Sponsored by: 1 The State of Corporate A Survey of IT Professionals October 2013

Sponsored by: 22 Key Findings Concerns about migration slowing cloud adoption 59% have not migrated because of concerns about data loss High data fidelity, minimizing data loss, and minimizing downtime key to successful migration Concerns about migration slowing cloud adoption 59% have not migrated because of concerns about data loss High data fidelity, minimizing data loss, and minimizing downtime key to successful migration collaboration remains business critical 71% describe as mission critical to corporate operations 81% say is most important tool for employee communication collaboration remains business critical 71% describe as mission critical to corporate operations 81% say is most important tool for employee communication Cloud adoption prevalent, but on-premise not gone 46% use a SaaS or cloud-based solution 86% host on-premise 51% of those not on cloud today are thinking about migrating Cloud adoption prevalent, but on-premise not gone 46% use a SaaS or cloud-based solution 86% host on-premise 51% of those not on cloud today are thinking about migrating

Sponsored by: 33 Research Goal The goal of this survey was to quantify trends with corporate systems in large companies. Goals and Methodology Methodology An online survey was sent to a database of IT professionals responsible for corporate . Dell Software was not revealed as the survey sponsor. Participants A total of 202 IT professionals participated in the survey. All had responsibility for administration, implementation, or architecture of corporate systems at companies with more than 1000 employees.

Sponsored by: 44 Participant Demographics Company Size Industry Role with Company

Sponsored by: 5 DETAILED FINDINGS

Sponsored by: 6 How would you describe the importance of to your company's operations? How would you describe the importance of to your company's operations? Majority describe as mission critical

Sponsored by: 7 Please rank the following types of employee communication in order of their importance as a business communication tool. is the most important tool for employee communication First Choice Weighted Ranking

Sponsored by: 8 Do your business applications send as part of the workflow (i.e. expense approvals, reporting, notifications)? Do your business applications send as part of the workflow (i.e. expense approvals, reporting, notifications)? 95% report is a function of business application workflow

Sponsored by: 9 Do employees store sensitive or confidential data in their corporate inboxes? 86% say employees keep sensitive information in corporate inboxes

Sponsored by: 10 How does your organization host corporate systems today? Choose all that apply. Cloud adoption prevalent, but on-premise hasn’t been replaced 14% cloud (SaaS or IaaS) only

Sponsored by: 11 Do you have any plans to migrate your corporate to the cloud? Half of those not on cloud today are thinking about migrating n= do not currently have cloud

Sponsored by: 12 Why have you not migrated to a corporate cloud solution yet? Choose all that apply. Concerns about data loss slowing adoption of cloud n=thinking about migrating to cloud

Sponsored by: 13 Why have you decided to continue to use an on-premise system? Choose all that apply. Why have you decided to continue to use an on-premise system? Choose all that apply. Control and security concerns main reasons for staying with on-premise n= no plans to adopt cloud

Sponsored by: 14 What was the primary driver for your most recent upgrade or improvement to your corporate system? Choose the one answer that most closely applies. What was the primary driver for your most recent upgrade or improvement to your corporate system? Choose the one answer that most closely applies. upgrades primarily driven by need for more functionality “Other” answers included technical issues with existing on-premise software. “Other” answers included technical issues with existing on-premise software.

Sponsored by: 15 What is your corporate on-premise platform? Choose all that apply. What is your corporate on-premise platform? Choose all that apply. Exchange dominates on-premise n= use on-premise

Sponsored by: 16 What type of cloud-based does your company use or what type of cloud-based does your company plan to use? Choose all that apply. What type of cloud-based does your company use or what type of cloud-based does your company plan to use? Choose all that apply. Office 365 most commonly used cloud-based n= use or plan to use cloud 89% of those who have Office 365 or are planning to move to Office 365 have Exchange as their on-premise system.

Sponsored by: 17 How does your company plan to migrate to cloud-based or how did your company migrate to your current cloud-based ? Choose all that apply. How does your company plan to migrate to cloud-based or how did your company migrate to your current cloud-based ? Choose all that apply. migrations done primarily by in-house resources n= use or plan to use cloud

Sponsored by: 18 If you were to describe your ideal solution for migrating from an on-premise system to a cloud-based system, which of the following capabilities would be most important? Choose two of the following. If you were to describe your ideal solution for migrating from an on-premise system to a cloud-based system, which of the following capabilities would be most important? Choose two of the following. Data and downtime key considerations when migrating

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