UK businesses want to increase adoption of cloud services

The adoption of cloud technologies in a company is becoming a key function of many company’s technology strategy.

Almost nine in ten (88 percent) of UK businesses have adopted cloud to some extent, the report says, adding that two thirds (67 percent) of users expect to increase the adoption of cloud services in the near future, according to a new report by the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF)

CIF’s report, however, concludes that there is a discrepancy in opinions between IT decision makers and their business counterparts.

Almost three quarters (73 percent) of ITDMs think cloud is being driven by their department as a technology strategy. Among business leaders, just 48 percent share the same opinion. On the other hand, 49 percent of business leaders think it’s driven by the business considering Digital Transformation. Among ITDMs, only 26 percent would agree.

"We were keen to analyze the views of both the IT and business decision makers within the enterprise to see if there are competing perceptions on who owns and drives Digital Transformation projects," comments Alex Hilton, CEO, CIF.

"The results did not disappoint. There appears to be a glaring disconnect between the IT department and others in the 'C' suite. One key statistic stands out: IT decision makers are more likely to think the head of IT/CIO is driving the migration to the cloud and implementing Digital Transformation projects by 47 percent to 26 percent of BDMs. Whereas the BDMs themselves are more likely to say it is driven by the CEO -- 37 percent against 27 percent of ITDMs."

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