CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES

Research into the usage and understanding of Cloud Technologies amongst SMEs.

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Please input a response to all questions to complete the survey. When ‘don’t know' or ‘not applicable’ is an input option this is shown on specific questions.

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* 1. Please enter your first name and surname.

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* 2. How do you preferred to be addressed? (Mr, Ms etc.)

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* 3. Please confirm the approximate size of your organisation. How many people work in your organisation?

1 to 24

25 to 50

51 to 250

251 to 500

501+

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* 4. Which sector does your business primarily operate in?

Construction

Professional, Scientific and Technical activities

Wholesale and Retail trade

Administrative and Support Services

Other Service activities

Human Health and Social Work activities

Transportation and Storage

Information and Communication

Education

Arts, Entertainment and Recreation

Manufacturing

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

Accommodation and Food Services

Other Production activities

Real Estate activities

Financial and Insurance activities

Other, if not listed (please specify)

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* 5. Thinking about your awareness of Cloud Computing and its use in your business, how would you describe your current understanding of it? Please tick the most applicable one.

you are unaware of Cloud Computing or its benefits

you have a limited understanding of it, but you do not currently use it in your business

you have a reasonable understanding of Cloud technology and its benefits, but it is not currently used in your business

you have started to use Cloud technology in your business and you are starting to realise its benefits

you use Cloud extensively across your business. You have a thorough understanding of Cloud (this is likely to include ‘scaling’ it to balance your capabilities and capacity in handling changing workloads)

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* 6. Which of these requirements would you say is the top business priority that Cloud could help you with currently?

cost reduction

increasing revenues, e.g. new digital workstreams or better customer experiences

advancing your business’ ESG goals (environmental, social and/or governance goals)

upgrading your IT system

focusing on your core business competencies, whilst you outsource other activities

enabling innovation in your business that would otherwise not be possible

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* 7. Which of these operational motivations do you consider is (or would be) the best reason for your business to use the Cloud?

the ease of accessing applications anytime and anywhere

the flexibility and agility Cloud offers with IT resources

improved IT efficiency

the scalability of Cloud, enabling increases/reduction in IT capacity in changing conditions

business continuity and the resilience of Cloud (with frequent back-ups and disaster recovery)

the opportunity it gives to eliminate, or reduce, investment in hardware, software and existing support services

the opportunity to reduce your reliance on legacy infrastructure

the environmentally friendly approach of the Cloud to IT

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* 8. If you use/plan to utilise Cloud technologies, what is (or would be) the primary purpose?

for a new product

for existing business operations

for a new venture

for another reason not specified in the survey

for a reason that is currently unknown

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* 9. Please rank these IT services or apps. Using the toggle buttons, please place the service you are most likely to outsource (or has been most beneficially outsourced) at the top, with the least likely service (or the least beneficial) to outsource at the bottom.

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* 10. Overall, which of these have you been, or are you, the most concerned about in adopting Cloud Computing?

‘Vendor lock-in’ (blocking cost-effective use of alternative Cloud providers)

reliability (inadequate initial ‘stress testing’, and/or intermittent service levels)

a lack of internal expertise and/or hireable talent (to initiate, expand or run Cloud)

managing and containing its costs (including migration and/or the running costs)

cybersecurity, and concern over data privacy and/or the liability of the provider with security incidents

interoperability (between different systems, devices, applications or products)

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* 11. In adopting Cloud Computing (whether previously, currently or in the future) who is or would be best placed to advise your business in facilitating this change?

Internal experts and IT

Cloud and Application Providers

Government Support Schemes

Independent Business Advisors or Management Consultants

An IT specialist Company

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* 12. Please enter your email address to receive a free copy of your Cloud business report.

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* 13. Please enter your phone number if you would be interested in speaking to someone from UKBA about your Cloud adoption strategy. If you do not please enter n/a in this section.

CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES

Research into the usage and understanding of Cloud Technologies amongst SMEs.

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* 1. Please enter your first name and surname.

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* 2. How do you preferred to be addressed? (Mr, Ms etc.)

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* 3. Please confirm the approximate size of your organisation. How many people work in your organisation?

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* 4. Which sector does your business primarily operate in?

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* 5. Thinking about your awareness of Cloud Computing and its use in your business, how would you describe your current understanding of it? Please tick the most applicable one.

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* 6. Which of these requirements would you say is the top business priority that Cloud could help you with currently?

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* 7. Which of these operational motivations do you consider is (or would be) the best reason for your business to use the Cloud?

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* 8. If you use/plan to utilise Cloud technologies, what is (or would be) the primary purpose?

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* 9. Please rank these IT services or apps. Using the toggle buttons, please place the service you are most likely to outsource (or has been most beneficially outsourced) at the top, with the least likely service (or the least beneficial) to outsource at the bottom.

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* 10. Overall, which of these have you been, or are you, the most concerned about in adopting Cloud Computing?

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* 11. In adopting Cloud Computing (whether previously, currently or in the future) who is or would be best placed to advise your business in facilitating this change?

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* 12. Please enter your email address to receive a free copy of your Cloud business report.

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* 13. Please enter your phone number if you would be interested in speaking to someone from UKBA about your Cloud adoption strategy. If you do not please enter n/a in this section.

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* 14. Please confirm the name of your organisation.