NEW Survey reportThe state of cloud computing in 2025 and beyond
More businesses than ever are adopting cloud solutions, whether they opt for private, public, or multi-cloud solutions in 2025.
With cloud migration comes challenges and new concerns, particularly around security.
We wanted to learn more about why organizations and leading IT professionals are choosing to use the cloud (or not, depending on the needs) as we head into 2025.
That's why we conducted a survey to hear from hundreds of industry leaders and experts from global organizations spanning multiple verticals.
We asked 600 IT professionals across the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, and the European Union about their cloud journeys – what's working, what isn’t, and what’s next.
See what they said in our original research report.
Our research report uncovered key findings, including:
- Almost 9 out of 10 or 88% of respondents said their organization was planning to increase their security budget in the coming year, and nearly half or 45% are planning to significantly increase it.
- Moving workloads away from the public cloud at their organization is a significant trend, with a remarkable 86% of respondents reporting they’re either considering or actively planning on it.
- Another 27% planned to adopt a hybrid cloud model, and 14% planned to move workloads fully on-premises as opposed to the cloud.
- Where are workloads being run now? 50% of those surveyed ran workloads in the multi-cloud (or multiple clouds), while 32% used a hybrid or a combination of cloud and on-premises resources.
- Not surprisingly, the demand for remote work isn’t going anywhere, with 85% of organizations allowing for some type of remote work.
This report offers detailed insight from Parallels experts backed up with responses from industry professionals who are actively leading IT strategies at their organizations.
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