On-premises software set to remain most significant

Nicola Brittain, Computing, Friday 9 July 2010 at 17:41:00

But on-device and on-demand offerings are catching up

For many enterprise-level companies, on-premises software looks set to
continue to be the primary software model, according to a survey of CIOs
conducted by
SAP.

The survey questioned 25 UK companies with 1,000 or more employees about
their opinions on on-premises, on-demand and mobile deployment of software.

Some 61 per cent of new software investments are set to be on-premises over
the next 12 months according to the research, with companies continuing to
favour the control it provides.

There will be fewer on-premises deployments over the next three to five
years, with on-demand and on-device deployments making up a greater percentage
of the tech architecture.

In 12 months' time the split will be 66 per cent on-premises, 19 per cent
on-demand and 15 per cent on-device, from 47, 31, and 22 per cent now.

In three to five years' time companies see the split being 51 per cent
on-premises, 28 per cent on-demand and 21 per cent on-device.

The move to on-demand or cloud models is being driven by scalability ? cited
by 62 per cent of respondents. However, a third remained unconvinced or thought
that the benefits of cloud were not yet proven.

Some 72 per cent of organisations anticipate that more than a tenth of the
workforce will be mobile in three to five years' time compared with just under
half today ? with the main choices in terms of mobility still being the laptop
and the BlackBerry.

The iPad has already made a significant impact, with seven per cent of mobile
workers using it for business despite it being only three months old. Mobile
workers are described as employees who work remotely from home or outside the
office at least once a week.

Tim Noble, managing director at SAP UK and Ireland, said: The shift to
on-demand and on-device software is indicative of businesses' need for faster
deployment, access to real-time data and improved performance.?

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