One of the most transformational modernizations of "production" IT is the utilization of cloud-based services in lieu of, or in supplement to, traditional servers within data centers.

This research report summarizes a recent global survey of 1,550 unbiased organizations across 14 countries to understand their approaches toward cloud-based production IT today – and the ramifications for their data protection strategies moving forward.

This includes how they expect to be prepared for the myriad of IT challenges they face, including hybrid cloud solutions, disaster recovery initiatives, as well as SaaS and container usage.

This report is presented in four sections:

1. The realities of hybrid cloud
2. Disaster recovery to cloud-hosted infrastructure
3. SaaS-based applications such as Microsoft (Office) 365
4. Containers