According to a study conducted by IDG Connect on behalf of Oracle, the most important component of an IT infrastructure from the cloud is effective control mechanisms. 34% of respondents mentioned this as their top priority, followed by IT standardisation (27%), supporting key decision-makers (25%) and a high-performance IT change management (17%).
Within their own network, the provision of software (68%) and databases (61%) and a platform for the development of applications (57%) rank at the top. The study predicts that in the next two years the most important issues will be databases (29%), development (26%) and deployment of software (23%). The study focused mainly on the selection of the particular cloud model. Among other things, the study showed that a clear majority (36%) currently prefers hybrid clouds.