Only a quarter (25%) think their approach to the cloud is carefully considered and successful

Dubai, United Arab Emirates–07 Jan 2025–According to new data from SolarWinds, less than one in five (18%) IT professionals believe their present cloud infrastructure satisfies their business needs, indicating a large disconnect between expectations and reality when it comes to cloud adoption.

Sascha Giese, Global Tech Evangelist at SolarWinds,

The research, based on a survey of 272 global IT professionals, shows that despite the cloud’s promises of scalability and cost savings, thereality is mixed for many IT teams: only a quarter of those surveyed(25%) feel their organisation’s approach to the cloud is carefully considered and successful, while 23% admit their hybrid cloud strategy has created an overly complex IT environment. Despite this, less than a quarter (22%) of respondents have invested in external IT services to help with their cloud migration strategy.