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Making the Cloud Work Harder

Eight cloud challenges and how to overcome them

Published September 2017

Someone asks why you use the cloud. Do you point to cost reduction first, or agility and efficiencies? Whatever you’d say, a recent report throws doubt on the motivations businesses report for cloud adoption.

RightScale’s 2017 State of the Cloud survey paints a picture of cloud growth, but also of wasted spend and persistent concerns over security and expertise gaps. The survey of technical professionals indicates areas where fresh thinking is needed to maximise the cloud’s potential.

Here we unpick eight cloud challenges using headlines from RightScale’s survey, more of the latest evidence, plus Rackspace’s on-the-ground perspectives on helping businesses like yours get more out of the cloud