The report explores the thinking of 750 global cloud decision-makers and users about the public, private and multi-cloud market. It shares their current and future cloud strategies, often showing year-over-year (YoY) changes to help identify trends. And it offers perspective on how some trends have changed over the years. The survey began in the first quarter of 2020 during the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak spreading outside of China.

This tenth annual Flexera 2021 State of the Cloud Report (previously known as the RightScale State of the Cloud Report) delves into the details of what respondents had to say to reveal what’s happening with all things cloud—from spend allocation to cost management to strategies. Leveraging this data can help IT professionals plan the next steps of their cloud journey. The report explores the thinking of 750 global cloud decision-makers and users about the public, private and multi-cloud market. It shares their current and future cloud strategies, often showing year-over-year (YoY) changes to help identify trends.

The survey tapped 750 IT professionals and executive leaders worldwide representing a broad cross-section of industries and context areas in the winter of 2022. Flexera sources participants from an independent panel that is rigorously maintained and is comprised of vetted respondents with detailed profiles. At numerous points throughout the report, we’ve provided our own interpretation of the data as Flexera Points of View.

High-functioning enterprises increasingly rely on ITAM practitioners to tackle new and evolving challenges. Saving money has increasingly become ITAM teams’ number one initiative, but new responsibilities don’t end there. FinOps teams, central cloud teams, security teams, ESG (environmental, social and governance) teams, ITSM teams and enterprise architecture teams are improving their business outcomes by leveraging data from ITAM teams and tools. This year’s survey is weighted more heavily toward larger companies, with 89% of respondents in organizations with more than 2,000 employees and 14% in organizations with more than 50,000 employees.

As digital transformation and workload migration continue at a higher pace than ever, cloud technologies are also rapidly growing in importance. Executive teams are focused on modernisation to meet the new expectations of users and customers while also being positioned to take advantage of new commercial opportunities. Now is the time to ensure your ITAM is well aligned to help these initiatives succeed.

The eleventh annual Flexera 2022 State of the Cloud Report (previously known as the RightScale State of the Cloud Report) explores the thinking of 753 respondents from a survey conducted in late 2021. It highlighted year-over-year (YoY) changes to help identify trends. The respondents global cloud decision-makers and users-revealed their experiences and insights about the public, private and multi-cloud market.

The report evaluates the responses of 465 global IT professionals who manage, advise, and participate in ITAM, SAM, and HAM activities in organizations of 1,000 or more employees. The insights gleaned from these responses provide vision into the strategic initiatives across these ITAM practices and practitioners.

Advice for CIOs building strategic initiatives around digital transformation.

The annual Vulnerability Review analyzes the evolution of software security from a vulnerability perspective. The review presents global data on the prevalence of vulnerabilities and the availability of patches, maps the security threats to IT infrastructures, and also explores vulnerabilities in the 50 most popular applications on private PCs.

This paper seeks to help organizations understand the future of Software Asset Management.