SolarWinds, a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management
software, today revealed the results from SolarWinds' Cloud Computing and BYOD
Study, ("the study"), which looked into the adoption of today's key technology
trends -- namely Cloud Computing and BYOD -- amongst SMEs.
The study, comprising 500 IT decision makers at SMEs across the UK and
Germany, found that almost half of UK SMEs do not have a BYOD policy and of
those that do permit it to some extent (a quarter), said it goes unmanaged by
the IT department. When it comes to Cloud Computing, over a third of UK
organisations do not plan to adopt a cloud solution of any kind.
This is the second in a series of survey results from SolarWinds that
demonstrates while the benefits of such technology trends have been championed
by larger enterprises, SMEs are still yet to embrace its far-reaching benefits,
despite standing to gain the most from BYOD and the Cloud.
Key findings include:
Cloud Computing
- Over a third of UK-based SMEs have no plans in place to adopt a
cloud policy
- 39 per cent of UK IT decision makers said that they do not trust cloud
solutions -- citing ease of access as the main concern
- A following 33 per cent are unaware of the benefits that cloud computing can
bring to their organisation and consider the cloud irrelevant to their
business
BYOD
- Almost half (47 per cent) of those in the UK said that they
don't have a BYOD policy in place
- Of these businesses yet to adopt BYOD, 58 per cent said that it was not
necessary for their business and 42 per cent consider it as a security risk
- The third most selected reason for not having yet adopted a BYOD policy was
lack of access to the right tools for implementing and enforcing a suitable
policy
"The benefits of Cloud Computing and BYOD have long been heralded for
improving business flexibility, agility and results. In an era where SMEs are
under more financial pressure than ever before and struggling to compete with
global counterparts, these technologies offer the SME -- the backbone of the UK
economy -- a scalable and cost-effective solution," said Sanjay Castelino, VP
and Market Leader, SolarWinds. "Our mission at SolarWinds has always been to
equip businesses of all sizes, with the right tools to get the job done and help
them work as effectively and efficiently as possible."
The study was conducted in March 2013. Both
full
survey results and a
blog
post highlighting the findings are available.