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Adoption of cloud services set for explosive growth in UK

New figures have revealed that 85 per cent of businesses already using cloud services expect to increase their commitment to the technology over the next twelve months.

Market research conducted earlier this year by the Cloud Industry Forum revealed that 48 per-cent of all organisations in the UK already using cloud computing in some form.

The research polled 450 senior IT and business decision-makers in enterprises, small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and public sector organisations; as well as 200 respondents from the channel.

Andy Burton, Chair of the Cloud Industry Forum, said: “The migration to the cloud has been rapid and its adoption is already widespread within all manner of organisations.

“While satisfaction with cloud services is, at 94 per cent, extremely high, what is truly remarkable is that cloud adoption is happening successfully across all types and sizes of organisation across every industry sector.”

Of those organisations not currently employing cloud services 31 per-cent said that they anticipated adopting them in the next year.

A further 32 per-cent were unsure at this time, and 36 per-cent reported that they had no plans to move into the cloud.

Closer analysis of the figures indicates that the drive to the cloud amongst those not currently using it is highest amongst the larger organisations with 42 per cent stating they planned to migrate over the next year.

This is in sharp contrast to organisations employing under 20, where the figure dropped to 20 per cent.

The research highlighted that there are still several areas of concern that are limiting the rate of growth of cloud computing.

Chris Baldock, Managing Director of intY, said: “End-user organisations continue to express anxieties about data security, privacy and sovereignty, all of which were cited by a majority of respondents and all of which the industry can and need to present a clearer position around to allay these natural fears.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .