61 percent of new organizations are born in the cloud

The cloud is changing the way businesses and IT teams operate and a new survey from industry specialist BetterCloud reveals the extent of the shift.

Based on a survey of 1,500 IT professionals it shows that of organizations started in the last two years 61 percent have begun their operations in the cloud. In addition 59 percent of IT professionals say the cloud has changed the structure and responsibilities of their team in the past year.

Smaller businesses with less than 1,000 employees are heading the dash skywards, with 51 percent reporting that they expect to have all of their systems in the cloud by 2020. This compares to 32 percent of mid-market businesses and only 21 percent of enterprises.

The report also shows up some interesting facts on the path companies have taken to the cloud. Before moving to Google Apps 49 percent of customers came from Exchange, 35 percent had no previous platform, seven percent came from Lotus Notes, five percent from Office 365 and four percent from Novell Groupwise.

Comparing this to Office 365, 70 percent of current customers came from Exchange, 13 percent came from Google Apps, eight percent had no previous platform, six percent came from Lotus Notes and three percent came from Novell Groupwise.

It can take up to a year to choose and move to a cloud system and there are some surprising factors in adoption rates, including the age range of employees. Companies with an average employee population aged between 18 and 20 had on average three cloud apps in 2015 and are expected to have five by 2017. Those with more experienced employees in the 35 -- 44 age range however had six cloud apps in 2015 but are expected to have 15 by 2017.

You can find much more information in the full 2016 State of Cloud IT report on the BetterCloud blog.

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