
| Characteristic | Share of respondents |
|---|---|
| Improve availability and resiliency | 41% |
| Improve agility and responsiveness | 39% |
| Accelerate product innovation | 34% |
| Best solution available | 31% |
| Save money | 28% |
| Simplified management | 26% |
| Shift CapEx to OpEx | 21% |
| Better enable the mobile workforce | 19% |
| Data center modernisation | 18% |
| Support global shared services | 12% |
| Improve alignment with customers | 10% |
| Attract talent | 1% |
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Release date
May 2017
Region
Worldwide
Survey time period
December 19, 2016 to April 3, 2016
Number of respondents
4,498 respondents
Special properties
CIOs and IT leaders across 86 countries
Supplementary notes
The question was phrased by the source as follows: "If you are currently investing in cloud, what are your top three reasons?"
Multiple responses were possible.
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