{"id":19045,"date":"2015-12-03T00:22:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T00:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2015\/dec\/03\/cios-struggling-identify-and-implement-cloud-services\/"},"modified":"2015-12-03T00:22:21","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T00:22:21","slug":"cios-struggling-to-identify-and-implement-cloud-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/cios-struggling-to-identify-and-implement-cloud-services\/","title":{"rendered":"CIOs struggling to identify and implement cloud services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(c)iStock.com\/OcusFocus<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cloud computing is already cited by CIOs as one of the biggest contributors to IT complexity &ndash; now new research released by Trustmarque shows more than four in five CIOs struggle to identify and implement cloud services must suitable for their business.<\/p>\n<p>The complexity of existing IT infrastructure is a problem for moving to the cloud, according to two thirds (66%) of CIOs, while almost three quarters (74%) admitting interdependencies between different IT environments are another barrier for moving IT services to the cloud. (73%) see cloud services as making data governance more complicated.<\/p>\n<p>A similar number (78%) say integrating different cloud services is a challenge, while two thirds (68%) say admit modernising or rearchitecting certain applications will slow their journey to the cloud, according to the research.<\/p>\n<p>It is not just integrating different cloud services which is an issue- the needs of employees also leaves CIOs with headaches. A majority of those polled (79%) said they found a challenge to balance the productivity needs of employees against security threats, particularly with regard to cloud storage tools.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Selecting and implementing the right cloud services remains a challenge for CIOs,&rdquo; said James Butler, CTO at Trustmarque. &ldquo;Many CIOs struggle to understand the differences between the many &nbsp;cloud options, what these offer them and how to choose &ndash; often because of vendor hype and a lack of clarity around the solutions on offer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &ldquo;By assessing the functions that can be moved to the cloud with the least disruption, CIOs can identify the &lsquo;quick cloud wins&rsquo; and clearly demonstrate the business value needed to justify more complicated moves that involve transformation. The hybrid approach can be a way of delivering the benefits of cloud to business rapidly, with reduced risk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Previous research from Trustmarque, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2015\/oct\/09\/cios-continue-bemoan-it-complexity-report-shows\/\">released in October<\/a>, found that simplifying IT is a priority for&nbsp; four in five (79%) CIOs, while two thirds (66%) claim cloud was a primary reason for IT complexity, ahead of legacy technology (51%) and software licensing (51%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(c)iStock.com\/OcusFocus<br \/>\nCloud computing is already cited by CIOs as one of the biggest contributors to IT complexity &ndash; now new research released by Trustmarque shows more than four in five CIOs struggle to identify and implement cloud services mu&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19046,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19045\/revisions\/19046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}