Companies affected by cloud problems learn from the incidents and establish plans for future emergencies, according to a BITKOM survey.
81 percent of companies in Germany use cloud computing, with 39 percent reporting individual outages in the past twelve months. Even though 55 percent of the companies surveyed by the digital association BITKOM reported no cloud problems, corresponding emergency plans have not yet been established across the board.
Renegotiated, changed provider
However, according to the survey, companies are learning from past incidents. Virtually all companies that were affected by cloud disruptions subsequently created an emergency plan. And almost half (48 percent) renegotiated their cloud contracts, and just over a third (37 percent) subsequently switched to multi-cloud, making additional cloud infrastructure available, it says.
Cloud services are obtained from different providers, the BITKOM analysis shows. A tenth of those affected subsequently changed cloud providers. “The reliability of many cloud offerings is close to 100 percent. However, precautions should be taken as part of a cloud strategy just in case,” emphasizes BITKOM cloud expert Lukas Klingholz.
Source: www.com-magazin.de
