Research from Host Analytics and Dimensional Research reveal IT is spending significantly for cloud services. And CIOs are practicing what they preach, as IT departments outpace all other business units in cloud adoption, according to an article on CIO.com
Cloud technology surveys – which either impart widespread corporate cloud adoption or give warning to the over-exuberant – are relatively common in IT, frequently separated only by minor distinctions. What differentiates the various studies, however, is what motivated the research in the first place and what are the authors trying to confirm (or dispel), according to CIO.com.
Such is the case with a new body of research – underwritten by Host Analytics and mined this past May from Web-based interviews with 348 CIOs and IT professionals by Dimensional Research:
“The findings suggest a heightened optimism by CIOs concerning the value and benefits of cloud technology. Indeed, chief among Dimensional’s results is the assertion by 92 percent of CIOs and IT professionals participating in the survey that cloud technology is good for business, with 67 percent contending that it helps deliver better systems for less money. Such is CIOs’ rising enthusiasm for the cloud that it outstrips even that of their IT staff, as 81 percent of IT managers believe the cloud presents a business benefit.”