75% of companies will use enterprise-class Cloud computing solutions within five years
Three-fourths of companies either currently employ enterprise-grade cloud computing solutions or plan to implement enterprise-grade cloud over the next five years, according to a new study commissioned by Savvis. IDG Research Services and CIO Custom Solutions Group surveyed 172 chief technology officers, chief information officers and IT managers from around the globe.
“This independent study validates the industry notion that enterprises want customisable cloud solutions that go beyond the application level and comprehensively address requirements such as security and service levels,” said Bryan Doerr, chief technology officer at Savvis.
The study found that IT usually identifies projects and areas that could
greater flexibility
 64 percent expect spending on hosted, on-demand and/or cloud based software at their companies to increase over the next year
 62 percent rate security as a critical factor when evaluating cloud solutions
As enterprises look to move mission- critical applications to the cloud, many are increasingly concerned with the privacy and security of their data, as well as the performance of their cloud-based applications. Savvis addresses these requirements through a range of network solutions integrated with the Savvis Symphony line of cloud services.
benefit from cloud and informs the business. However, 23 percent of respondents reported that business leaders sometimes bypass IT and purchase solutions on their own. Other key findings from the survey include:  60 percent consider it extremely or very challenging to find the right cloud computing solution for their companies
 69 percent perceive cloud computing solutions as offering
APM demand grows in the cloud
Demand for application performance management is growing when moving applications to the cloud, according to a recent survey conducted by Orange Business Services. The survey assessed application performance management (APM) plans and attitudes among decision makers from 500 multinational corporations (MNC) in 12 European countries1 across various industry sectors including financial services, health care, manufacturing, retail and transportation.
Key areas were surveyed to better
understand plans for consolidation and virtualisation; which applications would be cloud-enabled; attitudes toward using WAN optimisation or APM solutions and service level agreements (SLAs) requirements.
The majority of MNC respondents indicate that Web conferencing, video conferencing and Microsoft applications are the most likely applications to be virtualised or cloud- enabled.
Only 95 of the 500 companies plan to virtualise their call center applications
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and even fewer plan to virtualise customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, human resources, or other applications. The selection of applications for the cloud is based on those that are used “off-the-shelf” versus those that are typically customised for unique business use.
The study shows most companies, 67.6 percent, plan to consolidate data centres and servers within the next two years, further validating that consolidation continues to be driven by cost reduction and centralisation.
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Savvis Symphony includes converged cloud network options ranging from public connectivity over Savvis’ Tier 1 IP network backbone to secure, low- latency, quality-of-service-enabled Application Transport Services (ATS), Savvis’ core Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)-based service.
The low-latency distribution network allows Savvis to offer a complete, end- to-end, quality of service-enabled solution for clients – from inside the data centre to the end-user location.
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