New independent research from Six Degrees, a secure, integrated cloud services provider, has revealed that 40% of UK mid-market IT decision-makers felt rushed while undertaking public cloud migration projects. That rises to 41% of IT directors, 43% of cloud architects, 45% of CIOs, 47% of heads of IT and 80% of heads of infrastructure.
Data from Six Degrees’ UK SME Cloud Intelligence Report 2024 suggests that a significant amount of cloud services adoption strategies is still driven primarily by a desire for cost savings. Indeed, a quarter of IT decision-makers said their primary reason was to reduce operational costs. Furthermore, many other reasons cited by respondents for cloud services adoption are also closely linked to cost savings. These include flexibility (32%), reduced capital investment (28%) and reduced reliance on on-premises infrastructure (24%).
Six Degrees’ research also reveals that eight out of 10 UK SMEs have experienced unexpected costs or budget overruns relating to cloud usage.
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