The cloud has arrived in IT and has taken a prominent position. One important pillar is Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). IaaS is becoming a more regular term in IT. Although not as accepted as common knowledge in comparison to the other major pillar of cloud SaaS. To what extent is IaaS adopted within organizations in the Netherlands? Why do organizations opt for IaaS? Why not? Accenture conducted a survey among 150+ organizations and the results can be found in this Factsheet.

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The ability to adopt to new innovations is a key capability for the future of any
organization. The ability to scale up or down the supporting infrastructure is an
important part of enabling this flexibility. In the traditional world provisioning
infrastructure is a time-consuming exercise, spanning weeks or months, with long-
term investments at its core. In today’s digital world, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
is the answer to adapt to these increasingly demanding needs. IaaS provides the agility
to quickly scale up or down the computing power when needed. IaaS allows
organizations to self-provision the needed resources on a pay-per-use basis, removing
the requirement of up-front investments.
In a survey held end of 2016, we asked organizations about their IaaS adoption. More
than half of the surveyed companies have already selected a public IaaS provider. The
results indicate that companies choose IaaS for TCO reductions, flexibility and the
quicker implementation timelines. IaaS is more prevalent among larger organizations.
IaaS solutions are mainly revolving around new projects and innovations as well as
hosting development and test environments. This indicates a market that is still
relatively new, and requires maturing in the understanding of the security and
compliance aspects. By 2020 companies expect nearly 50% of the production
applications and data to reside in the public cloud.

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Accenture has recently conducted an IaaS survey in the Netherlands among large public and
private organizations. The goal of this survey was to have a better understanding of the
adoption rate of IaaS solutions and the current thinking around certain IaaS topics within all
types of organizations.
• The market for public IaaS is highly fragmented, almost half of the companies did not select
a public IaaS vendor (yet).
• Public IaaS adoption is more prevalent among larger organizations. 66% of organizations
with more than 10,000 employees have selected a public IaaS vendor versus 50% of
organizations with less than 10,000 employees
• 79% of the companies is considering IaaS. Hosting IaaS in a private datacenter is the most
preferred option. However, most companies indicated they consider several hosting options
pending on the purpose.
No
46%
Amazon
9%
Azure
17%
Google
4%
IBM
2%
Oracle
9%
Other
13%
Has your company selected a public
IaaS vendor?
Is your company thinking about
infrastructure as a service?*
Key Facts
*) Multiple answers were possible
44%
29% 28%
21%
Yes, in
private data
center
Yes, in
public data
center
Yes, In data
center of a
partner
No

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• Current IaaS use cases
revolve around new projects
and innovations and the lift
and shift of development
and test environments.
• Lift and shift of production
applications is lagging
behind the lift and shift of
development and test
applications, however the
projected adoption of
production applications by
2020 shows the growth
potential.
• Archiving data is the least
sought after IaaS use case
today, however companies
estimate that half of their
data will be on public IaaS
by 2020.
• Companies estimate that
roughly half of their data
and production applications
is on public IaaS by 2020. It
is estimated that more then
half of new projects and
development and test
applications will be on
public IaaS by 2020.
Is your company implementing / has implemented IaaS
solutions for the following use cases?*
What percentage of your company's New Projects, Dev &
Test apps, Data and Production apps will be on public IaaS
in 2020? *
48% 49%
56%
59%
Production
applications
Data Development
& test
applications
New projects
KeyFacts
*) Multiple answers were possible
24%
49%
47%
35%
17%
0% 20% 40% 60%
Not considering a use case
for IaaS
New projects / innovations
Lift & shift, for development &
test applications
Lift & shift, for production
applications
Archiving data

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• Total cost of ownership reduction is the main reason for choosing IaaS. However, cost is
not the only driver. Other reasons include quicker implementations and flexibility. Only 2%
of the companies choose IaaS to minimize vendor lock-in.
• Security and compliance considerations are top of mind when it comes to blockers for
moving to public IaaS. Organizations consider security the biggest caveat, while research
by Gartner suggest that cloud IaaS workloads can be more secure than those in traditional
data centers1. Maturity and service continuity are not considered as major concerns for
moving to IaaS
Security
35%
Compliance
(rules &
regulations)
25%
Other
18%
Maturity of IaaS:
Architecture &
Technology
14%
Service
Continuity
8%
What is the biggest blocker for your company
to move to IaaS?
32%
21%
21%
17%
7%
2%
TCO / cost reduction
Agility / Flexibility
Quicker implementation
Opex vs. Capex costs
Other
Minimise vendor lock-in
What will be the main reason for your
company to choose for IaaS?
Key Facts
1)MacDonald et al, 2016, Gartner, https://www.gartner.com/document/3352444

5. About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional
services company, providing a broad range
of services and solutions in strategy,
consulting, digital, technology and
operations. We help organizations
maximize their performance and achieve
their vision. We develop and implement
technology solutions to improve our
clients’ productivity and efficiency — and
may run parts of their operations on their
behalf. Ultimately, we enable our clients to
become high-performance businesses and
governments. The company generated net
revenues of US$32.9 billion for the fiscal
year ended Aug. 31, 2016. Its home page is
www.accenture.com.
Christian van Bochove
Oracle IaaS Sales Lead NL
c.v.bochove@accenture.com
For more information on this Public IaaS survey, contact Christian van Bochove.
In which industries is your
organization operating?
34%
34%
31%
18%
16%
Health & Public Service
Communications, Media &
Technology
Products
Financial Services
Resources
How many employees does
your organization have?
Where does your company
operate?
Worldwide 42%
Domestic Only 36%
Europe Only 22%
Key Facts
The survey included 164
responses from different
companies that are based
in the Netherlands. 59 of
them operate only in the
Netherlands, 36
companies operate only in
Europe and 69 companies
operate globally. The
survey was held during
two events, organized by
Accenture and Oracle in
December 2016. The
questions asked in the
survey were vendor
agnostic in nature. Most
participants indicated to
be working for an IT
department. The majority
works for a large
organization of more than
1.000 employees
IAAS SURVEY FACTSHEET
<1000
33%
>10000
32%
1000-10000
35%
For which department are you
working within your organization?
Business 43%
IT – Technical 31%
IT - Functional 26%