GEC NEWS WIREWhile many companies in EMEA are embracing the move to the Cloud, nearly half are struggling, wrestling with increases in Cloud integration costs and data silos according to a new study sponsored by Oracle. A key reason: more than 60% of a company’s overall IT spend is being driven by individual business units versus traditional IT departments making it difficult for companies to fully leverage the Cloud services they are subscribing to.
For the research, Oracle partnered with Coleman Parkes to survey 600 senior IT and line of business decision makers across Europe and the Middle East. Within the Middle East, surveyed markets included the United Arab Emirates and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with a total of 50 respondents evenly split between the two nations.
Hidir Mag, Regional Vice President Systems Sales MEA said, “Along with Turkey, the Gulf States are less ready to meet the demands of the cloud era than those in Western Europe, with 68% of respondents saying they have the correct IT organisational model to meet the demands of the cloud era, compared to 78% in the UK, 83% in Germany and 86% in France.”
Johan Doruiter, Senior Vice President of Systems, Oracle EMEA, said: “The issues companies face with their cloud resources are less to do with the technology itself and more to do with a lack of synchronization across lines of business. Decision-makers in each department are increasingly making cloud purchasing decisions without involving the CIO due to the ease of procurement.”
