Cloud to board Mission-critical apps soon

BANGALORE, INDIA: Infosys has announced the findings of a survey that revealed that cloud is being widely adopted for applications central to business success, with 81 per cent respondents either using or planning to use mission-critical apps on cloud in the next two years.

The survey found that cost-saving is no longer the primary driver for leveraging cloud; as cloud adoption matures, 77 per cent of enterprises consider agility the key driver.

The survey, which covered multiple industries, found that cloud has reached a tipping point. Cloud is gaining momentum, but issues concerning user-experience and consumption of cloud must be addressed with high priority.

It revealed that enterprises want to have a holistic view of their IT landscape and seek a trusted cloud ecosystem integrator to improve user-experience and introduce operational simplicity.