HELSINKI, Nov. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud
transformation has increasingly become a key enabler for
digitalization and realizing data driven opportunities for
organizations across the Nordics. Still,
only 18 percent of organizations can be considered as
cloud mature. When it comes to different industries,
the finance sector is in the lead, while the public
sector reports the lowest maturity. This is revealed in Tieto's
Cloud Maturity Index. For the first time, environmental
considerations are taking a spot on the cloud agendas of many
organizations.
This is the fourth edition of Cloud Maturity Index, a Nordic
survey conducted by research company Radar on behalf of Tieto. The
report shows that the gap between top and bottom performers is
widening, where the good are getting better and the bad are
standing still. 13 percent of all organizations
have not started their cloud journey and can be regarded as
cloud "immature", while most (42 percent) are on a basic
level, 27 percent is
considered "proficient" and 18 percent are "mature",
the highest level of maturity.
"Cloud services have increasingly become an integral part of
effective IT operations across the Nordics. Cloud mature
organizations tend to see cloud as a strategic enabler to
cope with the dual challenge of optimising costs while at the same
time accelerating innovation and new revenues at a faster pace.
However, notably few are still using the full potential of cloud
services in this way", says Timo Ahomäki, Head of Cloud
Migration and Automation, Tieto.
The financial industry in the lead - public
sector reports the lowest maturity
Of the five main industry sectors covered by the survey, the
highest aggregated average cloud maturity is found in the financial
industry, as was the case in 2015 and 2017. The public
sector continues to report the lowest strategic and operational
maturity.
"The public sector has also grown more mature but is still
lagging behind, partly due to lack of in-house capabilities and
some challenges in attracting the right expertise to leverage
modern IT production forms and service models. This has become the
major obstacle to improvements in cloud maturity", says Timo
Ahomäki.
Environmental considerations on many organizations'
cloud agenda
Roughly one-half of the organizations are already considering
the environmental impact, such as energy consumption or CO2
emission, of their cloud strategy. Forty-four percent of cloud
mature organizations say that they are considering how their
strategy is impacting the environment, while only 14 percent of the
immature organizations provide the same answer. When asked if they
will start investigating environmental considerations in the
future, the share is 26 percent (mature organizations) and 33
percent (immature), while 30 percent and 48 percent respectively
state that this is not part of their cloud strategy at
all.
Legal jurisdictions and geographical location of data is
an issue for many organizations
When asked if legal jurisdiction and the
physical location of data is a barrier to
using more Cloud services, in average two out of five (38
percent) of all organizations stated that this is
the case. This is particularly important for Swedish
organizations (49 percent), compared to Finnish (33 percent)
and Norwegian (38 percent) organizations.
"The view on data sovereignty is quite
polarised at the moment, especially in Sweden, much due to many unclarities and
sometimes conflicting recommendations. The public sector's apparent
standstill in Sweden has become
the major obstacle to improvements in cloud maturity. With cloud
security guidelines in place, Finland is making good progress and is at the
forefront of the Nordic public sector", says Timo
Ahomäki.
Other findings in this year's Cloud
Maturity Index:
- All industries regardless of country show higher average levels
of maturity for every year. Norwegian organizations have increased
notably since 2017, and their average strategic maturity has
increased by 14 percent, surpassing Finnish
organizations.
- The highest perceived barriers for deploying cloud services
among less mature organisations are" security" and "regulatory
demands". The single greatest potential obstacle identified by
mature organisations is "Difficulty of integrating cloud services
with the existing portfolio".
- Cloud mature organizations average 20 percent lower costs in IT
operations by utilizing the benefits of Cloud services, and the IT
spend pool available for innovation is 29 percent larger than that
of their less mature peers.
- 62 percent of mature organizations have a cloud strategy in
place for SaaS (software as a service) procurement while only 19
percent of immature organizations do so.
About Cloud Maturity Index
Cloud Maturity Index is based on a survey and interviews with
283 decision-makers in the private and public sectors in
Sweden, Finland and Norway. It was conducted by research and
analyst company Radar on behalf of Tieto. This is the fourth time,
Tieto, together with Radar conducts the study looking at both
strategic and operational factors driving cloud maturity.
Related material:
Read more about Tieto's CMI webinar, open for
media and external
participants: https://www.tieto.com/cloudwebinar19
Download full
report: https://www.tieto.com/en/campaigns/2019/cloud-maturity-survey/
For additional information, please contact:
Erik Johannisson, Head of
marketing Clud and Infra, Tieto
Phone: +46 73 0825 813,
e-mail: erik.johannisson@tieto.com
Per Nordin, Communications
Manager, Tieto
Phone: +46 70 290 97
02, e-mail: per.nordin@tieto.com
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of the data-driven world and turn them into lifelong value for
people, business and society. We aim to be customers' first choice
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