Trends Report

Adoption Profile: Public Cloud In North America, Q2 2018

Pragmatic Cloud Strategies Provide A Path To Innovation Sustainability

April 19th, 2018
Lauren Nelson, VP, Research Director
Lauren Nelson VP, Research Director
With contributors:
Glenn O'Donnell , Will McKeon-White , Diane Lynch

Summary

Cloud skills are key for infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals, who now have a stronger experience base. But enterprises still struggle to find an approach that reflects their own circumstances and best interests. Pragmatic cloud is on the rise, accelerating change, correcting low-value cloud contracts, and making new developer innovation sustainable. This report assesses the current state of public cloud adoption and maturity in North America, focusing on trends around cloud strategy and governance, cloud migration, and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and container adoption. It also highlights notable developments in Canada.

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