Speaking at the Infrastructure Operations and Data Centre Summit keynote in Sydney today, Gartner analysts Matthew Boon and Simon Haywood said "Aussie pragmatism" is behind the boycott.

About a quarter of Australian organisations show little interest in cloud computing. This compares to around 10 per cent of overseas companies.

Haywood, a US-based director for Gartner's service provider research group, said Australians will stay their ground this year on cloud computing.

"Aussies have a grasp on cloud computing but they also have a wait-and-see attitude," Haywood said.

"The 'cloud' name gives a sense that anything will apply to it... it can be considered a large amorphous concept, but to an Aussie, that's not useful."