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Leading benefits of cloud-based IT services North America/EMEA 2017

Leading drivers of moving workloads to cloud services, in North America and Europe, as of 2017

The data illustrates the leading drivers of moving workloads to cloud-based services, according to a 2017 survey of IT professionals in North America and Europe. As of 2017, 42% of respondents highlighted the ability of cloud services to provide access to data anywhere as one of the top drivers of moving workloads to the cloud.

Provide access to data anywhere 42
Enhance disaster recovery capabilities 38
Enable better flexibility/scalability 37
Reduce support burden on IT staff 36
Reduce capital expenditures 28
Improve data security 26
Increase storage capacity 26