At GigaOM’s Structure event in London last week we hosted a lively session on the requirements for cloud infrastructure in Europe. We asked if U.S. giants like Amazon Microsoft and Google,… Read more »
As the cloud matures, the complexity and hidden charges in many cloud storage services have become a problem for users to decipher and understand. Read more »
It’s well-known that cloud computing is a disruptive force bearing down on enterprise IT — but top-level VPs and IT management often see two different sides of the picture. With some… Read more »
32% of IT leaders stated they had to increase headcount to meet cloud requirements versus 11% of managers. Similarly, 27% of IT leaders said they decreased headcount in response to cloud… Read more »
With more migration to the cloud, a majority of those in IT leadership roles expected better overall TCO versus 29% of managers believing the same. Less spending for TCO and increased… Read more »
As we saw with the inhibitors to adoption question, IT leadership is very concerned with the complexity they see cloud creating. In fact a whopping 51 percent of CIOs and VPs… Read more »
IT leaders ranked complexity, interoperability and lock-in much higher than their employees, suggesting that they have more sophisticated buying criteria. Read more »
Cost ranked highest among respondents from both groups as the top driver for cloud adoption. Four times as many senior IT management respondents (37%), however, believed that shifting CAPEX to OPEX… Read more »
The cost, rigidity and complexity of traditional networks have failed to address the uptime and performance requirements of today’s data centers. Read more »