Exit this survey Cloud Survey Question Title * 1. What is your role within your company? IT Manager Developer Systems Admin CIO Other Question Title * 2. What is your job title? Staff Manager Director Executive Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. How long have you worked in an IT role? 0-3 years 4-7 years 8-10 years 11-15 years 15+ years Question Title * 4. Which IT areas do you manage? (check all that apply) System Administration Network Management & Monitoring Storage / SAN Monitoring Virtualisation Database Management Helpdesk Applications Development Question Title * 5. What is the approximate number of employees in your organisation? 0-50 51-1000 1000-5000 >5000 Question Title * 6. What is the size of your IT environment? Small (<100 systems) Medium (100-300 systems) Large (300-1000 systems) Extra Large (>1000 systems) Question Title * 7. If you are using Cloud, for what purposes are you using it? Deploying existing applications (e.g.using Rackspace Cloud Servers) Data storage/backup (e.g. using Amazon S3) Developing new applications (e.g. using Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure) Software as a service applications (e.g. Salesforce, NetSuite, GoogleApps, etc.) I am not using Cloud Other (please specify) Question Title * 8. If you are assessing or evaluating cloud, for what purposes are you considering its use? Deploying existing applications (e.g. using Rackspace Cloud Servers) Data storage/backup (e.g. using Amazon S3) Developing new applications (e.g. using Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure) Software as a service apps (e.g. Salesforce, NetSuite, GoogleApps, etc.) I do not plan to use Cloud Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. What cloud verticals are you working in, and what applications? Private cloud Public cloud Hybrid cloud IaaS PaaS Saas Question Title * 10. Which cloud vendors’ solutions have you assessed/evaluated? Question Title * 11. Which cloud vendors’ solutions have you implemented, are implementing, or plan to implement? Question Title * 12. What do you see as the biggest hurdles to cloud use? Security Control Reliability Future-proofing Other (please specify) Question Title * 13. What percentage of your key applications will be deployed on cloud next year? 0-10% 11-30% 31-50% 51-80% 81-100% N/A Question Title * 14. Why did you move to the cloud? Cost Scalability Ease of Deployment Question Title * 15. What do you think will be the biggest cloud management challenge? Implementing Chargeback Managing performance contention Implementing a self-service portal Automating the end-to-end process Getting business acceptance Question Title * 16. What hypervisor or virtualisation vendors will you use in the next year for private cloud management? (check all that apply) VMware Citrix Microsoft KVM Openstack Other (please specify) Question Title * 17. To enter the Techworld Australia Cloud Survey competition to win an 16GB iPad Wi-Fi + 4G valued at approximately $679, answer the following question in 25 words or less: What do you think will be the biggest driver of Cloud adoption? This is an optional question and a game of skill.For detailed terms & conditions refer to http://www.techworld.com.au/article/418010/techworld_australia_2011_cloud_survey_competition_terms_conditions Question Title * 18. If you participated in the competition, please enter your emai and contact telephone number so we can be in touch if you are selected as the winner Done