One In Four Enterprises See ‘Surprise’ Cloud Benefits, Survey Finds

Grazed from Forbes. Author: Joe McKendrick.

A recent survey of 1,000 executives discusses some of the benefits enterprises are seeing as a result of cloud computing. What catches the eye, however, is the number of executives who are seeing benefits they never really expected — close to one in four, in many cases. For example, 25 percent say they unexpectedly experienced improved communications within their organizations.

Another 22 percent report increased revenues they did not anticipate, and 22 percent say they experienced greater customer satisfaction — again, not part of the original plan. It’s also notable that 21 percent say cloud has actually delivered improved security. In total, 83 percent of executives report benefits they did not expect to see…

This recent research out of Tata Communications has found that 85 percent say cloud had “lived up to industry hype.” A while back, I discussed some of the other, less-anticipated benefits cloud may deliver — beyond what even may be mentioned in a cloud vendor’s sales brochure. These include the ability to duplicate or adopt successful business processes others have hashed out; smoother mergers and acquisitions; and even providing the enterprise a way to segue into the cloud business itself (even if it is a non-tech company). It would be interesting to see a survey that explores these types of unexpected advantages as well…

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