NetApp has announced the results of its first industry research on cloud adoption in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
\nThe responses of 750 CIOs and IT managers identified hybrid cloud as the most common adoption \u2013 over half of all respondents indicate they are using a combination of private and public cloud.
\nMore than half of the survey base also named security as a primary reason for adopting cloud, showing that trust in cloud providers continues to advance. Storage and backup ranked as the top use cases for cloud in all countries surveyed.
\nRespondents in all three areas prefer the hybrid cloud but they rely on different types of partners. Local service providers are the preferred hybrid cloud partner \u2013 as stated by a combined 26% of base respondents.
\nOther options like hyperscalers (18%) and larger cloud service providers or global system integrators (17%) are less popular.
\nOnly 3% of all respondents claim they are not using any cloud services or are only planning towards using them.
\nThese \u2018cloud sceptics\u2019 are not linked to a specific company size, industry vertical, or cloud strategy.
\nThe survey found security and the cloud go together well. Over half of respondents \u2013 56% \u2013 say that security is a primary motivation for cloud adoption.
\nThis is evidence that trusting cloud providers with data is not perceived to be a security risk.
\nAll countries also put flexibility (55%) and cost savings (54%) high on the list.
\nStorage and backup are top workloads in the cloud, while document control was the least popular cloud workload in all countries.
\nData regulation remains a challenge. While many respondents are confident they have ‘some’, ‘good’, or ‘full’ understanding of the General Data Protection Regulation which comes into effect on May 25 2018, there are a number that admit they \u201cdon\u2019t know what GDPR is\u201d.
\nFadi Kanafani, Regional Director Middle East and Africa, NetApp, said: \u201cIt is clear that IT leaders look to the cloud to boost agility and innovation. We believe that cloud-integrated data management is the crucial requirement to unlock this potential, making sure that customers harness any cloud with full control for maximum benefit. The result is security and simplicity at scale wherever data moves.\u201d
\nOlaf Fischer, Managing Director, Claranet Germany, adds: \u201cThe survey results show that partnerships are key to bringing cloud services to the end customer. Our role within this is clearly defined \u2013 enterprises request a wide variety of services delivered at the highest level with maximum security.
\n\u201cAt the same time, the pace of innovation is rapid. With a hybrid cloud based on NetApp Private Storage we open the door to next-generation data services that give customers full insight into data location, public cloud integration, and strong compliance.\u201d
\nGregg Mearing, Head of Managed Services at Node4, said conversations with customers underline the findings: \u201cAny enterprise consistently seeks to optimize its cost structures. But flexibility is just as important. Frankly, our customers don\u2019t want to be locked in on premise and they don\u2019t want to be locked into a public cloud. The NetApp Data Fabric is an elegant solution for this and gives the ability to switch between public clouds as needed. At the same time, there is 100% integration with our managed services portfolio, all virtually without CAPEX investment.\u201d
\nNetApp delivers a Data Fabric to optimize the value of data in the cloud, whether customers run an on-premises IT environment that is poised for cloud capabilities, or are already using the hybrid cloud, or are fully committed to a public cloud infrastructure. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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