Compared to last year’s report, unsurprisingly security still tops the list of transformation obstacles with even higher importance this year— 42% of respondents across Europe reported security related challenges. Costs and lack of in-house expertise were cited by more than one-third of respondents (36%), closely followed by complexity (35%).
The report also found that the move to cloud has, more specifically, been the move to multi-cloud. On average, nearly half (49%) of the respondents said they operate in a multi-cloud set-up of two cloud service providers, whilst a third already have three providers. Only 13% are currently using one cloud provider. Country by country there are differences in cloud diversity. Sweden (52%) and the Netherlands (42%) are the most diversified, having already moved to three cloud service providers, followed by the UK with 30%. In Italy and Germany, most respondents operate with two cloud providers. The biggest challenge faced in a multi-cloud set-up (36%) is securing them.