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CompTIA Research Finds Migration patterns and policy changes signal greater maturity
Downers Grove, Ill., September 5, 2013 – With 90 percent of companies claiming some form of cloud usage, many organizations have moved to the next step, leveraging multiple cloud models in different combinations to optimize benefits and efficiencies, according to new research from
CompTIA, the non-profit association for the information technology (IT) industry. As cloud computing becomes a default part of the IT landscape, more companies are relying on cloud computing for business processes such as storage (59 percent), business continuity and disaster recovery (48 percent) and security (44 percent), CompTIA’s
Fourth Annual Trends in Cloud Computing study reveals. “Once companies hit a stage where they are using cloud systems as a standard part of IT architecture, they weigh the pros and cons of various providers and models and continually shift to achieve the optimal mix,” said Seth Robinson, director, technology analysis, market research, CompTIA. “A healthy percentage of companies are moving from one public cloud provider to another, moving from a public cloud provider to their own private cloud, or moving applications back on-premise.” CompTIA’s study found that more than six in ten cloud users have made secondary shifts of infrastructure or applications following their original transition to the cloud.
- Public to Public: The most popular type of move is from one public cloud provider to another. Factors for switching providers include security, costs, features, open standards, outages and customer service.
- Public to Private: Many businesses may give the label “private cloud” to a virtualized set of resources. A true private cloud employs software that manages resources automatically, dynamically allocating as needed without manual intervention.
- Public to On-Premise: By far the primary motivation to move back to an on-premise system is security. Companies may simply move a particular application that gives them concern, while they still have less sensitive applications on public cloud platforms.
- Procurement: The incidence of rogue IT—where lines of business are procuring their own cloud solutions without necessarily involving the IT department—has dropped slightly, but companies must still find ways to ensure that both business needs and IT concerns are being addressed.
- Cost Tracking: Nine percent of companies are not tracking costs and another 12 percent are finding savings to be lower than estimated. Higher usage costs, staff training and network upgrades can contribute to cost surprises.
- Policies: Companies that have three or more years of cloud adoption history find that modifying policy has become a greater challenge than integration, showing that transforming business practices is just as difficult as a technical migration.
- Tuesday, September 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Cloud Services Boot Camp, and
- Wednesday, September 11, 8:30-9:15 a.m., The Value of the Mobility + Cloud Equation.
