Let's Recap

RightScale's conclusion: "The 2015 State of the Cloud Survey shows a shift in the way enterprises are moving to the cloud. While early cloud adoption was pioneered by business units acting alone, central IT teams are now taking notice and taking charge."

As cloud adoption accelerates, those enterprise IT divisions that fought to stake out their roles as brokers of their companies' cloud services will look to meet the needs and expectations of employees.

"They expect to create portals that will offer fast access to both public and private cloud resources, while controlling costs and ensuring governance," according to RightScale.