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WESTERN EUROPE SPLIT
BETWEEN PROGRESSIVES AND
CONSERVATIVES, FINDS NEW
CLARANET RESEARCH
Claranet’s latest research report – Innovation in
European IT – has revealed a split in Western
Europe between countries and the ways in which
they manage their IT, with IT leaders reporting
clear disparities in their use of cloud, DevOps and
application update frequency.
While France, Spain and the Benelux are leading
the charge on these progressive IT practices, the UK,
Germany and Portugal appear to be lagging behind
and are more resistant to change.
Formally launched at Cloud Expo Europe,
the research, which surveyed 900 IT decision
makers from the UK, France, Germany, Spain,
Portugal and the Benelux, from a range of midmarket organisations, examines the ways in which
businesses manage and host their applications.
Key findings from the research include:
2 per cent of applications in Benelux and 64 per
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cent in France are hosted in the cloud, compared
to only around half in the UK, Germany and
Portugal (50 per cent, 55 per cent and 47 per
cent respectively).
The DevOps adoption rates in the UK (26 per
cent), Germany (28 per cent) and Portugal (28 per
cent) trail those reported in Benelux and France
(44 per cent and 38 per cent respectively).
Just 34 per cent of Portuguese and 40 per cent
of UK applications are updated every week,
significantly lower than in Benelux (61 per cent)
and Spain (56 per cent).
Charles Nasser, founder and CEO for Claranet,
commented, ‘Businesses need to constantly transform
themselves and innovate to stay relevant, or risk
being overtaken by new, more disruptive businesses.
While European businesses are increasingly adopting
innovative practices, with greater levels of public cloud
and DevOps adoption being reported than a year ago,
it is clear that some countries are further along in their
transformations than others.’
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