New research1 released today from Telstra reveals that despite three-quarters of IT decision makers in the US wanting to procure all cloud services from a single provider, the majority have purchased offerings from three vendors, resulting in a complex cloud environment that may be hindering their agility and speed to market. <\/p>\n
According to Martin Bishop, Head of Network, Applications & Services, Telstra Global Enterprise & Services, with consumers in the US more in control of their purchasing power than ever before, a flexible and scalable cloud infrastructure has become increasingly critical to an organisations\u2019 success or failure. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are living in a buyers\u2019 market and our research suggests that in an effort to satisfy diverse customer expectations, many US businesses initially turn to multiple cloud vendors to meet their various infrastructure needs. The result can be a complex cloud environment that is hard for the business to manage, integrate and control. <\/p>\n
\u201cDespite this, our research also reveals that pooling resources into a single private cloud isn\u2019t the ideal end-state either, with the majority of US IT decision makers arguing this model fails to deliver the flexibility required for the varying types of processes, services and workloads that global companies must support. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn a move away from the private clouds of yesterday, the trend in 2015 appears to be towards a hybrid approach, delivered by a single partner, fully accountable for an organisations cloud services end-to-end. In fact, our research shows that 77 per cent of the IT decision makers in the US would prefer a single provider or broker for all cloud services, then go through the challenge of managing multiple vendors,\u201d Mr Bishop said. <\/p>\n
According to Telstra\u2019s research, the flexibility and scalability associated with a hybrid cloud are what local IT leaders consider the most appealing benefits of this model. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe market has shifted and customers now have the power to do what they want, when they want and how they want. Technology is clearly at the centre of this enablement and organisations that can align the power of hybrid cloud with customer demands are well placed to create what we\u2019re terming the Customer Centric Cloud \u2013 enabling more agile development and testing of applications, faster decision making and overall, an enhanced customer experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Telstra\u2019s research revealed that while more than half (54 per cent) of US enterprises have adopted IaaS \u2013 with 38 per cent planning to adopt it in the near future \u2013 cloud providers can do more to guide businesses on their IaaS migrations. <\/p>\n
\u201cOrganisations that do not use IaaS could be falling behind their competitors \u2013 leaving themselves exposed to inefficiencies, high costs and without the ability to fully utilise critical information and data. Each of these issues is not just important from an IT perspective, but also has significant implications for the wider business and the end customers. <\/p>\n
\u201cAdoption of IaaS also varies widely by industry, with manufacturing (61 percent), professional services (54 percent), and the finance and insurance sectors (46 percent) most likely to be using the technology. Conversely, the higher education sector has been the least likely to adopt IaaS, with more than a quarter (27 percent) having no implementation plans at this stage,\u201d Mr Bishop said. <\/p>\n
As businesses look to expand outside US to new and emerging markets throughout Asia and around the world, Telstra\u2019s research found half (45 per cent) of respondents would opt to use a global rather than local service provider, with only 34 per cent preferring this option. <\/p>\n
\u201cAcross all industries, competition is both fierce and increasingly international. Many organisations today want the capability to host data offshore to support business growth and as evidenced in our research, see value in working with providers who are familiar with the various regulation, governance and legal considerations across the multiple markets they operate in,\u201d Mr Bishop concluded. <\/p>\n
For more information on Telstra\u2019s new research whitepaper, Customer Centric Clouds \u2013 Hype or Hybrid?, visit Telstra online here<\/a>. <\/p>\n 1Research Methodology Respondents work for organisations in the private sector with 250 or more employees. Due to the range of sectors involved in this research, the results are based on the global or regional average to be representative of the target population. Fieldwork took place in September 2014 using a mixture of online and telephone interviewing. A robust multi-level screening process was used to ensure only appropriate respondents participated in the research.<\/p>\n About Telstra About Vanson Bourne New research1 released today from Telstra reveals that despite three-quarters of IT decision makers in the US wanting to procure all cloud services from a single provider, the majority have purchased offerings from three vendors, resulting in a complex cloud … Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[943,131],"class_list":["post-4296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-martin-bishop","tag-telstra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4296"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4299,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4296\/revisions\/4299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTelstra commissioned Vanson Bourne, an independent specialist in market research, to undertake the research upon which this report is based. In total, 675 IT decision makers were interviewed from multinational organisations in five countries\/regions: US (200 interviews), UK (200), Singapore (100), Hong Kong (95), and Australia (80).<\/p>\n
\nTelstra is the leading telecommunications and information services company in Australia. We provide end-to-end solutions including managed network services, global connectivity, cloud, voice, colocation, conferencing and satellite solutions. We have licenses in Asia, Europe and the US and offer access to over 2,000 PoPs in 230 countries and territories across the globe. Our extended reach means that we can offer customers smarter technology solutions to support sustainable business growth.<\/p>\n
\nVanson Bourne is an independent specialist in market research for the technology sector. Our reputation for robust and credible research-based analysis, is founded upon rigorous research principles and our ability to seek the opinions of senior decision makers across technical and business functions, in all business sectors and all major markets. For more information, visit www.vansonbourne.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"