Cloud-First IT Strategies Are Uncommon

The cloud computing market might be firing

on all cylinders, but maybe not all ventures are still reaping the rewards.
Nutanix now released the results of a new survey of 400 European IT leaders conducted by Quocirca, implying a substantial disconnect between the cloud explosive growth and the value companies are deriving from it. Hailing from Germany, France, the Netherlands and the UK, the respondents demonstrated that the cloud migration travel is not without its own pitfalls.
Just 12 percent of respondents stated they'd embraced a cloud-first stance. And a few companies are even placing their cloud jobs into reverse.
Eleven percent are decreasing their hybrid cloud deployments and 10 percent said the exact same for the personal cloud. Seven percent are hitting the brakes on mixed-cloud deployments while two percentage are decreasing their dependence on people cloud services.
For many businesses, the cloud is failing to live up to at least a few of its own promises.
Just 39 percent said the cloud had completely delivered on its capacity to provide companies with additional or new IT performance faster than conventional approaches. Eight percent reported that the entirely failed to fulfill their expectations.
And when it comes to cloud money-saving advantages, those remain elusive also. One of those who risked turning capital costs, or hefty upfront investments, into continuing, budget-friendly operating expenses, just 17 percent achieved that goal.
The analysis also included a data point which could bode well for its GDPR-friendly hybrid cloud sellers. Data sovereignty and safety emerged was the top reason why companies aren't rushing to the hybrid cloud.
GDPR, or even the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), puts strict rules on consumer information privacy, security and sovereignty. It takes effect on May 25, 2018.
"While the concept championed by most interested parties is that the planet is moving to several clouds, our numbers paint a more intricate picture. Beware of generalizations: associations are still in the process of transferring certain workloads to particular kinds of cloud surroundings and this is far from being a full-scale earthquake," explained Chris Kaddaras, vice president and head of EMEA in Nutanix.
Simply speaking, the hybrid cloud marketplace still has some maturing to do.
"Cloud platforms offer an abundance of opportunities but, obviously, there are still wrinkles to iron out," additional Kaddaras. "The future of hybrid cloud will be determined by making it a lot easier to embrace alternatives that enable workloads to pass easily between multiple programs."