Achieving the full impact of cloud is a Journey

Like most new technologies, capturing the intended benefits of cloud takes time; there is a learning curve influenced by many variables. Most companies report having achieved some measure of their expected outcomes with 4% of those surveyed indicating they have not achieved their goal. While the vast majority of companies cite achieving some level of their desired outcomes, on average only 35% of companies report they have fully achieved their expected outcomes across the four categories of cost, speed, business enablement and service levels. Further nuances appear as one starts to breakdown the results by degree of cloud adoption and the type of cloud model employed.