In its 12th year, Foundry’s Cloud Computing Study was conducted to measure cloud trends among technology decision-makers around the globe. The research includes adoption and spending plans, business drivers, challenges, and top cloud growth areas, such as artificial intelligence.
What you will learn
- Why AI is the top growth driver for cloud investments in 2025, with two‑thirds of IT leaders prioritizing AI/ML platforms.
- How cloud adoption fuels ROI, with 71% of organizations reporting revenue gains from cloud capabilities.
- The rise of hybrid and multicloud architectures, their benefits (cost savings, flexibility, performance), and the complexity they introduce.
- Persistent challenges including unpredictable costs, security and compliance gaps, migration headaches, and the shortage of skilled cloud professionals.
- The push‑and‑pull of cloud strategies, as enterprises both build cloud‑native apps and move workloads back on‑premises for cost, compliance, and reliability reasons.
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