{"id":6770,"date":"2016-11-03T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=6770"},"modified":"2016-10-02T09:31:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T17:31:16","slug":"cloud-computing-and-saas-saas-takes-on-ever-greater-percentages-of-it-budgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/cloud-computing-and-saas-saas-takes-on-ever-greater-percentages-of-it-budgets\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing and SaaS: SaaS Takes on Ever Greater Percentages of IT Budgets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ey.com\/us\/en\/services\/transactions\/about-transaction-advisory-services\">Ernst and Young Transaction Advisory Service<\/a> recently performed a survey of nearly 200 IT managers and CIOs.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/cloud\/software-as-a-service\/saas-use-by-the-numbers\/a\/d-id\/1327029\">The survey found <\/a>that SaaS is increasingly being used by businesses and is expected to take a growing share of the IT budget.<\/p>\n<p>IT professionals were asked their opinion of IT:<\/p>\n<p><strong>50 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Supports SaaS enthusiastically, even if it was originally adopted by shadow IT<br \/>\n<strong>25 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Supports the status quo, SaaS or otherwise<br \/>\n<strong>25 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Prefers traditional IT and wants to shut down any SaaS initiatives<\/p>\n<p>How much of the total company IT budget is controlled directly by IT?:<br \/>\nNow &#8211; <strong>75 percent<\/strong><br \/>\nFuture &#8211; <strong>66 percent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What percent of your server, storage and network management infrastructure is in SaaS?:<br \/>\nNow &#8211;<strong> 5-15 percent<\/strong><br \/>\nFuture &#8211; <strong>40-50 percent<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"lightsocial_container\"><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" 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