Illustrates the results of Forrester and BMC Software's survey of 300 IT and cloud decision makers.

1. CLOUD
Cloud Or Bust!
SURVEY
RESULTS
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Business People
( not just IT ) are your users
this way
Hybrid Cloud
Survey
Respondents
Cloud spending is on the rise
Cost Assessment
43%
The top lessons we’ve learned
Integration with my IT Systems
78%
Planning for Ongoing Operations
Cloud Admin Training
Cloud Implementation Services
We asked what other cloud leaders learned so far in their cloud
implementation experience – so you can learn from them
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Increasing
cloud
investment
63%
Confident
IT can
deliver
Branch
Offices
31%
Sales &
Marketing
28%
R&D
15%
A
A
B
C
B C
300 IT Infrastructure Leaders: 59%
IT Architecture Leaders: 22%
IT Operations Leaders: 19%
ROLE BREAKDOWNUS: 35%
EU: 34%
APAC: 30%
IT Decision makers
81%
THE SAME
or
Less IT
Dependent
Your users have things to get done – and fast. They see the cloud as
the way to move forward – so it's time for you to guide their way
towards the hybrid cloud.
We usually envision cloud users to be like us – the IT guys or app
developers down the hall. But it's clear the business users are even
MORE eager to get their hands on the power of the cloud. So plan
with them in mind.
Demand for cloud is going up, so it's no surprise that IT departments
around the world continue to invest heavily to bring cloud to
their companies. Because the question isn't whether to move
forward – but how fast.
But You, IT, Are Confident!
You're ready to rise to the challenge and deliver the cloud to your
users with your own hybrid cloud platform. And BMC Cloud
Management solutions are here to help.
5
should have done a more
thorough cost assessment
and/or built better
chargeback systems
72%
believe implementation
services are critical
to building a
successful cloud
76%
needed cloud admin
training which they did
not adequately plan for
60%
underestimated the
effort to integrate
cloud into existing
management systems
41%
didn't plan adequately
for operational
requirements (i.e.
capacity and
performance mgmt)