Top Benefit? Greater Scalability

A full 78 percent of respondents said their organizations either benefited "greatly" or "somewhat" from greater scalability by using cloud computing. Behind that, 76 percent cited better or faster access to technology resources while 73 percent checked off improved performance.

Meanwhile, for those organizations that were watching their budgets, 25 percent said cost savings were a "great" benefit, while another 34 percent said their organizations benefited "somewhat" from their savings.