Germany goes full throttle into the cloud

Security remains a core requirement

Security is naturally an essential consideration for IT and business managers when migrating workloads to the cloud. Cloud providers are probably the companies most affected by cyberattacks because their size alone makes them an interesting target, but their security precautions are considered to be particularly robust.

This somewhat dialectical attitude is also reflected in the users. For more than 70% of those surveyed, cloud security plays an important or even decisive role, but while many companies expect a higher level of protection from outsourcing workloads to an external provider because they lack the necessary internal resources and skills, a comparable number fear that moving applications to different cloud domains will lead to technical friction and, above all, increased security risks.

AI becomes the dominant factor

So, what experiences have users had with their cloud migration projects, and what technical and strategic organizational challenges have they encountered? Not surprisingly, AI is playing an increasingly important role. In the study, more than half of companies use AI tools for data migration, and more than 44% say they use it to create analyses. AI also plays a significant role in the modernization or adaptation of workloads for cloud environments and code refactoring in connection with cloud migrations. But according to IT and business managers, the modernization of application platforms is still anything but a sure-fire success when it comes to transforming workloads into the cloud. Old legacy applications and proprietary software silos are still seen as major obstacles. The same applies to processing large amounts of data that’s necessary in the context of many cloud projects, not to mention the integration of cloud services into the existing IT landscape.