The adoption of cloud computing continues to escalate among tech professionals and IT leaders, as indicated by IT management software company Flexera’s “2024 State of the Cloud” report . This year’s findings reveal a significant uptick in the number of organizations planning to migrate more workloads to the cloud, highlighting a trend toward more sophisticated utilization of cloud resources.
Cloud migration and the multi-cloud
This year’s survey gathered responses from over 750 tech professionals and IT leaders. It reveals a notable shift towards increased and more efficient cloud adoption, as well as robust engagement with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud strategies. Responses show 58% of respondents planning to escalate their cloud workloads in 2024, highlighting an industry-wide effort to optimize existing cloud resources effectively. The establishment of FinOps teams in over half of the organizations underlines a strategic approach to curbing unnecessary cloud expenditure. Furthermore, the adoption of sophisticated multi-cloud (89%) and hybrid cloud (73%) setups indicates a deepening commitment to leveraging cloud technologies for greater business agility. Organizations increasingly operate applications across diverse clouds and enhance operational continuity by enabling workload failover between clouds. This signifies a strategic embrace of the cloud as a foundational element for innovative business solutions.
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Challenges and Opportunities in Cloud Adoption
Despite the enthusiasm for cloud migration, challenges remain. Identifying application dependencies is cited as a significant hurdle, alongside the need for cost assessments comparing on-premises and cloud solutions. However, the report also sheds light on the rapid adoption of generative AI services in the public cloud, with 85% of organizations using them in some capacity, though many are still in the experimentation phase. This exploration of new technologies, alongside the evolving strategies for cloud deployment, reflects a dynamic and advancing landscape for cloud computing in the tech industry.
Elizabeth Wallace is a Nashville-based freelance writer with a soft spot for data science and AI and a background in linguistics. She spent 13 years teaching language in higher ed and now helps startups and other organizations explain – clearly – what it is they do.
