Make A Case For Cutting Costs

The chief drivers for cloud revolve around the budget: reducing costs and transforming capital expenses to operating expenses, cited by 63 percent of survey respondents.

Another notable statistic from the survey: 44 percent of respondents cited the need to replace technology that had reached the end of its useful life as a reason to shift to the cloud.

Also a key motivator: the appeal of enabling capacity on demand, cited by 62 percent of survey respondents.