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The State of the Cloud: The Importance of Hybrid and Multicloud Environments for Business Success
Frost & Sullivan Global Cloud Survey 2022 Highlights
29-Nov-2022
Global
Customer Research
K82D-01-00-00-00
IT04625-GL-CR_27174
$4,950.00
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According to respondents to the 2022 Frost & Sullivan Global Cloud User survey, cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) represent the most critical aspect of digital transformation. As such, companies continue to build their hybrid, multicloud environments to support strategic business goals, such as revenue growth, improved customer experience, and operational efficiency.
In the 11th annual survey of IT decision-makers responsible for cloud implementations, respondents representing a range of industries, company sizes, and world regions share their perceptions, plans, and behaviors related to cloud infrastructure, choice of a public cloud provider, data growth, and managed services. Notable findings include:
• Businesses view hybrid and multicloud environments as critical to business success. 74% of respondents said that a successful, competitive
business requires a strategic, seamless hybrid or multicloud environment.
• While businesses still keep some apps on-premises due to security, resiliency, or sustainability concerns, legacy infrastructure usage dipped
slightly for the first time in several years, with both on-premises data center usage and colocation usage declining by about 5%.
The survey results offer enterprises and IT service providers a glimpse of the near future of the cloud market.
Author: Karyn Price
Key Findings
Research Objectives and Methodology
Respondent Profile
Business Priorities Require New Technologies
IT Department Drives Tech Decisions, but Lines of Business and C-Suite are Influencers
Deploying a Hybrid Environment is Necessary but Comes with Significant Challenges
Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud Remain Essential to Success
Legacy Applications Continue to Migrate to the Cloud
Legacy Infrastructure Usage Decreases
Security, Control, and Sustainability Keeping Some Applications On-premises
Businesses Modernize Applications for Cloud Using Various Methods
Businesses Move Applications Among Multiple Clouds
Third-party Partners Support Enterprise Digitalization Strategies
MSPs Offer Planning and Migration Assistance
Benefits of Engaging a Managed Cloud Services Provider
Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine™
Why is it Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
The Strategic Imperative 8™
List of Exhibits
Legal Disclaimer
List of Figures
- Business Priorities, Global, 2022
- Importance of Technologies to Achieve Business Priorities, Global, 2022
- Roles Driving the Adoption of New Technology Solutions, Global, 2022
- Organizations’ Top Challenges, Global, 2022
- Organizations' Mindset about the Cloud, Global, 2022
- Organizations’ Share of Cloud-native versus Legacy Applications, Global, 2022
- Percentage of Organizations’ Applications that will Migrate to the Cloud in the Next 24 Months, Global, 2022
- Organizations' Use of Non-Cloud Infrastructure Options, Global, 2021–2022
- Reasons for Keeping Applications in On-premises Infrastructure, Global, 2022
- Approaches Organizations Use to Modernize Legacy Applications, Global, 2022
- Percentage of Organizations Moving Applications Among Different Clouds, Global, 2022
- Reasons Organizations Move Applications Among Different Clouds, Global, 2022
- Current and Planned Engagement with Third-party Services Firm, Global, 2022
- Services Procured Through a Third-party Services Provider—Today and in 2 Years, Global, 2022
- Benefits that Organizations Experience Using Managed Cloud Services, Global, 2022
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| Deliverable Type | Customer Research |
|---|---|
| Author | Karyn Price |
| Industries | Information Technology |
| No Index | No |
| Is Prebook | No |
| List of Charts and Figures | Business Priorities, Global, 2022~ Importance of Technologies to Achieve Business Priorities, Global, 2022~ Roles Driving the Adoption of New Technology Solutions, Global, 2022~ Organizations’ Top Challenges, Global, 2022~ Organizations' Mindset about the Cloud, Global, 2022~ Organizations’ Share of Cloud-native versus Legacy Applications, Global, 2022~ Percentage of Organizations’ Applications that will Migrate to the Cloud in the Next 24 Months, Global, 2022~ Organizations' Use of Non-Cloud Infrastructure Options, Global, 2021–2022~ Reasons for Keeping Applications in On-premises Infrastructure, Global, 2022~ Approaches Organizations Use to Modernize Legacy Applications, Global, 2022~ Percentage of Organizations Moving Applications Among Different Clouds, Global, 2022~ Reasons Organizations Move Applications Among Different Clouds, Global, 2022~ Current and Planned Engagement with Third-party Services Firm, Global, 2022~ Services Procured Through a Third-party Services Provider—Today and in 2 Years, Global, 2022~ Benefits that Organizations Experience Using Managed Cloud Services, Global, 2022~ |
| Podcast | No |
| Predecessor | K683-01-00-00-00 |
| WIP Number | K82D-01-00-00-00 |