Irish IT managers are ready to embrace cloud computing technologies as an integral part of their IT infrastructure, according to a survey conducted among the membership of the Irish Software Innovation Network (ISIN).
Some with 70% of respondents indicated that cloud services will add the most strategic value to their business over the coming 12 months.
Seventy one per cent of those surveyed feel that they are already equipped to roll out cloud computing services within their companies, indicating that Ireland’s IT workforce is forward looking and well equipped with the skills to embrace cloud services. Furthermore, 92% see cloud computing as an opportunity for the existing in-house IT department to become more strategic and focus less on tactical day to day tasks.
Business agility was cited by 57% of respondents as the main driver behind introducing mobility technologies for employees.
The survey was carried out by Citrix Ireland amongst members of the ISIN, and according to Paul Sweetman, director, Irish Software Association (ISA), are very encouraging.
"It’s fantastic to see that so many of our members see the value that the cloud can add to their business. Businesses who have already introduced cloud computing have found that they have become more efficient and cost effective," said Sweetman.
"Consumerisation and cloud computing are becoming a part of our everyday lives whether we realise it or not," said Grace O’Rourke Veitch, Country Manager, Citrix Ireland. "Employees are driving the demand for cloud technologies that will give them greater flexibility in their working lives and the ability to work from anywhere at any time. The latest study shows that Ireland’s IT departments are reacting to this demand and embracing this new trend."
"Whilst Ireland’s IT managers see the benefits of cloud technologies and mobile working solutions, most interestingly the pressure for change is actually coming from employees and not the board or the IT team. Ireland is arguably the cloud capital of Europe, having already attracted many of the world’s leading data centres and cloud application developers to locate here, and whilst IT managers are quick to transition to cloud technologies, there is the secondary pressure from employees to completely transform the workplace for the better."
ISIN is a special interest group managed by the ISA and funded by Enterprise Ireland, that works with technology companies to increase cooperation in research and innovation with third level institutes.
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