Survey Reveals 2010 Enterprise IT Spending

Session Date and Time: Day 3, March 25, 15:30pm EST (12.30am West Coast)- (45min)
Keywords: survey.
Authors: Jo Maitland, TechTarget.
Abstract: In this session Jo will share the results of our enterprise IT survey on cloud computing adoption in 2010. More than 500 companies took the survey between January and March and answered questions on their adoption plans for Software as a Service, Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service over the next 12 months. The survey reveals IT shops’ plans around hybrid and private cloud spending; their views on who the key players are and what’s driving adoption of these different delivery models, as well as what’s holding them back. Beyond the general fear of a lack of security, IT users offer insight into the specifics of what they need from cloud providers and vendors around security, interoperability and standardization. They also discuss the importance of cost in this new model of IT as a Service and how much control of their infrastructure they are willing to give up if the price is right. In conclusion, this session will provide valuable insight into how IT shops are gearing up for the cloud and what the industry needs to do to enable customers to get there.