The future is looking cloudy for cloud hosting providers, according to a new survey from colocation datacenter provider Asanti of 100 senior IT decision-makers in the UK. The report found that 67% of those surveyed are turning to a hybrid hosting model that includes both on-site resources and cloud services.
A hybrid approach is a marked shift from the purely cloud-based strategy that has marked many business plans in recent years. Almost all of the decision-makers regret the exclusive use of public cloud services. Only 6% said they wouldn't change their cloud-first strategy were they able to go back in time. The other 94% cite aggravating obstacles during and after switching to the cloud that made it not worth the headache.
