Post on 15-Jan-2017
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SDDC Goes MainstreamHyTrust 2016 Study and Survey on The Cloud and Software Defined Data Center
93%93% of IT Executives, Managers and Directors surveys said better security will help companies more quickly derive the obvious benefits -- including cost savings, agility and performance enhancements -- of SDDC.
Better Security will help SDDC
93%93% of IT Executives, Managers and Directors surveys said they felt that the benefits of moving to virtualized and cloud solutions are both undeniable and quantifiable.
Benefits of Cloud/SDDCUndeniable
88%88% of IT Executives, Managers and Directors surveys said optimal SDDC strategies and deployment can quantifiably drive up virtualization ratios and server optimization, and noticeably benefit the bottom line.
SDDC Optimization helps bottom line
94%94% of IT Executives, Managers and Directors surveys said current SDDC platforms and strategies ensure top-tier security meets their organizations' needs either ‘very well’ or ‘somewhat well’
SDDC Platforms & Strategies are On Track
• Technology Companies: 41% • Business Consulting /Mgt: 41% • Emergency Services: 34% • Fin Serv, Banking, Ins., Trading: 34% • Healthcare/Biotech: 29%
• Telecommunications: 28%
• Government and Defense: 26% • Legal/Law Enforcement: 21% • Recruitment and HR: 13% • Retail: 12%
Who’s Embracing SDDC the Fastest?
75% Plan to moveWorkloads to public cloud
Platforms being adopted32%Microsoft Azure
24%VmwarevCloud Air
22%Amazon AWS
14%Google Cloud
5%IBM Softlayer
2%Virtustream
Encryption Requirements
60% - Disaster Recovery60% - Test/Dev55% - Directory Services
Top 3 Workloads
What have you already virtualized?45%Mission Critical Servers
55%Active Directory/ Directory Services
55% Network
55%Storage
60%Test/Dev Servers
Top Cloud Migration Concerns
60%Data Breach
60%Security & Control
55%Monitoring & Visibility
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