What’s Drivingyour IT teamto the Cloud?

Why are you going cloud?identifying and prioritizing

your technology drivers is essentialto cloud strategy success

Agility

Cost

Assurance

3 Possible Business Drivers

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2)

3)

AgilityIncreasing the pace at which IT can work to keep up with rising business demands

66 %of organizations rank agility as the top factor driving cloud adoption

Source: “2015 Enterprise Cloud Report.” Cloud Sherpas. April 2015

52%of organizations report achieving this goal since adopting cloud technology

Source: “2015 Enterprise Cloud Report.” Cloud Sherpas. April 2015

AgilityMoving to the cloud frees IT from worrying about traditional operations, which is why

CostReducing the IT footprint, reducing technology costs and restructuring capital expenditures

56%

Source: “2015 Enterprise Cloud Report.” Cloud Sherpas. April 2015

of organizations rank reducing IT expenses as an important factor driving their move to the cloud

CostBecause of the cloud spreads out costs over time and reduces IT maintenance

requirements,

39%

Source: “2015 Enterprise Cloud Report.” Cloud Sherpas. April 2015

of organizations report reduces in IT expenses since going cloud

AssuranceHands traditional IT responsibilities (disaster recovery, protecting against breaches) to experienced third parties

15 %of organizations express concerns about losing control over IT

Source: “2015 Enterprise Cloud Report.” Cloud Sherpas. April 2015

But the majority of IT organizations see the value of a more experienced vendor handling

these responsibilities as

Assurance

94%of organizations report improvements in

security since moving to the cloud

Source: “Why Cloud Adoption Happens in 2015.” QuoteColo. 2015.

Knowing that the cloud provides multiple technology benefits, it’s no wonder that

IT Wins in the Cloud

73%of organizations feel that IT benefits the

most from cloud adoption

Source: “2015 Enterprise Cloud Report.” Cloud Sherpas. April 2015

What’s Your Top Driver?Determine which drivers will take

precedence at the start of your journey to ensure a successful

cloud transformation

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Behind Every Cloud, There’s a Reason:Analyzing the 6 Possible Business & Technology Drivers for Going Cloud