65% of respondents believe Ireland is lagging!
But 85% of Cloud Computing projects are successful
Sysco reveals results of the first ever Cloud Computing Market Research Survey
23rd September, 2009 – Sysco, on behalf of the Irish Internet Association, ran a market research survey on our site www.readydynamics.com/survey to understand how Irish companies are responding to the cloud computing opportunity.
Respondent Profile
The survey was completed by over 200 respondents, 73% of whom considered themselves Senior Management.
• 25% of respondents were vendors, 75% non vendors
• 26% work in Technology, 17% in Professional Services, 11% in Financial Services, 11% in Manufacturing and 10% in Public sector.
• 47% work in mid market companies (> 50 employees) including 19% who work in enterprises with over 500 employees. 53% worked in SMEs with less than 50 employees.
• 35% work in General Management, 35% in IT with 13% working in Finance
• 73% are Senior Management
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Asked whether they had a clear understanding of cloud computing, 43% said no.
When vendors were excluded, this lack of understanding grew to 54%.
With 43% of IT managers admitting they did not have a clear understanding and a staggering 85% of finance managers declaring the same.
High hopes for Cloud Computing
Despite the lack of clear understanding, 43% have high confidence in the promise of cloud computing.
When only the largest enterprises were surveyed, this drops to 36% but 55% still have reasonable confidence in the promise.
This was confirmed by the 21% who responded that they could see a business benefit compared to only 3% who did not. Interestingly, 76% declined to answer this question which we deduce results from the lack of clear understanding in making such a clear cut decision.
Significant perception that Ireland is lagging
65% of respondents believe Ireland is lagging compared to 33% who believe we are consistent with international adoption and just 2% who believe we are leading as early adopters.
Why?
• 26% feel lack of understanding is the major obstacle
• 22% believe broadband penetration is the problem
• 19% chose security concerns
• 14% reliability concerns
We delved into the data further by categorising IT into 9 types:
• Collaboration Applications
• Productivity Applications
• Business Applications
• IT Management
• Infrastructure on-demand
• Application development platform
• Finance Applications
• Core Business Applications
• Legacy Applications
In all categories, the perception is that Ireland is lagging. We asked respondents to assess each category’s current maturity in Ireland. Not surprisingly, collaboration scored the highest. Then we asked what’s the current adoption of this category in your business right now and what’s planned in the next 3 years. In all 9 cases, current adoption (in purple) lags current maturity (in red) and planned adoption (in brown) as you might expect exceeds maturity.
Collaboration Applications
Infrastructure on Demand
Finance Applications
Further graphical analysis and information regarding this survey will be available in the whitepaper when it is published.
About the Irish Internet Association Cloud Computing Working Group
The IIA Working Group seeks to educate decision makers on the advantages of Cloud Computing while also cognisant of the disadvantages. It aims to support businesses to analyse the issues involved in transitioning their IT infrastructure from on premise to cloud applications and advise businesses on areas of concern such as availability, security and data protection. The group aims to clarify the objective opportunities beyond the hype by bringing together Cloud Computing vendors and business leaders in a collaborative forum.
The Working Group consists of the following individuals:
• Neil Delaney, Enterprise Applications Manager, Google
• Wayne Leone, Cloud Lab Manager, IBM
• Cormac Keogh, Architect Advisor, Microsoft
• Joe McNally, Sales Engineer Manager, Salesforce
• Brian Grant, Architect Advisor, Oracle
• Declan Kearney, MD, Supplierforce
• Cristoph Dobroschke, VMware
• Michael Higgins, CTO, Advanced Innovations, Inc.
• Paul Norton, IT Manager, Jones Engineering
• Suzie Walsh, IT Manager, McCormick MacNaughton
• Brona Kernan, CIO, Irish Times
• Trevor Dagg, elan
• Mark Greville, Merrill Lynch
• Don Ryan, Premier Recruitment
• Ruari Roddy, CTO, Thomas Crosbie Holdings
• Sean Hickey, IT Manager, Kepak
• Paul Tully, IT Infrastructure Manager, O2
• Gary Dempsey, eircom
• Lavinia Morris, IT Infrastructure Manager, Friend’s First
• Gerry Power, Consultant, Sysco (Chair)
About Sysco
Sysco was established in 1980 and employs 50 people in Dublin and Belfast. Sysco provides business software solutions, such as ERP, financial management, business intelligence and credit management solutions to medium and large organisations across various sectors.
Our clients range from government bodies to service-orientated companies, and from discrete manufacturers to large scale distributors. The continuous lifecycle management of Sysco’s clients from the system consultation stage, through to the final implementation and on-going support, builds strong relationships and commitments to serving the client's evolving needs. Sysco is an Infor Gold Channel Partner and a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, accredited for Dynamics NAV, AX, CRM & Business Intelligence and a member of the Microsoft Inner Circle and President's Club Member 2009.
In May, Sysco launched www.readydynamics.com – Ireland’s first ERP and CRM as a service offering and is therefore investing heavily in the cloud computing opportunity.
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If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Gerry Power, gpower@sysco.ie or 087-9221916.
If you would like to register for the Cloud Computing Whitepaper when it is released click here
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