85 per cent of organisations lack the skills to manage cloud, finds survey
Meanwhile, multi-cloud investment always comes down to price, say 70 per cent
A massive 85 per cent of organisations feel they don't have the skills to manage cloud solutions within the business, research from Verizon and virtualisation firm Turbonomic has revealed.
The research, based on a survey of 1,821 global IT decision-makers, also showed that 70 per cent of organisations base multi-cloud investment decisions purely on cost, with only 51 per cent feeling SLAs (service level agreements) or overall quality of service should be the driver.
Speaking about the results, Turbonomic CTO Charles Crouchman said it's important for enterprises to remember that "only solving one or two challenges is not enough".
"Organisations need to ensure they can overcome all the obstacles they face," he said.
"However, without the right skills in place, solving these challenges will be a near-impossible task."
On the finding that cost is the top concern when making investment decisions, Crouchman commented that "cost is, quite rightly, a significant business concern".
"Yet cloud success depends on much more than pricing. For example, an inexpensive car may not be an economic choice if it guzzles fuel and needs constant servicing and repair. Similarly, multi-cloud success relies on factors such as quality of service, compliance and support to reduce costs - far more than price alone.
"Moving to the cloud isn't a silver bullet that will automatically meet all of a business's needs," he said.
"Indeed, businesses likely will not completely abandon on-premises infrastructure for the public cloud, and will also likely have different vendors for those resources. Whether the ultimate goal is improved resiliency, or the best performance at the best cost, such a multi-cloud still needs to be managed properly to be successful. Without this, organisations will be entirely dependent on their cloud vendors to ensure they receive the service they need."
The research also showed that 45 per cent of respondents believed that public cloud would "never completely replace private data centres", while 34 per cent said they wouldn't think of changing to the cloud until "next decade at the earliest".