Nearly half (49%) said their department doesn’t have “the technical skills needed to implement cloud computing”, while 75% said the opportunities provided by cloud computing are not “sufficiently well understood by stakeholders”.
The survey received 829 respondents. Among those who said their department has implemented cloud-based technology, 32% said in-house skills and knowledge of migrating to cloud was an important factor in their ability to adopt cloud solutions, while 34% described organisational buy-in as important. However the factor which appears to have been most relevant is the presence of suppliers able to provide the right services: 48% said this was an important or very important factor.