The document summarizes the results of a cloud computing adoption survey of 565 IT professionals. Key findings include:
1) Organizations that have used cloud-based services are satisfied and 70% plan to move additional applications to the cloud in the next year, showing cloud computing provides value.
2) While only 36% currently use cloud computing, 62% of others are considering it, showing cloud computing is becoming a standard part of IT strategies.
3) Top concerns preventing greater cloud adoption are security and integration with existing infrastructure, but cost savings and agility are motivating factors.
Six questions every health industry executive should ask about cloud computing
The document discusses 6 key questions that health industry executives should ask when evaluating potential adoption of cloud computing. Cloud computing can provide computing capabilities over the internet and offers potential benefits like lower costs, flexibility, and faster deployment. However, concerns around data security and privacy are barriers to adoption in healthcare. Private clouds within healthcare organizations may be the initial approach before public cloud infrastructure is utilized more broadly.
SolarWinds Application Performance End User Survey (UK)SolarWinds
The proliferation of BYOD, cloud, SaaS and consumer technologies in the workplace have made the application the disruptive technology that will drive business IT into the coming decades. At the same time, the application delivery chain is becoming more complex to support as applications become more networked, virtualization drives IT infrastructure convergence and abstraction and end users become more mobile. These survey findings highlight the impact of application performance and availability on business end users, and their experiences with and expectations of IT when problems arise. Chief among the findings is that while the application is now the heart of businesses of all sizes and its performance is the lifeblood of success, IT continues to struggle to ensure its performance and availability.
- The document summarizes findings from a study on application performance and availability conducted between public and private sector employees. It finds that email and office applications are used daily by 94% of respondents and are most critical to their jobs. 70% of respondents have experienced an issue with a critical application at some point. While most (76%) are satisfied with the IT department's response time, 36% reported waiting at least one business day for some issues to be resolved.
SolarWinds Application Performance End User Survey (Denmark)SolarWinds
- The document summarizes findings from a survey of 200 Danish end users about their use of applications at work and how application performance impacts their jobs.
- Email and office applications are used daily by over 90% and 58% respectively and are most critical for performing their jobs.
- For over 40%, application performance is critical to accomplishing their work, while for 55% its importance has increased over 5 years due to more time spent using apps and increased workload.
- Over 70% contacted IT up to 10 times in the past year regarding app issues, while 10% had no contact. 65% have experienced a critical app issue at some point.
Devops based progressive delivery finalizedBhagvanK1
The document discusses a DevOps-based progressive delivery telehealth platform. It begins with an agenda that includes DevOps, architectural components, a deep learning solution, and what's next. It then covers topics like the patient journey, voice assistants, knowledge base architecture, digital assistants, Jenkins pipelines, and progressive delivery of mobile and web apps. It also discusses DevOps best practices and the benefits of a DevOps approach. Finally, it provides an overview of an existing telehealth platform and discusses potential future directions.
SolarWinds Application Performance End User Survey (Australia)SolarWinds
The proliferation of BYOD, cloud, SaaS and consumer technologies in the workplace have made the application the disruptive technology that will drive business IT into the coming decades. At the same time, the application delivery chain is becoming more complex to support as applications become more networked, virtualization drives IT infrastructure convergence and abstraction and end users become more mobile. These survey findings highlight the impact of application performance and availability on business end users, and their experiences with and expectations of IT when problems arise. Chief among the findings is that while the application is now the heart of businesses of all sizes and its performance is the lifeblood of success, IT continues to struggle to ensure its performance and availability.
The document discusses mainframe modernization challenges and opportunities. It covers extracting business rules from legacy mainframe systems, analyzing insurance business processes, and testing an underwriting engine using AI. It also includes mind maps on digital transformation, no-code/low-code platforms, DevOps, and what could be in a technology roadmap with areas like AI, automation, natural language processing and more.
Six questions every health industry executive should ask about cloud computing
The document discusses 6 key questions that health industry executives should ask when evaluating potential adoption of cloud computing. Cloud computing can provide computing capabilities over the internet and offers potential benefits like lower costs, flexibility, and faster deployment. However, concerns around data security and privacy are barriers to adoption in healthcare. Private clouds within healthcare organizations may be the initial approach before public cloud infrastructure is utilized more broadly.
SolarWinds Application Performance End User Survey (UK)SolarWinds
The proliferation of BYOD, cloud, SaaS and consumer technologies in the workplace have made the application the disruptive technology that will drive business IT into the coming decades. At the same time, the application delivery chain is becoming more complex to support as applications become more networked, virtualization drives IT infrastructure convergence and abstraction and end users become more mobile. These survey findings highlight the impact of application performance and availability on business end users, and their experiences with and expectations of IT when problems arise. Chief among the findings is that while the application is now the heart of businesses of all sizes and its performance is the lifeblood of success, IT continues to struggle to ensure its performance and availability.
- The document summarizes findings from a study on application performance and availability conducted between public and private sector employees. It finds that email and office applications are used daily by 94% of respondents and are most critical to their jobs. 70% of respondents have experienced an issue with a critical application at some point. While most (76%) are satisfied with the IT department's response time, 36% reported waiting at least one business day for some issues to be resolved.
SolarWinds Application Performance End User Survey (Denmark)SolarWinds
- The document summarizes findings from a survey of 200 Danish end users about their use of applications at work and how application performance impacts their jobs.
- Email and office applications are used daily by over 90% and 58% respectively and are most critical for performing their jobs.
- For over 40%, application performance is critical to accomplishing their work, while for 55% its importance has increased over 5 years due to more time spent using apps and increased workload.
- Over 70% contacted IT up to 10 times in the past year regarding app issues, while 10% had no contact. 65% have experienced a critical app issue at some point.
Devops based progressive delivery finalizedBhagvanK1
The document discusses a DevOps-based progressive delivery telehealth platform. It begins with an agenda that includes DevOps, architectural components, a deep learning solution, and what's next. It then covers topics like the patient journey, voice assistants, knowledge base architecture, digital assistants, Jenkins pipelines, and progressive delivery of mobile and web apps. It also discusses DevOps best practices and the benefits of a DevOps approach. Finally, it provides an overview of an existing telehealth platform and discusses potential future directions.
SolarWinds Application Performance End User Survey (Australia)SolarWinds
The proliferation of BYOD, cloud, SaaS and consumer technologies in the workplace have made the application the disruptive technology that will drive business IT into the coming decades. At the same time, the application delivery chain is becoming more complex to support as applications become more networked, virtualization drives IT infrastructure convergence and abstraction and end users become more mobile. These survey findings highlight the impact of application performance and availability on business end users, and their experiences with and expectations of IT when problems arise. Chief among the findings is that while the application is now the heart of businesses of all sizes and its performance is the lifeblood of success, IT continues to struggle to ensure its performance and availability.
The document discusses mainframe modernization challenges and opportunities. It covers extracting business rules from legacy mainframe systems, analyzing insurance business processes, and testing an underwriting engine using AI. It also includes mind maps on digital transformation, no-code/low-code platforms, DevOps, and what could be in a technology roadmap with areas like AI, automation, natural language processing and more.
The survey found that email management has become more complex for organizations due to factors like mobility, BYOD, and the volume of emails sent from smart devices. It is a costly challenge as well, with larger companies having 6 or more employees dedicated to email management. While monitoring emails takes up over half of IT employees' time, tools for managing emails lack innovation and companies use multiple tools to manage emails on-premise primarily, though interest in cloud-based email solutions is growing.
Mendix and David Stephenson share insight to help IT leaders define their organization’s incremental IoT strategy. Discover a framework for setting your IoT vision and enabling rapid experimentation to deliver quick wins while paving the way for more significant innovations.
SolarWinds Federal Cybersecurity Survey 2015SolarWinds
In December 2014, Market Connections, a leading government market research provider, in conjunction with SolarWinds conducted its second annual blind survey of 200 IT and IT security decision makers in the federal government, military and intelligence communities in an effort to uncover their most critical IT security challenges and to determine how to make potential security threats visible so IT can confront them. Respondents weighed in on top cybersecurity threat sources, obstacles to threat prevention, necessary tools for threat prevention, and their concerns, investment and policies regarding cybersecurity.
Visit http://www.solarwinds.com/federal to learn more.
The 2014 IDG Enterprise Cloud Computing Survey highlights research on today’s cloud computing trends that technology decision-makers are faced with, including usage and plans across various cloud service and deployment models, investments, business drivers and impact on business strategy and plans.
The document is the June 2012 Eclipse Open Source Developer Report. It provides results from a survey of over 700 Eclipse developers. Some key findings include:
- Java is the most popular programming language and Windows the most common development OS, though Linux usage is growing.
- Open source technologies like Spring, Maven, Git, and Tomcat are widely used. Mobile development and cloud computing are areas of increased focus.
- Most developers contribute personally to open source projects and spend significant personal time programming to expand their skills.
Find out more about the latest trends in software testing in 2017. These webinar slides on “Future Of Testing” gives insights on the new Technology & innovations that will shape the QA industry.
The document is the 2016-17 Turkey Software Quality Report published by the Turkish Testing Board. It provides an executive summary and analysis of survey results on topics related to test data management in the Turkish software industry. Some of the key findings from the surveys include:
- Over 70% of organizations report that software testers are responsible for test data generation.
- Over half of organizations spend between 11-50% of their testing efforts on test data management activities.
- The top challenges in creating test data are having up-to-date and consistent data that resembles real production data.
- Most organizations manually generate test data or use subsets of production data for testing. Very few use full database virtualization.
-
The document is the 2014-2015 Turkey Software Quality Report published by the Turkish Testing Board. It provides an executive summary that discusses how companies need to change their mindset from viewing mobile applications as merely miniaturized desktop applications. The report indicates that usability testing and performance/security testing are gaining importance in mobile application development. It also contains the results of a survey on mobile testing practices and challenges in Turkey.
Dr. Andreas Birk: Approaches to Agile in Medical Device DevelopmentIntland Software GmbH
This slide deck accompanied Dr. Andreas Birk's webinar on 4 Mar 2021 on the use of Agile in the development of medical technology. Flick through the presentation, or watch a recording of this webinar on Intland Software's website: https://intland.com/webinar-recording/approaches-to-agile-in-medical-device-development-webinar-recording/
Download the accompanying white paper: https://content.intland.com/approaching-agile-in-medical-device-development
Cornerstone’s July 29th webinar with Educe Group entitled “Fearing the Cloud: Why the Life Sciences Shouldn’t Fret,” focused on compliance in the cloud in Life Sciences. As with any software utilized within the Biotech and Pharma industry, it is important to understand the overall business intended use and the regulatory and compliance components that drive the overall validation and implementation efforts. This includes a risk-based approach to validation based on the criticality of the business intended use. As with any software, it is very important to understand what the software development process is and how the software is deployed. This is especially true of Cloud-based service models (e.g., IaaS, PaaS, SaaS). This session will focused on the these service models and more importantly considerations for how they should be managed within the Life Sciences industry.
The document discusses the dangers of a do-it-yourself (DIY) approach to internet of things (IoT) solutions. It provides 10 reasons why DIY is dangerous, including loss of focus on business strategy, high internal costs and resource requirements, security risks, difficulties with scaling, and delays to revenue. The document promotes the Xively Connected Product Management platform as an alternative that allows companies to avoid these issues by providing a complete, proven solution managed by experts in IoT security and systems.
To keep employees safe, EHS professionals need to collect and quickly respond to data at sites across their organization. With small teams, responding to events and ensuring compliance at geographically dispersed locations presents a real challenge.
Join Mauri Paz, Environmental and Safety Product Manager at Medgate, to learn what you should look for in a mobile solution and how to apply mobile concepts to your processes.
A mobile EHS solution means that not only you, but your entire workforce can record data on-site at the time it occurs. This allows for near real-time compliance and saves time and money. When the same app gives employees access to surveys, questionnaires and tasks, the value of mobile blossoms, becoming a powerful tool for improving employee engagement in EHS programs.
During this webinar Mauri discusses:
The value of mobility to the environmental and safety professional
How to navigate around IT and Security constraints
How to choose the right mobile platform for your requirements
Examples of mobility applicability
Accelerating Your Digital Agenda with Continuous Testing by Diego Lo GiudiceSauce Labs
In this SauceCon 2019 keynote presentation, Forrester analyst Diego Lo Giudice sheds light on the trends and practices poised to shape the testing market in 2019 and beyond. As organizations accelerate their digital agendas and become obsessed about delivering a flawless customer experience, application development and delivery teams are under pressure to move faster than ever. What does continuous testing mean for testers, developers and business users? How are enterprise organizations adopting and adapting for quality at great speed?
The document discusses applying agile practices to medical device development while maintaining regulatory compliance. It recommends building compliance incrementally by including more criteria in the Definition of Done for each iteration. This reduces "undone" work over time as agile teams integrate compliance work into their daily routines. Establishing an Agile Quality Management System and collaborating between compliance managers and agile teams can help infuse compliance practices into development.
The document summarizes GP Bullhound's technology predictions for 2015. It predicts that end-to-end service disruption will go beyond companies like Uber and Airbnb, that the Internet of Things will become more intelligent, and that there will be major changes in the payments industry. It also predicts that 3D printing will move from prototyping to producing end products, that new media outlets will gain popularity, and that security protection will need to become more comprehensive.
A guide to understanding the total cost of an email infrastructure and how to use SaaS to reduce the cost whilst manintaining control of the email server
1) Mimecast provides a unified email management solution through a single cloud-based Software as a Service platform, removing the risks and complexities of managing email infrastructure.
2) It offers critical services like archiving, continuity, encryption and threat detection to replace multiple point solutions typically used.
3) This solution can achieve typical savings of at least 60% over alternative approaches to email management.
The survey found that email management has become more complex for organizations due to factors like mobility, BYOD, and the volume of emails sent from smart devices. It is a costly challenge as well, with larger companies having 6 or more employees dedicated to email management. While monitoring emails takes up over half of IT employees' time, tools for managing emails lack innovation and companies use multiple tools to manage emails on-premise primarily, though interest in cloud-based email solutions is growing.
Mendix and David Stephenson share insight to help IT leaders define their organization’s incremental IoT strategy. Discover a framework for setting your IoT vision and enabling rapid experimentation to deliver quick wins while paving the way for more significant innovations.
SolarWinds Federal Cybersecurity Survey 2015SolarWinds
In December 2014, Market Connections, a leading government market research provider, in conjunction with SolarWinds conducted its second annual blind survey of 200 IT and IT security decision makers in the federal government, military and intelligence communities in an effort to uncover their most critical IT security challenges and to determine how to make potential security threats visible so IT can confront them. Respondents weighed in on top cybersecurity threat sources, obstacles to threat prevention, necessary tools for threat prevention, and their concerns, investment and policies regarding cybersecurity.
Visit http://www.solarwinds.com/federal to learn more.
The 2014 IDG Enterprise Cloud Computing Survey highlights research on today’s cloud computing trends that technology decision-makers are faced with, including usage and plans across various cloud service and deployment models, investments, business drivers and impact on business strategy and plans.
The document is the June 2012 Eclipse Open Source Developer Report. It provides results from a survey of over 700 Eclipse developers. Some key findings include:
- Java is the most popular programming language and Windows the most common development OS, though Linux usage is growing.
- Open source technologies like Spring, Maven, Git, and Tomcat are widely used. Mobile development and cloud computing are areas of increased focus.
- Most developers contribute personally to open source projects and spend significant personal time programming to expand their skills.
Find out more about the latest trends in software testing in 2017. These webinar slides on “Future Of Testing” gives insights on the new Technology & innovations that will shape the QA industry.
The document is the 2016-17 Turkey Software Quality Report published by the Turkish Testing Board. It provides an executive summary and analysis of survey results on topics related to test data management in the Turkish software industry. Some of the key findings from the surveys include:
- Over 70% of organizations report that software testers are responsible for test data generation.
- Over half of organizations spend between 11-50% of their testing efforts on test data management activities.
- The top challenges in creating test data are having up-to-date and consistent data that resembles real production data.
- Most organizations manually generate test data or use subsets of production data for testing. Very few use full database virtualization.
-
The document is the 2014-2015 Turkey Software Quality Report published by the Turkish Testing Board. It provides an executive summary that discusses how companies need to change their mindset from viewing mobile applications as merely miniaturized desktop applications. The report indicates that usability testing and performance/security testing are gaining importance in mobile application development. It also contains the results of a survey on mobile testing practices and challenges in Turkey.
Dr. Andreas Birk: Approaches to Agile in Medical Device DevelopmentIntland Software GmbH
This slide deck accompanied Dr. Andreas Birk's webinar on 4 Mar 2021 on the use of Agile in the development of medical technology. Flick through the presentation, or watch a recording of this webinar on Intland Software's website: https://intland.com/webinar-recording/approaches-to-agile-in-medical-device-development-webinar-recording/
Download the accompanying white paper: https://content.intland.com/approaching-agile-in-medical-device-development
Cornerstone’s July 29th webinar with Educe Group entitled “Fearing the Cloud: Why the Life Sciences Shouldn’t Fret,” focused on compliance in the cloud in Life Sciences. As with any software utilized within the Biotech and Pharma industry, it is important to understand the overall business intended use and the regulatory and compliance components that drive the overall validation and implementation efforts. This includes a risk-based approach to validation based on the criticality of the business intended use. As with any software, it is very important to understand what the software development process is and how the software is deployed. This is especially true of Cloud-based service models (e.g., IaaS, PaaS, SaaS). This session will focused on the these service models and more importantly considerations for how they should be managed within the Life Sciences industry.
The document discusses the dangers of a do-it-yourself (DIY) approach to internet of things (IoT) solutions. It provides 10 reasons why DIY is dangerous, including loss of focus on business strategy, high internal costs and resource requirements, security risks, difficulties with scaling, and delays to revenue. The document promotes the Xively Connected Product Management platform as an alternative that allows companies to avoid these issues by providing a complete, proven solution managed by experts in IoT security and systems.
To keep employees safe, EHS professionals need to collect and quickly respond to data at sites across their organization. With small teams, responding to events and ensuring compliance at geographically dispersed locations presents a real challenge.
Join Mauri Paz, Environmental and Safety Product Manager at Medgate, to learn what you should look for in a mobile solution and how to apply mobile concepts to your processes.
A mobile EHS solution means that not only you, but your entire workforce can record data on-site at the time it occurs. This allows for near real-time compliance and saves time and money. When the same app gives employees access to surveys, questionnaires and tasks, the value of mobile blossoms, becoming a powerful tool for improving employee engagement in EHS programs.
During this webinar Mauri discusses:
The value of mobility to the environmental and safety professional
How to navigate around IT and Security constraints
How to choose the right mobile platform for your requirements
Examples of mobility applicability
Accelerating Your Digital Agenda with Continuous Testing by Diego Lo GiudiceSauce Labs
In this SauceCon 2019 keynote presentation, Forrester analyst Diego Lo Giudice sheds light on the trends and practices poised to shape the testing market in 2019 and beyond. As organizations accelerate their digital agendas and become obsessed about delivering a flawless customer experience, application development and delivery teams are under pressure to move faster than ever. What does continuous testing mean for testers, developers and business users? How are enterprise organizations adopting and adapting for quality at great speed?
The document discusses applying agile practices to medical device development while maintaining regulatory compliance. It recommends building compliance incrementally by including more criteria in the Definition of Done for each iteration. This reduces "undone" work over time as agile teams integrate compliance work into their daily routines. Establishing an Agile Quality Management System and collaborating between compliance managers and agile teams can help infuse compliance practices into development.
The document summarizes GP Bullhound's technology predictions for 2015. It predicts that end-to-end service disruption will go beyond companies like Uber and Airbnb, that the Internet of Things will become more intelligent, and that there will be major changes in the payments industry. It also predicts that 3D printing will move from prototyping to producing end products, that new media outlets will gain popularity, and that security protection will need to become more comprehensive.
A guide to understanding the total cost of an email infrastructure and how to use SaaS to reduce the cost whilst manintaining control of the email server
1) Mimecast provides a unified email management solution through a single cloud-based Software as a Service platform, removing the risks and complexities of managing email infrastructure.
2) It offers critical services like archiving, continuity, encryption and threat detection to replace multiple point solutions typically used.
3) This solution can achieve typical savings of at least 60% over alternative approaches to email management.
The document outlines the benefits and capabilities of the LAMP stack and Jeevan as a development partner. Some key benefits of LAMP include being flexible, robust, fast, powerful, and extending across multiple platforms. Jeevan leverages proven development methodologies, technical expertise in LAMP and other technologies, and delivers quality products on time and on budget for clients across various domains.
The document summarizes a survey about cloud computing adoption:
1) Organizations that have used cloud-based services are satisfied and plan to use more cloud applications, with most moving additional applications within 12 months.
2) While only 36% of respondents currently use cloud computing, 62% of others have considered it, showing cloud computing is now a standard part of IT discussions.
3) The biggest concerns about cloud computing are security and integration with existing infrastructure, but cost savings and agility are motivating further adoption.
Traditional software development often results in poor quality code due to time and market pressures, with developers feeling forced to rush products out before proper testing. This places unnecessary burdens on developers and leads to software with bugs and security issues. However, the costs of these problems historically fell on users rather than developers. With software-as-a-service (SaaS), the economic burden shifts back to vendors since they are responsible for hosting, maintaining, and fixing issues with the software. This creates natural incentives for SaaS vendors to implement higher quality coding, testing, and security practices to avoid damage to their reputation and demand for customer support.
Did you know that 75% of IT managers report they are currently using or evaluating cloud computing? If you’re still on the fence about having your business join the cloud revolution, check out our infographic to learn what the cloud can do for your bottom line.
Take Insurance To New Heights - Accenture Cloud Readiness Survey in InsuranceAccenture Insurance
Insurance carriers can address cloud concerns and accelerate the transition to the cloud by taking action steps outlined in our report. Read more: https://www.accenture.com/ca-en/insights/financial-services/tech-advisory-cloud-readiness-insurance
Although cloud is widely recognized as a technology
game changer, its potential for driving business innovation remains virtually untapped.
Indeed, cloud has the power to fundamentally shift competitive landscapes by providing a
new platform for creating and delivering business value. To take advantage of cloud’s
potential to transform internal operations, customer relationships and industry value
chains, organizations need to determine how best to employ cloud-enabled business
models that promote sustainable competitive advantage.
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Reach for the Clouds, Inc. was formed to organizations migrate to the cloud with One Solution, One platform, one with your customer.
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This document summarizes the key findings of a survey on cloud adoption trends:
- Cloud adoption is growing significantly, with over 60% of businesses using public cloud, 71% using private cloud, and 55% using hybrid cloud. Adoption of all cloud models is expected to continue growing in the next 18 months.
- Businesses are moving more workloads to the cloud, with the average expected to increase from 29% currently to 54% in the next two years. Cloud budgets are also increasing as a percentage of IT budgets.
- Over half of businesses now consider cloud essential to their business. Successful cloud adopters rely heavily on third-party experts for developing and implementing cloud strategies.
- Line of business decision
This document discusses cloud computing, including its evolution and impact. It begins by defining cloud computing and identifying its three main service models. Next, it examines the growth of cloud computing and provides examples of companies using cloud services. It then explores the history of computing-as-a-service and how cloud computing emerged. The document also outlines the benefits cloud computing provides businesses, such as flexibility, security, and cost savings. Finally, it discusses how cloud computing is changing businesses and enabling innovation.
The 2011 Cloud Computing Trends report surveyed over 500 IT professionals about cloud computing trends. Three key findings were:
1. Cloud computing adoption is exploding, with 44% of respondents saying it was a top priority versus 24% in 2009.
2. Business continuity and disaster recovery are major drivers of cloud growth, with respondents expecting 5x cloud growth in these areas.
3. Hybrid cloud solutions combining public and private clouds will be critical, as 80% of respondents plan to consider replacing physical servers with cloud servers.
Testing applications in the cloud is referred to as cloud testing. It involves testing various aspects like availability, disaster recovery, interoperability, multi-tenancy, performance, and security. Cloud testing provides benefits such as cost savings, faster testing, disaster recovery, and flexibility. However, cloud computing also poses challenges for testing that organizations need to address such as issues that can arise from testing applications across various cloud modules and environments. Choosing an experienced testing partner can help enable successful migration of applications to the cloud.
enterprise cloud computing adoption accelerated in 2016 and will do so again in 2017. are you ahead of your competitors or lagging behind the average enterprise? Infrastructure and operations (I&o) leaders must answer this question to chart their companies’ cloud futures. this report gathers important adoption metrics for public, private, and hybrid cloud and explores enterprise cloud priorities and policies to help you benchmark your progress against the broader market. use these benchmarks to inform your cloud strategic plan.
this is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and revises it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy. We’re updating it now to include new data from Forrester’s Business technographics surveys.
enterprise cloud computing adoption accelerated in 2016 and will do so again in 2017. are you ahead of your competitors or lagging behind the average enterprise? Infrastructure and operations (I&o) leaders must answer this question to chart their companies’ cloud futures. this report gathers important adoption metrics for public, private, and hybrid cloud and explores enterprise cloud priorities and policies to help you benchmark your progress against the broader market. use these benchmarks to inform your cloud strategic plan.
this is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and revises it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy. We’re updating it now to include new data from Forrester’s Business technographics surveys.
The document discusses several new trends in cloud computing including cloud as an innovation platform for mobile, social, and big data applications. It also discusses the growth of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), software-defined hardware, big data analytics in the cloud, security in the cloud, and cloud-based collaboration across generations in the workplace. A survey found that cloud adoption is now strategic for many companies and SaaS adoption has grown significantly while IaaS and PaaS are reaching a tipping point. The amount of data residing in the cloud is also expected to grow significantly in the next two years.
This document summarizes the findings of a survey on enterprise cloud adoption conducted in 2012. The key findings were:
1) Cloud adoption is expanding beyond initial workloads to more complex applications.
2) Business agility and growth are the top drivers of cloud adoption.
3) Security concerns remain the biggest barrier to adoption.
4) While VMware leads in virtualization technology today, many organizations are considering open source platforms.
5) Buyers are generally satisfied with cloud adoption so far but have high expectations for the future.
What’s Driving Enterprise Cloud Adoption? The Buyers Speak Out | WebinarEverest Group
The survey found that while cloud adoption has moved beyond simple applications, security concerns remain a top barrier to further adoption. Business agility and reducing time to market were the primary drivers of cloud adoption according to buyers, while service providers saw cost reduction as the main driver. Overall, buyers expressed strong satisfaction with their cloud initiatives and optimism around future benefits, though many are still evaluating options like open source platforms versus VMware.
On January 10, Everest Group and Cloud Connect hosted a webinar that covered enterprise cloud adoption trends.
Everest Group and Cloud Connect conducted a first of its kind assessment of the major driving forces behind enterprise cloud adoption. This survey was unique in that it examined the perceived benefits and pain points among cloud buyers and compared the results with those of service providers and third party consultants. The results are surprising and indicate some shifting market drivers and surprising disconnects between cloud buyers and sellers. The survey also examined:
Current and future adoption patterns across cloud layers – IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, BPaaS, Current and future adoption across cloud hosting models – Public, Private and Hybrid, Adoption trends by application workload, & Stakeholder involvement in cloud investments
Achieving Compliance and Control of Software-as-a-Service and Cloud-Based App...white paper
The document discusses the growing adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud computing applications by businesses and the challenges this presents for ensuring compliance, security, and cost control. It outlines how uncontrolled use of these applications can raise issues, and describes how companies can address this by centralizing access management, auditing, and security controls through an integrated identity management platform. Such a platform would provide single sign-on, policy-based access controls, and compliance reporting across internal and external applications.
- 93% of UK financial decision makers believe cloud computing will be important for business success in the next 12-18 months. The vast majority of senior finance executives across countries surveyed agreed.
- 96% of financial executives think cloud computing provides quantifiable benefits like reduced IT costs, improved process efficiency, and increased productivity.
- 67% of financial decision makers said their company already uses cloud services or plans to, recognizing cloud computing gives competitive advantages. However, only 15% of executives are fully informed on cloud computing.
Mobile devices and cloud computing are transforming how businesses operate as more shift to remote work. Virtualization allows companies to eliminate server farms and reduce costs. Telework and virtual offices let businesses increase productivity while cutting overhead through remote network structures. Alternative productivity applications like videoconferencing and business intelligence help optimize processes and efficiency as companies pursue new methods of improving productivity in a virtual environment.
Cloud computing adoption is projected to transform businesses of all sizes over the next few years. While efficiency gains are being seen today, new capabilities are emerging. Cloud computing influences IT service delivery models and data center operations. Over the next three years, hybrid cloud computing, cloud services brokerages, and cloud-centric design will accelerate. More applications and increased innovation are expected to come from greater cloud adoption and development.
Enterprise Cloud Adoption Survey ResultsEverest Group
Where are enterprises seeing value in the cloud, and in what stage are they in their cloud adoption? The Enterprise Cloud Adoption Survey set out to answer these questions and more, and after polling 346 executives from across cloud services buyers, providers and advisors, the results are in. Cloud adoption is extending beyond the "low-hanging fruit," but service providers and advisors aren't necessarily seeing eye-to-eye with buyers.