What would be your first choice for moving to Cloud Iaas?
Amazon Web Services AWS36%
Microsoft Azure55%
Google Cloud4%
Alibaba Cloud3%
Oracle Cloud1%
Others
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Amazon Web Services AWS36%
Microsoft Azure55%
Google Cloud4%
Alibaba Cloud3%
Oracle Cloud1%
Others
Re-allocate IP's and re-configure applications73%
Move IP's, Lift & shift28%
On-premises computing can offer businesses more control over their data and applications.40%
On-premises computing can be more secure than cloud computing, since data is stored on-site.39%
On-premises computing can be more reliable than cloud computing, since it is not subject to outages.6%
All of the above.13%
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Are you planning on a long-term IaaS strategy or are you moving off of IaaS to PaaS or similar?
If you are integrating your IaaS environment with other areas of your business that may operate in the cloud, you need to consider which cloud service best fits your business model so you don't get into issues with data affinity or gravity. Pick a cloud for a holistic strategy and for most companies IaaS is not driving reason cloud usage.