Dispelling the Vapour Around Cloud Computing

In recent years, cloud computing environments have been gaining popularity. In the IBM Global CIO Study 2009, when asked about their most important visionary initiatives, cloud computing was cited by more than one-third of CIOs as being among the most important. 

To better understand the current rate of adoption, as well as drivers, barriers and considerations that are influencing the adoption of cloud computing, IBM conducted a survey in June and July of 2009 of 1,090 IT and line-of-business (LOB) decision makers around the world.

The purpose of this whitepaper is to share the survey findings and to provide the IBM point of view regarding key steps and considerations for cloud adoption. The findings validate that many organisations are at least considering cloud computing – most favour a private cloud delivery model at this time – yet significantly, less than a quarter of organisations surveyed have mature service management and infrastructure capabilities that are essential for cloud.