Apr 4, 2017 | Good, France

Teradata examine predicts widespread cloud knowledge storage adoption by 2019, by which period over half of enterprise IT, buyer, and monetary knowledge shall be saved within the cloud

TERADATA UNIVERSE CONFERENCE, NICE, FRANCE   – April 4, 2017: Safety is the primary concern amongst senior enterprise executives in the case of cloud knowledge adoption, but greater than half of business-critical knowledge is prone to reside there by 2019.

In accordance with the findings of a brand new examine launched in the present day, by Teradata (NYSE: TDC), the main knowledge and analytics firm, eight out of ten executives cite safety as a priority when storing knowledge within the cloud, however that has not stopped an enormous rise within the quantity of essential knowledge being despatched there. Looking forward to 2019, executives predict that over half of IT (56%), buyer (53%), and monetary knowledge (51%) will reside within the cloud.

The examine highlights that though companies wish to put money into cloud storage and lots of plan to take action over the subsequent two years, there are actual considerations about safety of data and knowledge breaches. A variety of key developments have been recognized:

• Safety and lack of management are the highest obstacles holding again storage of essential knowledge within the cloud: 
  
  • 40% of respondents say common safety is a danger, whereas 25% of respondents imagine cloud knowledge adoption will lead to extra safety breaches.
  • 1 / 4 of these surveyed imagine knowledge cloud adoption will lead to lack of management.
  • 52% say government buy-in to knowledge within the cloud is holding them again and 22% battle with the extra staffing wanted to maneuver to the cloud.

• But cloud storage is about to rise sharply within the subsequent two years:
  
  • Though 58% of information from organizations surveyed already sits within the cloud in the present day, utilization of cloud will enhance over the subsequent two years, with three in ten corporations globally predicting a major enhance of information within the cloud by 2019.

• Majority of authorized knowledge is being held again from the cloud:
  
  • Authorized knowledge is being stored on bodily servers for essentially the most half, with simply 27% of companies surveyed anticipating to maneuver their authorized knowledge to the cloud within the subsequent two years.

• Telecoms is making the largest dedication to the cloud, with marcomms making sturdy strikes inside organizations:  
  
  • 48% of organizations surveyed anticipate a major enhance of their cloud storage use by 2019
  • 48% of promoting and communications departments inside organizations surveyed will enhance knowledge saved within the cloud by 2019. 

• Healthcare will transfer its buyer knowledge to the cloud, while utilities will prioritize IT and R&D knowledge: 
  
  • 59% of respondents highlighted that the healthcare {industry} will transfer buyer knowledge to the cloud within the subsequent two years.
  • Utilities will prioritize transferring IT infrastructure (64%) and R&D/Engineering knowledge (52%).

Marc Clark, ‎Director of Cloud Technique and Deployment at Teradata stated: “Our message to organizations all over the world is that the cloud is definitely probably the most safe technique of digital storage obtainable. Whereas our examine finds widespread considerations, the very fact is that cloud storage is rising quickly, stays vastly cost-effective, and that there are methods to handle it securely.

“Cloud computing safety processes must be designed to handle the safety controls that the cloud supplier will incorporate, as a way to keep the information safety, privateness and compliance with vital laws, in addition to offering a enterprise continuity and knowledge backup plan.

“By figuring out the obstacles inside the enterprise that hinder additional adoption, in addition to the place cloud storage is creating constructive alternatives, we goal to supply reassurance that cloud storage is a secure and value efficient method to retailer firm info.”

Notes to editors:

The Examine was carried out in January 2017. The analysis was performed throughout 9 international locations: Australia, France, Germany, Japan, UK, US, India, Spain and Russia, with 100 respondents from every.

Organizations have been focused from a variety of vertical industries together with Telecommunications, Automotive, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Finance, Oil/Fuel/Electrical/Nuclear, Photo voltaic Energy, Public Sector, Media/Communications, Retail, Leisure and Transportation. The next features of the group have been represented: engineering, finance, HR, IT, Logistics/Provide chain, Advertising and marketing/Communications, Operations, Product improvement/R&D and Gross sales.

As organizations across the globe embrace digital transformation in an IoT period, the first purpose of the analysis was to determine and description the important thing developments in 2017 that encompass cloud storage adoption. Respondents have been all senior executives with determination making capabilities, performing a variety of features inside organizations, starting from IT, Engineering, Finance, HR and Logistics to Advertising and marketing/Comms, Operations, Product Improvement, R&D and Gross sales.

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