70% using or evaluating Hybrid Cloud

Summary

This blog post, "70% using or evaluating Hybrid Cloud", is a blueAPACHE article from 2014 covering cloud. The cloud is gathering a lot of media attention, and businesses are starting to pay attention. To better understand the adoption rates of hybrid cloud, Tech Pro Research conducted a global survey in May 2014 of 138 organisations. It is written for readers evaluating emPOWER Cloud. The cloud infrastructure considerations it raises, around resilience, scalability and management overhead, remain relevant to organisations evaluating or operating cloud environments today.

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Article

The cloud is gathering a lot of media attention, and businesses are starting to pay attention. To better understand the adoption rates of hybrid cloud, Tech Pro Research conducted a global survey in May 2014 of 138 organisations. Their findings showed that most are familiar with the concept of a hybrid cloud, with 93 percent of respondents reporting they have at least heard of it. Most of the people not familiar with the concept are from small organisations – 13 percent of those in companies with fewer than 50 employees are unfamiliar with hybrid cloud, versus only 5 percent unfamiliar with the concept in companies of 1,000 or more. Of the 128 respondents who had at least heard of the hybrid cloud, one-third said they have already implemented a hybrid cloud solution and another 37 percent are considering the use of a hybrid cloud option. This aligns very closely with a recent survey, The New Era of Hosted Services, commissioned by Microsoft, which said that 68 percent of organisations will adopt a hybrid cloud model over the next two years — a 19 percent increase over current hybrid cloud adoption rates. To learn more on this report, visit www.techproresearch.com. To learn how your business can benefit from hybrid cloud, contact blueAPACHE.

Related

• emPOWER Cloud
• emPOWER Cloud (pillar hub)
• emPOWER Microsoft Practice (pillar hub)

Frequently asked questions

Who conducted the hybrid cloud survey cited in the article, and when?

Tech Pro Research conducted the survey in May 2014, covering 138 organisations globally.

What percentage of respondents said they had at least heard of hybrid cloud?

93 percent of respondents reported they had at least heard of the hybrid cloud concept.

How did awareness of hybrid cloud differ by company size, per the survey?

13 percent of respondents in companies with fewer than 50 employees were unfamiliar with hybrid cloud, compared with only 5 percent unfamiliar in companies of 1,000 or more employees.

Of the respondents who had heard of hybrid cloud, how many had already implemented it?

Of the 128 respondents who had at least heard of hybrid cloud, one-third said they had already implemented a hybrid cloud solution, and a further 37 percent were considering it.

What second survey does the article cite, and who commissioned it?

The article cites "The New Era of Hosted Services" survey, which was commissioned by Microsoft.

What hybrid cloud adoption rate does the Microsoft-commissioned survey project?

It projects that 68 percent of organisations will adopt a hybrid cloud model within two years, a 19 percentage point increase over then-current adoption rates.

Where does the article direct readers for the full Tech Pro Research report?

The article links readers to www.techproresearch.com for the full report.

What does the article invite readers to do if they want to explore hybrid cloud for their business?

It invites readers to contact blueAPACHE to learn how their business can benefit from hybrid cloud.

Source

• origin post (2014)

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