Cloud | Europe
Key Findings
Cloud computing deployment models #
About 40% of the respondents believe a single cloud deployment strategy is the right way to go for a new application.
![Preferred deployment strategy for a new application - EU](http://img.site24x7static.com/images/survey/preferred-cloud-deployment-model-north-america.png)
Public cloud providers #
As far as the cloud providers used by organizations, Microsoft Azure takes the top spot with a majority response of 73%.
![Public cloud providers used - EU](http://img.site24x7static.com/images/survey/public-cloud-vendor-north-america.png)
Cloud migration priorities #
59% of the respondents reported ease of management as the top factor in cloud migration, closely followed by scalability (55%).
![Top priorities in cloud shift - EU](http://img.site24x7static.com/images/survey/factors-driving-cloud-migration-north-america.png)
Tech stacks #
A wide range of choices among the technologies. With public cloud topping the list, followed by containers.
![Technology stacks used to build applications - EU](http://img.site24x7static.com/images/survey/technology-stacks-north-america.png)
PaaS services #
58% of respondents report that they use database-related PaaS services, followed by storage (53%) and CDN-related services (44%)
![Type of PaaS services used - EU](http://img.site24x7static.com/images/survey/pass-services-north-america.png)
Cloud computing challenges #
Optimizing costs and ensuring security are both (49%) the primary challenges in public cloud computing.
![Cloud challenges faced - EU](http://img.site24x7static.com/images/survey/public-cloud-challenges-north-america.png)
Cloud cost management #
64% of respondents reported they set budgets and controls to lower costs, followed by right sizing (54%)
![How organizations are optimizing costs? - EU](http://img.site24x7static.com/images/survey/cloud-cost-optimization-north-america.png)