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While 36 % have a mix of deployment models including both on-premises and cloud IT services, almost half of respondents in Germany take a‘ traditional’ approach to cloud IT services – meaning the majority of their organisation’ s IT infrastructure remains on premises( 45 %).
This is in line with the relatively recent adoption rates of cloud storage among respondents from Germany; 76 % of whom have only been using cloud storage services for five years or less( 2020 to present).
The relatively recent rate of cloud storage adoption, combined with high rate of‘ traditional’ approaches to cloud IT services adoption, may be contributing to inefficiencies among organisations in Germany when it comes to managing cloud storage fees, the survey says.
Germany noted the highest proportional mix of fees( 50 %) in its billing average compared to all other European countries.
When asked about the impact of cloud storage fees, 35 % of German respondents ranked egress fees among their top three most impactful.
Country-specific survey results:
For UK organisations cloud storage remains an integral part of their infrastructure strategy.
Forty four per cent of UK respondents are following a‘ balanced’ approach to IT services adoption, which is slightly higher than the EMEA average( 40 %).
These fees seem to have an acute impact on German organisations at the IT / business level, with three out of four respondents( 76 %) indicating egress or other data access fees have hindered their organisation’ s IT or business initiatives.
In France data protection, security and compliance take centre stage
Almost the same number of organisations prioritise cloud-first( 41 %), making the cloud an integral part of most infrastructure strategies. Only 16 % of UK organisations take a traditional approach – which is characterised by most of the IT infrastructure remaining on-premises.
One in two UK organisations exceeded their public cloud storage budget. The vast majority of UK respondents( 91 %) cited at least one fee-related choice as a driver of budget excess.
In the selection of a cloud storage provider, UK organisations prioritise performance and scalability( 41 %), sustainability( 32 %) and ease of use( 30 %).
Forty one per cent of respondents in France take a‘ balanced’ approach to cloud IT services adoption – with 37 % taking a cloud-first approach.
When it comes to choosing a cloud storage provider, data protection, security and compliance take precedence among organisations in France with 41 % of respondents choosing native data protection, security and compliance features as a top consideration for vendor selection.
When asked about the key data security-related benefits realised using public cloud storage, French respondents chose ease of preventing and mitigating unplanned data loss.
German organisations are challenged by egress fees
The survey shows Germany is quite conservative when it comes to cloud IT services.
When asked about security-related challenges of public cloud storage, French respondents ranked securing data across multiple providers as a key issue – likely due to the complexity of managing multiple providers. p
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