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Welcome!
Because the cloud computing movement continues to pose profound questions to the IT industry, MPS Partners is committed to keeping a pulse on its evolution. We have once again teamed up with Microsoft to explore the progress, development and impacts of the
cloud by conducting a pulse survey in order to measure the response of IT leaders and find out if the forecast has changed since our last survey. We’re wondering what you think:
Is cloud computing the next revolutionary change to the world of IT as many are predicting?
We invite you to express your opinion through this brief 16-question survey dedicated to exploring the opportunities, technologies and challenges of cloud computing. We appreciate and value your insights and will keep all responses confidential.
We look forward to sharing our findings with you. Thank you for your participation!
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Chris Kabat at
chris.kabat@mpspartners.com.
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What is your company’s annual revenue?
| $0 – $50 million |
| $51 – $100 million |
| $101 – $500 million |
| $501 – $750 million |
| $751 million – $1 billion |
| Over $1.1 billion |
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How many people does your company employ?
| 100 or less |
| 101 – 250 employees |
| 251 – 500 employees |
| 501 – 1000 employees |
| 1001 – 1500 employees |
| 1501 – 2500 employees |
| 2501 – 5000 employees |
| More than 5001 employees |
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In your opinion, which of the following best explains cloud computing? To provide your own definition, please select “Other” and fill in the blank provided.
| Outsourced Infrastructure (Infrastructure as a Service) |
| Outsourced Applications (Software as a Service) |
| Outsourced Platforms (Platform as a Service) |
| Outsourced High Performance Computing |
| I don’t know |
| Other, please specify |
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Does your IT organization currently have a cloud computing strategy?
| Yes (skip to question 6) |
| No |
| I don’t know (skip to question 8) |
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If you answered “no” to question number four, when will your organization begin implementing a cloud computing strategy?
| Within the next 6 months |
| 6 to 12 months from now |
| 1 to 2 years from now |
| 3 or more years from now |
| We have no short- or long-term plans to implement a cloud computing strategy |
| I don’t know |
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If you answered “yes” to question number four, when did your organization implement its cloud computing strategy?
| Less than 6 months ago |
| 6 to 12 months ago |
| Over 1 year ago |
| I don’t know |
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If you answered “yes” to question number four, please indicate how your company utilizes cloud computing. Select all that apply.
| For e-mail and calendaring |
| For collaboration |
| For CRM and sales force automation |
| For trading partner integration (EDI, AS2 – VANs) |
| For high performance computing and calculations |
| Other, please specify |
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The following is a list of the main business reasons IT leaders give for adopting cloud computing. Please rank them by importance with 1 being “Of little importance” and 5 being “Extremely important.”
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| The low upfront investment |
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| The low total cost of ownership |
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| The rapid speed to market |
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| Greater functionality for less money |
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| More capacity for less money |
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| Extra processing for peak seasons |
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| Ease of application deployment |
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What do you think the greatest hurdles are to launching cloud computing? Select all that apply.
| Education |
| Application requirements (i.e. required features are not available yet) |
| Funding |
| Technical skills |
| I don’t know |
| Other, please specify |
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From an IT leadership perspective, what are your biggest concerns with cloud computing? Select all that apply.
| Security |
| Scalability |
| Long-term cost |
| Support |
| I don’t know |
| Other, please specify |
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In your opinion, how much should an internal Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) strategy influence a cloud integration strategy?
| The strategies should be one in the same |
| The strategies should be slightly different |
| The strategies should be separate and significantly different |
| There should be little to no relation at all between the two strategies |
| I don’t know |
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In your opinion, how important are Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) principles to cloud computing?
| Very important |
| Somewhat important |
| Not very important |
| Not at all important |
| I don’t know |
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Does your organization use any of the following middleware products for EAI or SOA? Select all that apply.
| SAP PI |
| IBM WebSphere |
| Microsoft Application Platform (Windows App Fabric, BizTalk Server) |
| Oracle ESB |
| Sonic ESB |
| I don’t know |
| Other, please specify |
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In your opinion, which middleware products are better equipped for integration with the cloud? Select all that apply.
| SAP PI |
| IBM WebSphere |
| Microsoft Application Platform (Windows App Fabric, BizTalk Server) |
| Oracle ESB |
| Sonic ESB |
| I don’t know |
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The following is a list of cloud computing platform vendors. Based on your experience and knowledge of the platforms, please rank them with 1 being “Ineffective”
and 5 being “Extremely effective.”
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| Amazon Cloud |
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| Google |
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| SalesForce |
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| Windows Azure |
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How much do you predict cloud computing will change IT operations over the next 10 years?
| It will revolutionize IT operations and service delivery |
| It will have a strong impact |
| It’s a natural migration that will have positive, but not dramatic impact |
| I see cloud computing having little impact on IT operations over the long-term |
| I don’t know |
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