Analyst perspective on companies’ cloud adoption patterns and how cloud fits into their IT strategies today.
Robert Mahowald
PROGRAM VICE PRESIDENT
SaaS and Cloud Services
View Cloud Maturity Is Increasing
This year’s survey revealed that fully 68% of organizations had some form of cloud strategy (public or private).
Cloud Maturity Drives Significant Benefits
While the business benefits accrue to everyone, they accelerate as you move up the cloud adoption scale.
Importance of Private and Hybrid Cloud
The study showed that those adopting private cloud and open source OpenStack technology are realizing even greater benefits than cloud adopters as a whole.
Geographic Differences
This study enabled us to profile cloud adoption within sixteen different countries, and across all four major regions of the world: North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific, and Latin America.
Emergence of Provider-Based Cloud
83% said they think it is important to work with their major incumbent providers to carry their current operations into the cloud.
Why Cisco
The Intercloud is having a transformational impact on businesses, turning IT departments into expert service brokers that help enable business agility. Take a journey to the Intercloud.