{"id":41678,"date":"2021-01-05T11:08:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T11:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=055b3232a6d9416f7b70f660b71b4cd7"},"modified":"2021-01-05T11:08:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T11:08:57","slug":"uk-it-leaders-lack-aggression-in-the-cloud-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/uk-it-leaders-lack-aggression-in-the-cloud-market\/","title":{"rendered":"UK IT leaders lack aggression in the cloud market"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Bobby Hellard<\/a><\/span>
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5 Jan, 2021<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The majority of IT leaders in the US and UK don’t believe their company’s infrastructure is fit for the\u00a0future<\/a>, according to a survey by IBM.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company’s ‘The State of IT Transformation’ study\u00a0found that 60% of\u00a0CIO<\/a>s and\u00a0CTO<\/a>s in America and the UK felt their company’s modernisation programme wasn’t ready yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The survey questioned 380 IT decision-makers, with almost a quarter (24%) admitting that their company had only just started its migration programmes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nCIOs and CTOs around the world have been under significant pressure to\u00a0maintain or modernise their IT systems amid the coronavirus outbreak<\/a>. Cloud migrations have been at the forefront of most business plans throughout the pandemic and this has ramped up demand for skilled professionals and greater security controls.\u00a0<\/p>\n

60% of respondents suggested they expected this increased demand for cloud infrastructure to be permanent, and nearly all (95%) said they were looking for public,\u00a0hybrid<\/a>\u00a0or private cloud strategies. Most of those also said they were doing so ‘aggressively’, according to IBM.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, the study highlighted a stark difference in attitude between IT leaders in the US and the UK. Approximately 56% of American respondents said they were ‘aggressively’ moving their IT infrastructure to hybrid cloud models, while\u00a0British respondents appeared to be less active in the market, with only 38% describing their approach as ‘aggressive’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There were also contrasting answers when it came to changes brought about\u00a0by COVID-19. Around 56% of US CIOs and CTOs said their infrastructures were ‘completely prepared’ for the challenges of lockdowns and remote working, but only 23% of those based in the UK could say the same.<\/p>\n

A shortage of skilled workers seems to be a large part of the issue, with 40% of the respondents revealing that they didn’t feel their teams had the right skillsets to meet their company’s IT ambitions. As a result, more than 75% said they will be relying more on trusted partners to provide managed infrastructure services.<\/p>\n

Around 67% of CIOs and CTOs also cited a need for increased ‘infrastructure flexibility’ in the digital transformation plans. This was followed by the need for a competitive advantage (61%), meeting client demands (45%) and general cost savings (58%).\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bobby Hellard<\/p>\n

5 Jan, 2021 <\/p>\n

The majority of IT leaders in the US and UK don’t believe their company’s infrastructure is fit for the\u00a0future, according to a survey by IBM.\u00a0
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