Cloud survey indicates tension between business and IT stakeholders

22.03.2012
Business leaders see cloud computing as a way to circumvent IT in order to acquire cloud services on their own and this is creating tension between business and IT stakeholders.

This finding is apparent by a new commissioned cloud survey conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of BMC that suggests a comprehensive cloud strategy can alleviate growing tensions between business and IT teams.

BMC Software's study entitled 'Delivering on High Cloud Expectations', includes in-depth responses from 327 enterprise infrastructure executives and architects across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Asia Pacific generated 32 percent of the total responses, and 91 percent of firms in the region said they will support the use of unmanaged cloud services within the next 24 months.

About 97 percent respondents in the Asia Pacific said they will support the use of managed cloud services within the next 24 months.

"This survey has helped us to pinpoint the pains felt by both the business and IT as they struggle to adapt IT strategies to the avalanche of public cloud consumption," said Mark Settle, BMC's CIO. "The conclusion is that the need for a comprehensive, unified environment is becoming a top priority for business to connect everything - from the mainframe to the cloud. The BMCCloud Lifecycle Management solution provides a true foundation for an integrated, enterprise-class environment that allows businesses to support any infrastructure in the cloud, now and in the future."