What are the current trends in cloud adoption?

A new survey from Navint Partners has revealed that many CIOs of larger organisations are happy with the results of moving to the cloud.

The survey, which predominantly interviewed chief execs of companies with over 5,000 employees, found that despite the general contentment there were still some misgivings about migration, with security predictably near the top of the list.

Nine out of ten respondents said they had gotten all of the predicted savings when their companies adopted cloud technology, with nearly two in three (64%) noting that bringing in the cloud has had a significant impact on process efficiency and effectiveness.

Four out of five said that the cloud gave their company a competitive advantage.  

But the good news is that most CIOs think the public and private clouds will explode. 36% of respondents thought that the budget for public cloud will increase by up to 20% over two …