IT Cloud Services 2015 Adoption and use in the Nordics

Anders Elbak, Research Manager, IDC Nordic

Stockholm October 22nd 2015

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What is Cloud

Shared, standard service

Solution packaged

Self-service

Elastic resource scaling

Elastic, use-based pricing

Published service interface/API

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What is Cloud

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Two thirds of Nordic

companies use

Cloud

Services

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

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Number of services used

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Two thirds of Nordic

companies use

Cloud

Services 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Interested in cloud

Already using

-40%

-30%

-20%

-10%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

6

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loud s

atisfa

ction

Sought-after characteristics of Cloud

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Elasticity

& Scalability

65%

Cost

Reductions

47%

Faster access to

new features

46%

Standardized

Interfaces

39%

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Security is the

primary inhibitor for

further Cloud

Adoption

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Top cloud priorities

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Cloud Security

19% Hybrid Cloud

15% Business Apps

12%

Integration &

Management

12%

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IT Leads

Cloud

investments

Business buys cloud without IT

involvement

Business leads cloud decisions

Business involved in

cloud decisions

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

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Cloud

Maturity

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Cloud

Maturity

20%

30%

25%

15%

10%

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Cloud

Maturity

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Focus on business

value (not cost)

Business and IT

must work

hand in hand

Cloud is an enabler

for digital

transformation

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IDC Guidance

Stockholm October 22nd 2015