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Scalar cloud study2016_slideshare
1. Moving up
the Value Chain
What we can Learn
from Experienced
Cloud Users
results of the 2016
scalar cloud study
2. We interviewed 211 senior level IT and
business decision makers from Canadian
headquartered organizations ranging in
size from 50 to 500+ employees.
3. We wanted to learn:
Here were the findings...
¡ How prepared are Canadian organizations to
migrate their business workloads to the cloud?
¡ What are the top concerns regarding moving
workloads to the cloud?
¡ How is cloud adoption changing the role of IT?
10. Experience shows that planning, assessment, and design steps
are most critical to a successful transition to cloud
of Experienced cloud users agree that a formal
roadmap is required when migrating workloads
100%
11. Experienced cloud users understand the complexity
of cloud transformation. They are
more likely to look to external expertise to assist
with cloud adoption than a Novice user
48%
12. Cloud benefits and business value
become progressively more sophisticated
as cloud experience level increases
13. Experienced cloud users are significantly
more likely to view IT as a driver of
strategy and innovation versus IT as
a support function
21. ¡ Create strategic frameworks
¡ Adopt a continuous optimization
approach in line with the Cloud
Experience Model or similar
framework
¡ View cloud security and cloud
adoption as non-severable
concepts
¡ Engage cloud-specific expertise
¡ Be agile and adaptive
22. To learn more about how Experienced
cloud users are making the transition to cloud,
or with help for your roadmap, visit
scalar.ca/cloud-study-2016
to download the full report