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Skill Deficit is the Biggest Barrier for Indian Entities' Cloud Transformation
IBM’s market research report says that the biggest barrier for Indian entities on their way towards cloud transformation is skill deficit, followed by compliance requirements and cyber security threats.
The survey participants comprised 3,014 IT and business professionals, including over 250 from India, in companies with annual revenue over $ 500 million who have deep knowledge of their organization's Cloud strategy.
The report indicates that 76 percent of respondents perceive it hard to fathom the complete potential of a digital transformation without having a solid hybrid cloud strategy in place. 39 percent of Indian respondents say that they have proven the benefits of cloud and are now focused on using it more fully.
Despite high regard for cloud adoption, lack of required skills, regulatory and security concerns are said to be adversely slowing down the pace of transformation in India.
"As potential security gaps can cause third and fourth party risks to loom, respondents say cyber security (50 percent) and data governance (49 percent) are the top challenges to fully integrating their business ecosystem into the cloud," states the report
"When it comes to managing their cloud applications, 66 percent of respondents say their team lacks the skills needed to be proficient. This is a major roadblock to innovation, with more than a quarter of respondents saying skills and talent shortages are impeding their business's cloud objectives. 39 per cent of respondents say a lack of technical skills is holding them back from integrating ecosystem partners into cloud environments," according to the report.
"57 per cent of respondents believe that ensuring compliance in the cloud is currently too difficult and 33 per cent cite regulatory compliance issues as a key barrier for integrating workloads across private and public IT environments," the report noted.
According to the survey report, security concerns can even hold organizations back from unlocking the full potential of partnerships.
"As potential security gaps can cause third and fourth party risks to loom, respondents say cyber security (50 per cent) and data governance (49 percent) are the top challenges to fully integrating their business ecosystem into the cloud," states the report.
