Having joined Colt in 2008, Steve Hughes is the leading Cloud and Virtualisation specialist for Colt Enterprise Services. Catch up with Steve’s latest views at http://www.twitter.com/coltandthecloud.
Today we have launched our European CIO Cloud Research 2011. In its third year, the research provides Colt with a great opportunity to test opinions surrounding cloud strategy of organisations across Europe. We feel the research is unique as it focuses on organisations that currently use or are evaluating cloud computing. This means the sentiment expressed in the research is from people really engaged in ‘the cloud’.
Surprisingly, the details reveal that full cloud deployment is still something only a minority of respondents have adopted across the business. Despite this, however, there is a clear sense of maturity in how organisations are approaching cloud strategy – a shift from security to broader risk concerns and an increased importance placed on data centre location and vendor ‘lock-in’ when rolling out cloud services are key points that distinguish the 2011 study from 2010.
It is encouraging that 60% of respondents believe cloud computing will be their most significant operating model by 2014. Whilst this may be somewhat ambitious, it underlines the appetite for cloud out there in the market. The note of caution that should be sounded, however, is the possible risks that large organisations open themselves up to if a move to wider cloud use is made without full consideration of its impact on IT strategy. We hope that our full report and interactive microsite expanding on these issues help to inform your next steps in the journey towards cloud computing.
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James says
04/06/2011 10:12:45 AM
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Hi - you did some research last year - is it still available to download from your site?
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Steve Hughes says
04/06/2011 11:17:41 AM
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Hi James, Yes we did and you can still download it from http://www.colt.net/uk/en/white-papers/index.htm. Infographics are new for this year though! Steve"Hi - you did some research last year - is it still available to download from your site?"
Momentum Account Based Marketing says
06/07/2011 11:41:43 AM
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A really interesting research report from Colt
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