This statistic shows the breakdown of current or future cloud application and infrastructure utilization among technology decision-makers from 2011 to 2020. In 2020, 81 percent of technology decision-makers indicated that their company already made use of at least one cloud application or relied on some cloud infrastructure.
What are your organization's plans for utilizing computing infrastructure or applications via the cloud?
Characteristic
Have at least one application or a portion of our computing infrastructure in the cloud
Plan to use cloud-based applications and/or computing infrastructure via the cloud within the next 12 months
Plan to use cloud-based applications and/or computing infrastructure via the cloud within 1 to 3 years
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Are involved in the purchase process for cloud computing and their organization has, or plans to have, at least one application, or a portion of their infrastructure, in the cloud. 95 percent of respondents are from the United States.
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Online survey
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IDG Research Services. (June 8, 2020). What are your organization's plans for utilizing computing infrastructure or applications via the cloud? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/487961/enterprise-cloud-infrastructure-and-application-utilization/
IDG Research Services. "What are your organization's plans for utilizing computing infrastructure or applications via the cloud?." Chart. June 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/487961/enterprise-cloud-infrastructure-and-application-utilization/
IDG Research Services. (2020). What are your organization's plans for utilizing computing infrastructure or applications via the cloud?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/487961/enterprise-cloud-infrastructure-and-application-utilization/
IDG Research Services. "What Are Your Organization's Plans for Utilizing Computing Infrastructure or Applications via The Cloud?." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/487961/enterprise-cloud-infrastructure-and-application-utilization/
IDG Research Services, What are your organization's plans for utilizing computing infrastructure or applications via the cloud? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/487961/enterprise-cloud-infrastructure-and-application-utilization/ (last visited April 20, 2025)
What are your organization's plans for utilizing computing infrastructure or applications via the cloud? [Graph], IDG Research Services, June 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/487961/enterprise-cloud-infrastructure-and-application-utilization/
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