IDG notes how cloud budgets are going up – and implementations increasing in complexity

It is one of the largest trends of this year, and now it has gotten affirmation from IDG: cloud initiatives are becoming ever-more complex as the technology hits full maturity. The findings appear in the media and analyst firm’s ‘Cloud Insights’ report for 2018. The study, which polled 550 respondents – all of whom are involved in the cloud buying process to some extent – found almost one in three (30%) were using both multi-cloud and hybrid cloud strategies. For those who have a multi-cloud approach, the simple fact of having more options was the biggest benefit, cited by 59% of those polled. Quicker and easier disaster recovery (40%), and increased flexibility through working across multiple clouds (38%) were also cited. Naturally, more IT budget is being devoted to these projects. While spend in proportion to IT remains similar – 30% according to this study, compared with 28% for a similar study in 2016 – the monetary amount has gone up, from $1.62 million two years ago to $2.2m this year.