CSC cloud usage index latest report

Now that cloud computing has arrived in scores of businesses and governments worldwide.

- What do experienced cloud users have to say about why they chose this solution — and about the business and IT benefits they’ve achieved?
- Where have expectations been met, and where have results fallen short?
- What are users’ current attitudes toward cloud as a result of these experiences?
- And what details of the global cloud environment emerge when cloud practices are analysed country by country?

Independent research firm TNS surveyed more than 3,500 cloud computing users in eight countries around the world to find answers to these and other timely questions. The survey focused on capturing user information about outcomes and experiences rather than predictions and intentions. While much remains to be discovered about how cloud can transform enterprises, the findings of the CSC- commissioned Cloud Usage Index are nonetheless informative — and often surprising.

CSC Cloud Index - Australia Findings

Discover the key findings from the 500 companies based in Australia:

• 25% of companies with more than 1,000 employees or more used cloud computing services to accelerate the speed at which things are done
• 82% of companies began to see the benefits of moving to the cloud within six months of adoption
• Mobile Access is the Biggest Reason for Corporate Cloud Adoption – 41% of companies that have adopted cloud around the world did so in order to enable access to information from any device
• 31% of companies with more than 1,000 employees used cloud computing services to be able to access information from any device
• 71% of companies bought subscriptions for cloud services for one year or more
• 42% of companies purchased cloud computing services through a services vendor compared to 22% of companies that built their own cloud
• 73% of companies have hired more experts, created new positions or said that existing IT staff are more productive since moving to the cloud
• 64% of companies say their concerns about data security have not changed since adopting cloud
• 88% of companies saw improvement in their IT departments since adoption of cloud
• 48% of companies saw improvement in data centre efficiency and utilisation
• Little resistance to cloud adoption as 56% of companies say that no one in the company resisted the move to the cloud