Gartner research shows 10% of spending on external IT services went to cloud computing.
The talk about interest in cloud computing isn’t just talk. Data released this week by research firm Gartner shows that in 2010 more than 10% of IT spending on external services was invested in some form of cloud computing.
Gartner conducted a survey of IT spending trends, with some 484 respondents participating in a drill-down portion on cloud computing, and the research firm found that more IT dollars in 2010 were being allocated to cloud computing.
“The cloud market is evolving rapidly, with 39% of survey respondents worldwide indicating they allocated IT budget to cloud computing as a key initiative for their organization,” said Bob Igou, research director at Gartner, in a statement. “One-third of the spending on cloud computing is a continuation from the previous budget year, a further third is incremental spending that is new to the budget, and 14% is spending that was diverted from a different budget category in the previous year.”
Additionally, 46% of respondents with budget dedicated to cloud computing said they planned to increase the use of cloud services from external providers, according to Gartner, and more respondents indicated they anticipate an increase in spending for private cloud deployments (43%) than those that are for public use (32%).
“Overall, these are healthy investment trends for cloud computing. This is yet another trend that indicates a shift in spending from traditional IT assets such as the data center assets and a move toward assets that are accessed in the cloud,” Igou added.
Separately CA Technologies polled attendees at its IT Interactive Executive Forum on the impact of cloud computing and other technologies on agility and innovation in their environments. Brian Bell, General Manager of the Service Portfolio Management Customer Solution Unit at CA Technologies, attended the event as a panelist and says cloud computing is becoming a positive reality to IT leaders.
“One reaction could to be concerned or alarmed or feel like IT is losing control by investing in cloud services, but the smart leaders are recognizing it is an opportunity,” Bell says.
Of some 300 attendees polled at the event, more than 37% said they believed cloud computing would be the technology trend with the greatest impact on their IT organization over the next three years.
“Cloud computing offers IT leaders an opportunity to redefine the role of the CIO, in which the CIO no longer becomes the person to deliver business services to the business not just from the IT infrastructure and not just managing technology, but the CIO becomes the person managing the supply chain of services for the business,” Bell said.
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