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IT Leaders Agree: Hybrid Cloud Must Evolve to Realize Digital Transformation's PromiseNORTH BETHESDA, MD, May 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CloudBolt Software, the enterprise cloud management leader, today announced findings based on a global survey of IT leaders from a range of industries. CloudBolt’s inaugural Industry Insights report, "The Truth About Hybrid Cloud and Digital Transformation,” conducted in partnership with Pulse, a social research platform trusted by 30,000 verified CxOs and global tech leaders, showed widespread agreement on several key issues related to digital transformation (DX). Survey respondents included directors, VPs, and other executive titles among IT professionals across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. In the survey, 94% of respondents agreed that hybrid cloud is critical to digital transformation. Specifically, they cited three top initiatives most critical for DX through hybrid cloud: enabling self-service IT, accelerating automation initiatives, and optimizing cloud spend. In these areas, the majority of IT leaders also agree that there are specific challenges that currently exist in today’s approaches:
The good news is IT leaders have a clear understanding of what they need to move forward when it comes to self-service IT, automation acceleration, and cloud cost management:
“The industry clearly understands the value that hybrid cloud plays in digital transformation, especially around the importance of areas like self-service IT, automation, and cost optimization,” said CloudBolt’s Chief Executive Officer Jeff Kukowski. “Unfortunately, although the industry has focused on these pillars of cloud management for a decade, they struggle to make them a reality. Our research indicates the need for a new approach if leaders want to achieve their digital transformation goals.” The findings released today mark the launch of an ongoing research series dedicated to providing timely, actionable, and essential hybrid cloud technology trends and insights. While the focus of this study was digital transformation, future installments, to be delivered two to three times annually, will drill down into issues surrounding DevOps, cloud operations, security, and governance. The goal is to provide IT leaders with continuous insight into broader industry trends, allowing them to benchmark their own progress as well as identify solutions to common challenges faced by their peers. “IT leaders are hungry for knowledge,” said CloudBolt’s Chief Marketing Officer Grant Ho. “Although there are some very broad annual surveys available, there is nothing that addresses the seemingly intractable issues that IT leaders have to deal with when trying to drive cloud adoption. With this series, we hope to remedy that and give IT leaders some actionable insights they can use to progress on their digital transformation journey.” To access CloudBolt’s inaugural Industry Insights report, “The Truth About Hybrid Cloud and Digital Transformation,” visit https://www.cloudbolt.io/resources/industry-report/the-truth-about-hybrid-cloud-and-digital-transformation/. About CloudBolt Software Media Contact: |