Cloud Computing and The Public Sector

CLOUD COMPUTING *THE PUBLIC SECTOR* What is your organization's relationship to Cloud computing? Using for remotely hosted apps to store data or both 3% Investigated but rejected 23% 38% 36% Currently investigating Not considered at all Non-public Why did your organization move to the Cloud? Public 48% 41% 32% 34% 27% 18% Strategic shift in IT policy Tactical move for specific need Necessary to reduce costs Are budget restrictions driving public sector Cloud adoption? %$4 %24 37% 44% NOT SURE YES 20% NO For public sector users, when you moved to the Cloud, how important a factor was infrastructure in your decision? 45% 41% 5% 9% Somewhat Not very Did not Very important important important consider Of the public sector organizations that use the Cloud, do they have the IT skills needed to support Cloud computing? No but the skills are critical | and being actively developed 23% NO 57% YES 20% NO No and not planning to acquire skills required NOT SURE What role have government policies DECELERATED played in encouraging Cloud adoption? ACCELERATED 13% 14% 8% 56% 31% 61% 25% 55% 37% US EUROPE ASIA Is the Cloud delivering value? The public sector is still evaluating. 41% 39% 15% 5% YES NO TOO SOON TO SAY NOT SURE AMD sponsored research conducted by Redshift Research. © 2011 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.