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Hosting and Cloud Study 2015Beyond Infrastructure: Cloud 2.0 Signifies New Opportunities for Cloud Service Providers Survey Results

N=1,316

S2a. Which of the following categories best describes your organization's expected annual revenue for 2015? ($US)

Demographics

S1. Which department do you work in at your organization?

Application Development,

17%

IT Ops & Admin, 76%

Marketing, 7%

Respondents by Department

N=1,736

78%

77%

69%

65%

53%

50%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

I make IT purchasing recommendations

I am influential in IT decisions and strategy

I manage relationships with 3rd party IT

providers

I have significant decision making authority

regarding IT

I build or maintain IT systems

I develop or maintain IT software

% of Respondents

Respondents by Role

USA 53%

UK 8%

Germany 9%

India 7%

Brazil 6%

Worldwide Sample Size n=1,73610 Countries Represented

Netherlands 2%

Turkey 3%

Japan 4%

Singapore 3%

Australia 5%

BUDGET BY HOSTING SERVICES TYPE

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S7a. Which –if any – of the following IT services does your organiza<on currently buy from service providers today? [Must select 2-‐Hos<ng Services, else terminate]

60%

45%

44%

28%

62%

46%

45%

32%

62%

37%

46%

19%

55%

49%

41%

25%

55%

53%

44%

24%

44%

44%

42%

30%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

HosRng Services/IaaS

SoTware-‐as-‐a-‐Service

Outsourcing Services

PlaXorm-‐as-‐a-‐Service

ColocaRon Services

% of Respondents

Total (n=1736)

North America (n=926)

Europe (n=334)

Asia (n=323)

South America (n=103)

MEA (n=50)

IT Services Currently Acquired


S8. Using your best guess, approximately what percent of your total IT budget in 2015 is allocated to: [sum to 100%] S9. Now thinking out two years, approximately what percent of your total IT budget will be allocated to: [sum to 100%]

43%

40%

33%

35%

12%

13%

11%

11%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Current

In 2 Years

% of IT Budget

On-‐Premises Infrastructure & Staff HosRng Services SaaS Other Off Premises services

n=1617

Current versus Future Budget Allocation


S8. Using your best guess, approximately what percent of your total IT budget in 2015 is allocated to: [sum to 100%] S9. Now thinking out two years, approximately what percent of your total IT budget will be allocated to: [sum to 100%]

43%

43%

44%

43%

40%

40%

33%

32%

34%

35%

36%

40%

12%

14%

11%

11%

10%

9%

11%

11%

11%

12%

14%

11%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Total (n=1617)


Europe (n=334)

Asia (n=323)


MEA (n=50)

% of IT Budget

Current IT Budget AllocaBon On-‐Premises Infrastructure & Staff

HosRng Services SaaS Other Off Premises services

40%

41%

41%

41%

37%

40%

35%

33%

37%

37%

39%

41%

13%

15%

12%

11%

11%

9%

11%

11%

11%

11%

13%

11%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% % of IT Budget

Future IT Budget AllocaBon On-‐Premises Infrastructure & Staff HosRng Services SaaS Other Off Premises services

Current versus Future Budget by Region


S10. Approximately, what percent of your on-‐premises infrastructure spending is split across the following three deployment models today? [Sum to 100] S11. Approximately, what percent of your on-‐premises infrastructure spending is split across the following three deployment models in two years? [Sum to 100%]

38%

34%

34%

36%

27%

30%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Current

In 2 Years

% of On-‐Premise Infrastructure Spending

Standalone non-‐virtualized infrastructure Virtualized infrastructure PRIVATE CLOUD (automated and orchestrated)

n=1576

Infrastructure Spending On-‐Premise


S10. Approximately, what percent of your on-‐premises infrastructure spending is split across the following three deployment models today? [Sum to 100] S11. Approximately, what percent of your on-‐premises infrastructure spending is split across the following three deployment models in two years? [Sum to 100%]

38%

38%

39%

39%

34%

41%

34%

34%

34%

35%

37%

35%

27%

28%

27%

26%

29%

24%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Total (n=1576)


Europe (n=325)

Asia (n=312)


MEA (n=47)

% of On-‐Premise Infrastructure Spending

Current On-‐Premise Infrastructure Spending Standalone non-‐virtualized infrastructure

Virtualized infrastructure PRIVATE CLOUD (automated and orchestrated)

34%

33%

34%

36%

33%

38%

36%

36%

36%

37%

37%

32%

30%

31%

30%

27%

31%

30%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% % of On-‐Premise Infrastructure Spending

Future On-‐Premise Infrastructure Spending

Standalone non-‐virtualized infrastructure Virtualized infrastructure PRIVATE CLOUD (automated and orchestrated)

Current versus Future On-‐Premise Spending by Region


I1. Approximately, what percent of your current off premises hosted infrastructure spending is split across the following four deployment models? [Sum to 100] I2. In two years approximately what percent of your off premises hosted infrastructure spending will be split across the following four deployment models? [Sum to 100%]

35%

33%

25%

29%

17%

18%

22%

19%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Current (n=1604)

In Two Years (n=1569)

% of Off-‐Premise Infrastructure Spending

Dedicated Servers Hosted Private Cloud

Public Cloud Basic Website HosRng

n=1576

Infrastructure Spending Off-‐Premise


I1. Approximately, what percent of your current off premises hosted infrastructure spending is split across the following four deployment models? [Sum to 100] I2. In two years approximately what percent of your off premises hosted infrastructure spending will be split across the following four deployment models? [Sum to 100%]

35%

37%

36%

35%

31%

28%

25%

26%

24%

25%

31%

24%

17%

17%

17%

18%

14%

22%

22%

20%

23%

23%

24%

26%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Total (n=1604)


Europe (n=331)

Asia (n=323)


MEA (n=50)

% of Off-‐Premise Infrastructure Spending

Current Off-‐Premise Infrastructure Spending

Dedicated Servers Hosted Private Cloud Public Cloud Basic Website HosRng

33%

34%

32%

33%

30%

27%

29%

29%

30%

27%

33%

27%

18%

18%

18%

19%

15%

23%

19%

18%

20%

20%

22%

23%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% % of Off-‐Premise Infrastructure Spending

Future Off-‐Premise Infrastructure Spending

Dedicated Servers Hosted Private Cloud

Current versus Future Off-‐Premise Spending by Region


H2. Approximately what percent of your HOSTING & CLOUD SERVICES budget in 2015 is allocated to the following services? [Sum to 100] H3. Now thinking out two years, approximately what percent of your HOSTING & CLOUD SERVICES budget will be allocated to the following services? [Sum to 100%]

31%

27%

21%

21%

Current % HosBng/Cloud Services Budget AllocaBon

Infrastructure HosRng

ApplicaRon HosRng

Managed Services

Security Services

31%

27%

21%

21%

Future % HosBng/Cloud Services Budget AllocaBon

n=1600 n=1593

Hosting Budget by Services Type: Today and in Two Years

MANAGED SERVICES



M1. Which of the following managed services –if any -‐-‐ will comprise a significant por<on of your Managed Services spending with hos<ng & cloud providers over the next two years?

68%

54%

47%

47%

45%

44%

42%

37%

23%

5%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Backup and Recovery

Disaster Recovery/Site Recovery

ApplicaRon development tools & plaXorms

Mobile Services

Premium 24 x 7 support services

Archiving

End to End ApplicaRon management including monitoring and configuraRon

Capacity Planning

CDN/Media Streaming

None

% of Respondents

n=1619

Managed Services: Spending Over Next Two Years



0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Backup and Recovery



Mobile Services


Archiving


Capacity Planning

CDN/Media Streaming

None

% of Respondents


Europe (n=334)

Asia (n=323)


MEA (n=50)

Managed Services: Spending by Region Over Next Two Years



0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Backup and Recovery



Mobile Services


Archiving


Capacity Planning

CDN/Media Streaming

None

% of Respondents

Discovery and EvaluaRon (n=214)

Running Trials/Pilot Projects (n=289)

ApplicaRon Test and Development (n=514)

IniRal ImplementaRon (n=357)

Broad ImplementaRon (n=239)

Managed Services: Spending by Maturity Over Next Two Years

APPLICATION HOSTING



A1. Which of the following hosted applica<ons – if any -‐-‐ will comprise a significant por<on of your Applica<on Hos<ng spending with hos<ng & cloud providers over the next two years?

57%

54%

49%

45%

43%

41%

39%

38%

36%

30%

4%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Database

Email

Business applicaRons: includes ERP, CRM, industry-‐specific applicaRons

Virtual Desktop HosRng/ VDI

Personal ProducRvity -‐ Docs, Spreadsheet, PresentaRon

AnalyRcs: Includes Business Intelligence, Data mining, Big Data

Ecommerce Website HosRng and advanced funcRonality

Unified CommunicaRons (Voice, Chat, Video Conferencing)

CollaboraRve applicaRons such as workgroup, IM

Media Streaming

None

% of Respondents

n=1619

Application Hosting: Spending Over Next Two Years



0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Database

Email








Media Streaming

None

% of Respondents


Europe (n=334)

Asia (n=323)


MEA (n=50)

Application Hosting: Spending by Region Over Next Two Years



0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Database

Email








Media Streaming

None

% of Respondents






Application Hosting: Spending by Maturity Over Next Two Years

SECURITY SERVICES



E1. Which of the following security services – if any -‐-‐ will comprise a significant por<on of your Security Services spending with hos<ng and cloud providers over the next two years?

46%

45%

43%

42%

36%

35%

35%

33%

33%

31%

29%

29%

29%

26%

25%

4%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Endpoint Security

EncrypRon of ConfidenRal Data Stored in the Cloud

Web ApplicaRon Firewall (WAF)

Advanced AnR-‐malware/AnR-‐APT

Security InformaRon & Event Management (SIEM) and Logging/Event Management

IdenRty Management: AuthorizaRon/Access Control and AuthenRcaRon Secure ConfiguraRon Management

Vulnerability Assessment

Data Sovereignty/Data Residency

Endpoint or Network Data Leakage PrevenRon (DLP)

Computer/Network Forensics Support/Breach Response

IT GRC -‐ Governance, Risk, Compliance

AnR -‐ DDoS -‐ AnR-‐Distributed Denial of Service

Auditability capabiliRes -‐ environment can be audited by security teams

Liability Guarantees/Insurance in event of a breach or loss

None

% of Respondents

n=1619

Security Services: Spending Over Next Two Years



0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Endpoint Security














None

% of Respondents


Europe (n=334)

Asia (n=323)


MEA (n=50)

Security Services: Spending by Region Over Next Two Years



0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Endpoint Security














None

% of Respondents






Security Services: Spending by Maturity Over Next Two Years

HYBRID CLOUD



I6. Has your organiza<on configured any of the following clouds for interoperability for the seamless delivery of a business func<ons? Check all that apply

63%

45%

32%

75%

40%

26%

64%

45%

26%

59%

51%

32%

62%

41%

34%

63%

41%

38%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

On premises PRIVATE cloud with a HOSTED PRIVATE cloud

On premises PRIVATE cloud with a PUBLIC cloud

HOSTED PRIVATE cloud with a PUBLIC cloud

% of Respondents

Total (n=1419)






Hybrid Cloud: Interoperability by Maturity


I7. Has your organiza<on migrated any applica<ons or data that were primarily part of a PUBLIC cloud environment to a PRIVATE cloud environment I8. Does your organiza<on plan to migrate any applica<ons or data that were primarily part of a PUBLIC cloud environment to a PRIVATE cloud environment over the next year?

32%

50%

18%

0.4%

Current Public to Private Cloud MigraBon

No

Yes, to a HOSTED PRIVATE cloud environment Yes, to an ON-‐PREMISE cloud environment

Don't know

29%

52%

19%

1%

Future Public to Private Cloud MigraBon

n=1419

Hybrid Cloud Migration by Type


I7. Has your organiza<on migrated any applica<ons or data that were primarily part of a PUBLIC cloud environment to a PRIVATE cloud environment I8. Does your organiza<on plan to migrate any applica<ons or data that were primarily part of a PUBLIC cloud environment to a PRIVATE cloud environment over the next year?

31% 39%

29% 29% 26%

49% 46%

53% 58% 51%

19% 15% 18% 13% 23%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%


Europe (n=295)

Asia (n=278)


MEA (n=43)

% of R

espo

nden

ts

Current Public to Private Cloud MigraBon by Region

Don't know

Yes, to an ON-‐PREMISE cloud environment

Yes, to a HOSTED PRIVATE cloud environment

No

29% 35% 28%

18% 19%

50% 48% 55%

64% 58%

20% 17% 16% 19% 23%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%


Europe (n=295)

Asia (n=278)


MEA (n=43)

% of R

espo

nden

ts

Future Public to Private Cloud MigraBon by Region

Hybrid Cloud Migration by Type and Region


I9. What is the primary driver for migra<ng workloads from a PUBLIC to PRIVATE environment? (Select One)

35%

14% 19%

17%

8%

7%

0.2%

Security

Lower Cost

Bemer Control by our IT teams

Performance

Customer service

Part of a Shadow IT centralizaRon

Other n=1089

Hybrid Cloud Migration Drivers

VENDOR SELECTION



D2. What [will be/was] your most significant project or investment in hosBng [be in the next year/recently?] [Check all that apply]

22% 26% 20% 21%

33% 30%

32% 38%

17% 19%

15%

19%

26% 21% 31%

19%

2% 3% 2% 2%

Total (n=349) Dedicated Servers (n=99) Hosted Private Cloud (n=198) Public Cloud (n=52) 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

% of R

espo

nden

ts

Other

Security Services

Managed Services

ApplicaRon HosRng

Infrastructure HosRng

Significant Hosting Project by Deployment Model


D4. How many service providers [do you expect to/did your organiza<on] evaluate as part of the decision making process?

35% 31% 35%

22%

38%

33% 40% 28% 47%

29%

10% 12%

7%

10% 10%

9% 6%

14% 5% 9%

7% 5% 7% 9%

11% 5% 4% 7% 7% 3%

Total (n=1736) Infrastructure HosRng (n=77)

ApplicaRon HosRng (n=114)

Managed Services (n=58)

Security Services (n=92) 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

% of R

espo

nden

ts

Other

Value Added Reseller

TelecommunicaRons Provider

Independent SoTware Vendor

Systems Integrator

HosRng Provider

Cloud Provider

Significant Hosting Project by Vendor Type


D5. Which type of vendor [is most likely to win/won] the business? (Choose one)

8% 10% 6% 5% 10%

28% 31%

32% 29% 16%

39%

43% 40%

33% 38%

15%

11% 15%

19% 16%

11% 5% 8%

14% 19%

Total (n=851) <100 (n=145) 100-‐999 (n=336) 1,000-‐4,999 (n=187) 5,000+ (n=183) 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

% of R

espo

nden

ts

Five or more

Four

Three

Two

One

Number of Vendors Considered by Company Size


D6a. Which [Independent Sogware Vendor] [is most likely to win/won] the business: (open response)

13%

13%

6%

6%

6%

4%

3%

0% 10% 20%

MicrosoT

IBM

HP

HCL

Google

Amazon

Dell

% of Respondents

n=112

Significant Hosting Project: Top Mentioned ISVs


D6a. Which [Value Added Reseller] [is most likely to win/won] the business: (open response)

18%

11%

8%

7%

0% 10% 20% 30%

IBM

MicrosoT

Amazon

Dell

% of Respondents

n=161

Significant Hosting Project: Top Mentioned VARs


D6a. Which [System Integrator] [is most likely to win/won] the business: (open response)

25%

13%

3%

3%

3%

3%

0% 10% 20% 30%

IBM

MicrosoT

Rockwell AutomaRon

Oracle

Google

Cisco

% of Respondents

n=115

Significant Hosting Project: Top Mentioned SIs


D6a. Which [Hos<ng Provider] [is most likely to win/won] the business: (open response)

50%

27%

9%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

IBM/SoTlayer

Rackspace

CenturyLink/Savvis

% of Respondents

n=571

Significant Hosting Project: Top Mentioned Hosting Providers


D6a. Which [Cloud Provider] [is most likely to win/won] the business: (open response)

32%

23%

21%

17%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

MicrosoT

IBM (including SoTlayer)

Google

Amazon

% of Respondents

n=613

Significant Hosting Project: Top Mentioned Cloud Providers


D6a. Which [Telecommunica<ons Provider] [is most likely to win/won] the business: (open response)

15%

10%

5%

4%

4%

4%

4%

4%

0% 10% 20%

Verizon

AT&T

IBM

Vodafone

Telstra

Singapore TelecommunicaRons

Google

Deutsche Telekom

% of Respondents

n=101

Significant Hosting Project: Top Mentioned Telecommunication Providers


D8. What are the top two reasons your company [will most likely not use/did not use] one of the larger market share leaders? (Choose up to two)

42%

39%

38%

33%

20%

1%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

My provider is the lowest cost opRon

My provider offers the products & services that I want

My organizaRon has a pre-‐exisRng relaRonship with our provider

My provider offers bemer customer support than the larger providers

My provider partners with one of the larger providers

Other

% of Respondents

n=107

Significant Hosting Project: Drivers for Not Using Market Leading Vendor

BUYING PROCESS



D9. When evalua<ng service providers for hos<ng and cloud services, describe the level of decision making authority each of the following stakeholders has at your organiza<on. Think about the most significant projects or investments.

33% 31%

44% 36%

19%

52% 55% 55%

37% 42%

44% 52% 28%

21%

11%

38% 29% 22%

18%

23%

23% 17%

29%

42%

70%

10% 15%

23%

45% 36%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

% of R

espo

nden

ts

Not Involved

Primary Decision Maker

Influencer

n=1736

Stakeholder Decision Making Authority



0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

CEO

CIO/CTO

CFO

CMO

Line of Business Department Managers

IT Infrastructure Managers

IT Architects

SoTware Developers

MarkeRng Managers

3rd Party Service Providers/SIs/VARS

% of Respondents


Europe (n=334)

Asia (n=323)


MEA (n=50)

Stakeholder Decision Making Authority by Region



0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

CEO

CIO/CTO

CFO

CMO



IT Architects

SoTware Developers

MarkeRng Managers


% of Respondents

<100 (n=317)

100-‐999 (n=666)

1,000-‐4,999 (n=361)

5,000+ (n=392)

Stakeholder Decision Making Authority by Company Size



0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

CEO

CIO/CTO

CFO

CMO



IT Architects

SoTware Developers

MarkeRng Managers


% of Respondents

IT OperaRons/ AdministraRon (n=1316)

ApplicaRon Development (n=303)

MarkeRng (n=117)

Stakeholder Decision Making Authority by Department


B1. Of the buying process stages outlined below, which [will/did] your company go through? (Pick mul<ple)

72%

63%

48%

47%

43%

73%

61%

50%

47%

44%

70%

65%

42%

44%

43%

65%

75%

37%

50%

37%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Technical assessment

Business assessment

Technical integraRon

Contract NegoRaRon

Comparison to on-‐premises capabiliRes

% of Respondents

Total (n=851)



MarkeRng (n=52)

Buying Process by Department


B2. From ini<al assessment to technical integra<on, [how long do you expect the deployment of your most important hos<ng or cloud services project for next year to take/how long did the deployment of your most recent important hos<ng or cloud services project take?”] (Pick one)

9% 19%

8% 7% 6%

32%

45%

30% 35%

23%

35%

24%

38% 32%

39%

15%

8%

16% 17% 18%

8% 3% 7% 9%

11%

Total (n=851) <100 (n=145) 100-‐999 (n=336) 1,000-‐4,999 (n=187) 5,000+ (n=183) 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

% of R

espo

nden

ts

Greater than 2 years

1 -‐ <2 years

9 -‐ <12 months

6 -‐ <9 months

3 -‐ <6 months

0 -‐ <3 months

Buying Process Length by Company Size


B3. Please allocate your company’s buying process <me across the following stages: (Sum to 100)

14%

14%

15%

14%

30%

30%

30%

24%

24%

23%

25%

35%

13%

14%

13%

14%

18%

19%

17%

13%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Current (n=851)



MarkeRng (n=52)

% of Time

Compare with on premises capabiliRes Technical assessment Business assessment Contract NegoRaRon Technical integraRon Other

Buying Process Length by Department

CLOUD COMPUTING EXPECTATIONS



A4a. What is your organiza<on’s highest expecta<on for moving to hosted services or cloud compu<ng?

22%

18%

13%

13%

10%

9%

8%

7% Improve technology quality

Help grow our business

Improve Availability

Bemer business service

Add capabiliRes we cannot build internally

Scale to demand

Inexpensive

Speed Rme to market n=1089

Highest Expectation Moving to Cloud


A4a. What is your organiza<on’s highest expecta<on for moving to hosted services or cloud compu<ng? (select one)

23%

17%

13%

12%

11%

9%

8%

6%

20%

15%

16%

17%

7%

8%

9%

9%

15%

27%

12%

15%

13%

8%

4%

5%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

Improve technology quality

Help grow our business

Improve Availability

Bemer business service

Add capabiliRes we cannot build internally

Scale to demand

Inexpensive

Speed Rme to market

% of Respondents



MarkeRng (n=117)

Highest Expectation Moving to Cloud by Department

IMPACT OF CLOUD COMPUTING DOWNTIME



A5. Overall, thinking about the applica<ons that are installed with your hos<ng and cloud SERVICE PROVIDERS, what would be the PRIMARY impact on your business if these applica<ons were unavailable for 1-‐hour?

32% 30%

41% 35%

26% 26%

23%

24%

23% 23%

18% 26%

13% 13% 12%

13%

7% 7% 5% 3%

Total (n=1736) IT OperaRons/ AdministraRon (n=1316)


MarkeRng (n=117) 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

% of R

espo

nden

ts

Limle to no impact

Loss of revenue

Some impact to operaRons, but nothing detrimental

Loss of credibility externally with our customers or partners

An important or large part of our employees base would be unproducRve

Impact of One Hour Downtime by Department


A5. Overall, thinking about the applica<ons that are installed with your hos<ng and cloud SERVICE PROVIDERS, what would be the PRIMARY impact on your business if these applica<ons were unavailable for 1-‐hour?

32% 34% 37% 34% 32% 21%

26% 20%

27% 32%

21%

25%

23% 22%

22% 20%

26%

25%

13% 17%

10% 10% 14%

17%

7% 7% 3% 5% 7% 12%

Total (n=1736) Discovery and EvaluaRon (n=235)


ApplicaRon Test and Development

(n=551)

IniRal ImplementaRon

(n=375)

Broad ImplementaRon

(n=250)

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

% of R

espo

nden

ts

Limle to no impact

Loss of revenue

Some impact to operaRons, but nothing detrimental

Loss of credibility externally with our customers or partners

An important or large part of our employees base would be unproducRve

Impact of One Hour Downtime by Maturity

APPLICATIONS IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT



A2. What is your organiza<on's most common type of applica<on deployment for cloud compu<ng?

47%

36%

17%

48%

36%

16%

43%

39%

19%

41%

27%

26%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Modernizing exisRng applicaRons by moving to hosted soTware or Saas

MigraRng exisRng applicaRons to cloud infrastructure

Deploying new applicaRons that we didn't have before cloud

% of Respondents

Total (n=1736)



MarkeRng (n=117)

Common Cloud Application Deployment by Department


A6. What is your organizaBons goal for the proporBon of applicaBons or resources that will be part of a cloud compuBng environment in two years? ____%

6% 6% 5% 1%

18% 17% 24%

9%

26% 26%

31%

14%

16% 17%

13%

19%

17% 17% 14%

22%

17% 17% 14%

35%

Total (n=1712) IT OperaRons/ AdministraRon (n=1316)

ApplicaRon Development (n=303) MarkeRng (n=93) 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

% of R

espo

nden

ts

75%+

60-‐74%

45-‐59%

30-‐44%

15-‐29%

<15%

Future Percent of Applications in Cloud by Department


A6. What is your organizaBons goal for the proporBon of applicaBons or resources that will be part of a cloud compuBng environment in two years? ____%

6% 11%

5% 5% 5% 5%

18%

21%

19% 19% 18% 11%

26%

27% 31%

24% 30%

19%

16%

13% 14%

18% 16%

19%

17% 14% 17%

16% 18%

17%

17% 15% 14% 19%

13%

29%

Total (n=1712) Discovery and EvaluaRon (n=228)





0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

% of R

espo

nden

ts

75%+

60-‐74%

45-‐59%

30-‐44%

15-‐29%

<15%

Future Percent of Applications in Cloud by Maturity

WINDOWS 2003 MIGRATION



A9: Does your organiza<on have a formal plan in place to migrate from Windows Server 2003?

40% 40% 37% 40% 50%

42%

56% 56% 59% 57%

50%

50%

4% 4% 5% 3% 0% 8%

Total (n=1736) North America (n=926) Europe (n=334) Asia (n=323) South America (n=103) MEA (n=50) 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

% of R

espo

nden

ts

Don't know

No

Yes

Formal Migration Plans for Windows Server 2003 by Region


A9: Does your organiza<on have a formal plan in place to migrate from Windows Server 2003?

40% 32%

39% 44% 44%

56% 63%

58% 53% 50%

4% 5% 3% 3% 5%

Total (n=1736) <100 (n=317) 100-‐999 (n=666) 1,000-‐4,999 (n=361) 5,000+ (n=392) 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

% of R

espo

nden

ts

Don't know

No

Yes

Formal Migration Plans for Windows Server 2003 by Company Size


A10. [IF YES] Which of the following best describes your organiza<on’s transi<on plan for current Windows Server 2003 workloads?

25%

18%

11%

13%

9%

10%

14% ...a newer version of Windows Server using on-‐premises hardware

...a newer version of Windows Server using a hosRng provider

...virtualized servers through a public cloud provider

...a hybrid approach using on-‐premises hardware and a hosRng provider

...a hybrid approach using on-‐premises hardware and public cloud

...a hybrid approach using a hosRng provider and public cloud

...a hybrid approach using some combinaRon of on premises hardware, a hosRng provider and public...

Move to….

n=504

Windows Server 2003 Migration Plan


A10. [IF YES] Which of the following best describes your organiza<on’s transi<on plan for current Windows Server 2003 workloads?

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

Move to a newer version of Windows Server using on-‐premises hardware

Move to a newer version of Windows Server using a hosRng provider

Move to virtualized servers through a public cloud provider

Move to a hybrid approach using on-‐premises hardware and a hosRng provider

Move to a hybrid approach using on-‐premises hardware and public cloud

Move to a hybrid approach using a hosRng provider and public cloud

Move to a hybrid approach using some combinaRon of on premises hardware, a hosRng provider and public...

% of Respondents

By Region North America (n=288)

Europe (n=77)

Asia (n=92)


MEA (n=12)

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

Move to a newer version of Windows Server using on-‐premises hardware

Move to a newer version of Windows Server using a hosRng provider

Move to virtualized servers through a public cloud provider

Move to a hybrid approach using on-‐premises hardware and a hosRng provider

Move to a hybrid approach using on-‐premises hardware and public cloud

Move to a hybrid approach using a hosRng provider and public cloud

Move to a hybrid approach using some combinaRon of on premises hardware, a hosRng provider and public...

% of Respondents

By Company Size

<100 (n=288)

100-‐999 (n=77)

1,000-‐4,999 (n=92)

5,000+ (n=35)

Windows Server 2003 Migration Plan


A12. How will migra<ng Windows Server 2003 affect your use of hosted service providers?

51%

40%

6% 3%

Increase

Stay the same

Decrease

Don't know

n=692

Windows Server 2003 Migration Impact on Hosted Services


A15. Will your organiza<on enlist a service provider in your transi<on from Windows Server 2003?

63%

31%

6%

Yes

No

Don't know

n=692

Windows Server 2003 Migration Plan Enlist Service Provider

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