Challenges

Virtually all ITDMs (96%) have experienced significant challenges to implementing their cloud strategy. One major issue is cost control. Another is security management. In addition, companies are wrestling with a skills gap that goes beyond the lack of cloud security skills.

Successful deployment is not trouble-free, either. Most (79%) of ITDMs report experiencing at least one significant downside to their multicloud migration. The most common complaint is increased complexity (48%), followed by increased costs due to cloud management and security challenges (36%), and increased costs of training and hiring (34%). Larger companies, and companies with larger cloud budgets, are more likely to experience greater downsides. Similarly, companies with some but not most of their infrastructure in the cloud report more downsides than companies with most or all their infrastructure in the cloud.