Cloud Adoption Growing Among SMBs Worldwide
Announcement posted by LEWIS Global Communications 04 May 2017
More than 80 percent of IT decision makers hold a positive view on cloud computing
Sydney, Australia, May 4, 2017 – Paessler AG, the innovative network monitoring specialist, today released the findings of new research into how global IT decision makers (ITDMs) feel about cloud computing and how they are using it to meet the demands of today’s changing business climate. The company surveyed more than 2,000 ITDMs globally, including Australia, and found that the majority are positive about cloud and are planning to expand the types of IT services they run in the cloud in the coming years.
Overall, ITDMs from nearly 100 countries had an overwhelmingly positive personal opinion of cloud, with 80.1 percent responding affirmatively, with 63.5% of respondents working for companies with fewer than 500 employees. While many appear to be comfortable with cloud as a strategic IT delivery model, it does not necessarily mean they have moved their entire IT infrastructure there. Findings show that the most popular cloud functions were Web hosting, blog and content management (39.2 percent), email (32 percent) and file sharing (32.2 percent) capabilities.
While many of the ITDMs surveyed, claimed that they are hosting a number of basic applications on the cloud, a significant number are planning to deploy more complex business applications in 2018. The most popular include: network monitoring (34.6 percent), sales, CRM and ticketing systems (35.4 percent), and backup (33.9 percent).
“Widespread migration to the cloud in the SMB market is already underway, especially here in Australia, said Andrew Timms, Sales Director for APAC at Paessler. “The uptake of cloud and prevalence of BYOD has played a major role in the IT department. We will continue to see system administrators leverage the cloud model, together with existing on-premise applications to better manage local area networks, switches and data rooms. Welcome to the hybrid future.”
Despite high levels of cloud approval overall, many ITDMs were still sceptical about certain aspects of the technology. Specifically, data security stood out as the biggest concern, with 44.7 percent stating it poses a significant obstacle, with an additional 41.3 percent who said it is somewhat concerning.
“The findings from this survey confirm that the transformative impact of the cloud does not only exclusively impact enterprises; the SMB market are also starting to reap the true benefits,” said Timms.
To view the full report, please visit www.paessler.com/campaign/cloud-survey. For more on PRTG, please visit www.paessler.com.
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About Paessler AG
Paessler AG’s award winning PRTG Network Monitor is a powerful, affordable and easy-to-use Unified Monitoring solution. It is a highly flexible and generic software for monitoring IT infrastructure, already in use at enterprises and organizations of all sizes and industries. Over 150,000 IT administrators in more than 170 countries rely on PRTG and gain peace of mind, confidence and convenience. Founded in 1997 and based in Nuremberg, Germany, Paessler AG remains a privately held company that is recognized as both a member of the Cisco Solution Partner Program and a VMware Technology Alliance Partner. Learn more about Paessler and PRTG at www.paessler.com.
Media Contact:
Claire Ferrie
LEWIS
T: +61 2 8599 1000
paessler_anz@teamlewis.com
Overall, ITDMs from nearly 100 countries had an overwhelmingly positive personal opinion of cloud, with 80.1 percent responding affirmatively, with 63.5% of respondents working for companies with fewer than 500 employees. While many appear to be comfortable with cloud as a strategic IT delivery model, it does not necessarily mean they have moved their entire IT infrastructure there. Findings show that the most popular cloud functions were Web hosting, blog and content management (39.2 percent), email (32 percent) and file sharing (32.2 percent) capabilities.
While many of the ITDMs surveyed, claimed that they are hosting a number of basic applications on the cloud, a significant number are planning to deploy more complex business applications in 2018. The most popular include: network monitoring (34.6 percent), sales, CRM and ticketing systems (35.4 percent), and backup (33.9 percent).
“Widespread migration to the cloud in the SMB market is already underway, especially here in Australia, said Andrew Timms, Sales Director for APAC at Paessler. “The uptake of cloud and prevalence of BYOD has played a major role in the IT department. We will continue to see system administrators leverage the cloud model, together with existing on-premise applications to better manage local area networks, switches and data rooms. Welcome to the hybrid future.”
Despite high levels of cloud approval overall, many ITDMs were still sceptical about certain aspects of the technology. Specifically, data security stood out as the biggest concern, with 44.7 percent stating it poses a significant obstacle, with an additional 41.3 percent who said it is somewhat concerning.
“The findings from this survey confirm that the transformative impact of the cloud does not only exclusively impact enterprises; the SMB market are also starting to reap the true benefits,” said Timms.
To view the full report, please visit www.paessler.com/campaign/cloud-survey. For more on PRTG, please visit www.paessler.com.
Follow Paessler on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn
About Paessler AG
Paessler AG’s award winning PRTG Network Monitor is a powerful, affordable and easy-to-use Unified Monitoring solution. It is a highly flexible and generic software for monitoring IT infrastructure, already in use at enterprises and organizations of all sizes and industries. Over 150,000 IT administrators in more than 170 countries rely on PRTG and gain peace of mind, confidence and convenience. Founded in 1997 and based in Nuremberg, Germany, Paessler AG remains a privately held company that is recognized as both a member of the Cisco Solution Partner Program and a VMware Technology Alliance Partner. Learn more about Paessler and PRTG at www.paessler.com.
Media Contact:
Claire Ferrie
LEWIS
T: +61 2 8599 1000
paessler_anz@teamlewis.com