To determine if the cloud applications are actually impacting the business of organizations and improving their operational efficiency, Oracle surveyed 1,355 senior decision-makers and executives from companies across the globe along with market research firm, Dynamic Markets. The results of "Cloud for Business Managers: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" report showed that the majority of businesses around the world have not yet adequately integrated their cloud applications across their business functions and also highlighted the need for a broad set of integrated cloud applications to help organizations reduce operational inefficiencies and innovation challenges.
With the increasing usage of mobile gadgets, the usability of business applications on mobile devices is becoming a key concern. 44% Indian executives are disappointed by the nonavailability of cloud apps on mobile phones.
Shailender Kumar, VP, Fusion Middleware, Oracle India, said, "According to our survey, integration and usability come to the forefront as the key issues troubling Indian CIOs when it comes to cloud. Oracle’s Cloud portfolio has been built precisely to address these issues. It offers integrated cloud solutions for the whole enterprise. This is a unique capability which means that our customers can source all of their cloud requirements from one place and deliver integrated processes across all their lines of business with limited downtime and minimal costs."
The other key findings of the report revealed that irrespective of an organization’s cloud adoption status, 74% companies have a cloud strategy in place and are prepared to take the leap into cloud. 78% of companies that use cloud applications say their ability to innovate using their cloud apps has been hindered in some way.
