Organizations find cloud costs higher than anticipated

Cloud adoption is high, with 78 percent using or planning to use cloud in the future, but most organizations lack a formal strategy to realize the full benefits and 62 percent report higher than anticipated costs. These are among the findings of a new survey by Syncsort that shows only 29 percent report having a centralized strategy and center of excellence in place to proactively plan and manage applications to the cloud, while 42 percent migrate applications on an ad-hoc basis. The cloud is still seen as having many benefits, led by business continuity (84 percent) and IT efficiency (68… [Continue Reading]