Hosting and Cloud Study 2015 - Microsoft

Hosting and Cloud Study 2015
 


Beyond Infrastructure: 


Cloud 2.0 Signifies New Opportunities for Cloud Service Providers Survey Results

Demographics
 Respondents by Department

Respondents by Role I make IT purchasing recommendations

78%

I am influential in IT decisions and strategy

77%

I manage relationships with 3rd party IT providers

Marketing, 7%

Application Development, 17%

69%

I have significant decision making authority regarding IT

65%

I build or maintain IT systems

53%

I develop or maintain IT software

IT Ops & Admin, 76%

50% 0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

% of Respondents

N=1,316 S2a. Which of the following categories best describes your organization's expected annual revenue for 2015? ($US)

N=1,736 S1. Which department do you work in at your organization?

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Worldwide Sample Size n=1,736
 10 Countries Represented
 Netherlands   2%   UK   8%  

USA   53%  

Germany   9%   Japan   4%  

Turkey   3%   India   7%  

Brazil   6%  

Singapore   3%  

Australia   5%  

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IT Services Currently Acquired HosRng  Services/IaaS  

SoTware-­‐as-­‐a-­‐Service  

55%   55%  

44%  

37%  

Outsourcing  Services  

60%   62%   62%  

Total  (n=1736)  

North  America   (n=926)  

45%   46%   49%   44%  

Europe  (n=334)   53%  

44%   45%   46%   41%   44%   42%  

PlaXorm-­‐as-­‐a-­‐Service  

28%   19%  

ColocaRon  Services  

0%  

10%  

20%  

25%   24%  

Asia  (n=323)  

South  America   (n=103)  

32%   MEA  (n=50)  

30%  

30%  

40%  

50%   60%   %  of  Respondents  

70%  

80%  

90%  

100%  

S7a.  Which  –if  any  –  of  the  following  IT  services  does  your  organiza