by Northstar, a globally integrated insights consulting firm, among 476 C-Suite employees in Canada.

1. View from the Cloud
October 28, 2014
Horizons Lakeview Restaurant
CN Tower, Toronto

2. Agenda

3. NORTHSTA
R
N O R T H S T A R
Strategic business navigation from insights to impact
Cloud Computing Survey
October 22, 2014

4. Who We Surveyed
This study, conducted on behalf of Veritas for Microsoft by Northstar, a globally integrated insights consulting
firm, among 476 C-Suite employees in Canada. Margin of error is +/- 5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
Ontario
Quebec Atlantic
Saskatch-ewean
Manitoba
British
Columbia
Alberta
East
29%
West
33% Ontario
38%
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1-99 91% 98%
100-499 4% 1.6%
500+ 5% .14%
Region was weighted to census

5. Canadian C-suite executives do not have a solid
grasp on cloud computing
1 IN 10
C-SUITE EXECUTIVES
Are familiar with the cloud
57%
Of c-suite executives
Are not involved in
Or discussing
Cloud computing
45%
Couldn’t correctly identify the
definition of cloud computing
1 IN 3
Do not know what
cloud services are
used for

6. 65% Don’t feel secure storing business data and
information with a cloud provider
Lack of security is the top barrier for canadian
c-suite executives to adopt a cloud solution
6
45%
Feel their company’s
information would be unsafe
on the cloud
Privacy and security are critical

7. C-Suite executives fear the unknown
7 in 10
Are afraid they won’t be able
to access their information if
there is a breakdown
8 in 10
Believe there is a risk in using a cloud
based system for their organization

8. Most executives are not discussing implementing
cloud computing
1 in 2
Executives agree that once on the cloud,
information can never be deleted
Feel that cloud providers do not take appropriate
measures to destroy data once it is released
2 in 5
Do not think they would have 100% control of
their data once it is in a cloud computing system
6 IN 10

9. The majority of executives feel that cloud services
are a part of the future not the present
60%
Don’t feel inspired
about what cloud
services can bring to
their company
61%
Don’t think that the
cloud can help them
get to market faster or
stay up to date with
latest innovations more
easily