Executives were asked a variety of questions about their cloud footprint today, migration strategies, advantages and obstacles encountered in cloud adoption, and their future plans for cloud. In China, a Cloud by McKinsey survey of 278 decision makers found that the average percent of workloads hosted in public cloud was around 30 percent. Compute and storage make up the majority of cloud services used (29 percent and 32 percent, respectively). Strong indicators for increased cloud adoption in AfricaWhile preferences for future cloud adoption are not necessarily predictive, they are useful indicators of companies’ priorities. Only 10 percent of respondents said that the legal and policy requirements currently in place support cloud adoption.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 18, 2024 16:06 UTC