Risks of cloud technology adoption 2016

The statistic reveals the top challenges behind cloud technology adoption according to chief information officers (CIOs) worldwide, as of 2016. As of that time, 49 percent of respondents identified data loss and privacy risks as one of the top challenges when adopting cloud technology.

Challenges when using or adopting cloud technology worldwide, as of 2016

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Data loss and privacy risks	49%
Integration with existing architecture	47%
Governance over cloud solutions	36%
Legal and regulatory compliance issues	35%
Making the business case/ROI	23%
Picking the right cloud service provider (CSP)	19%
Impact on IT organization	17%
Loss of control over IT services	14%
Choosing the right model (e.g., IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS)	14%
Concerns over business continuity / disaster recovery	12%

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Release date

May 2016

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

December 12, 2015 to April 10, 2016

Number of respondents

3,352 respondents

Special properties

CIOs and IT leaders across 82 countries

Supplementary notes

The question was phrased by the source as follows: "What are your top three biggest challenges when adopting cloud?"
Multiple responses were possible.

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