What is the biggest barrier to adopting cloud initiatives at your organization?

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Cloud Security16%

Compliance33%

Lack of Cloud Skills28%

Large Investments in on-prem data center(s)13%

Lack of Buy-in from Leadership/Business8%

Other (comment below!)

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Director of IT in Governmenta year ago

While configuring cloud services to ensure security and compliance seems like one of our biggest obstacles on the surface, I feel these tasks would be completed at a pace consistent with our traditional solutions if more staff had in-depth knowledge of cloud services.

Senior Director, Defense Programs in Software4 years ago

The “lack of cloud skills” is often how much/how fast can you hire and prioritize on these initiatives instead of others. So much room to grow.

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