The cloud movement is in full force.Adoption levels are rising, with a focus on helping IT leaders manage changes in the workforce. Many IT professionals are battling a growing and remote workforce that demands a scalable, efficient and secure network. Cloud infrastructure provides the flexibility needed to answer the demands and challenges that are met with today's workforce.

Cloud as an IT and business solution
The growth of cloud adoption in the enterprise setting is trending upward and will continue to follow this path into the future as leaders continue to realize the benefits in delivering business outcomes. In fact, a recent cloud adoption survey commissioned by NaviSite found that 65 percent of U.S. respondents identified Infrastructure-as-a-Service private cloud as one of their top priorities in the coming year. This makes sense, given that cost savings and streamlined operations are two key considerations in migrating business to the cloud. Specifically, this migration can provide businesses with an optimal level of control over their IT environments, while making them more costefficient and manageable.The need for on premise servers is gone, in-house IT becomes streamlined and maintenance and downtime is nearly eliminated, leading to increased productivity, higher revenue and greater business opportunities.

Managing the mobile enterprise
The cloud is seen by many enterprises as a tool to help manage their growing mobile workforce, helping to ensure data security while maximizing employee productivity. The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend is quickly being adopted by business to help manage the consumerization of IT and the proliferation of personal devices being used for business purposes.

BYOD programs, coupled with Desktop as a Service solutions (DaaS), provide greater visibility and control over the desktop environment since the company data is hosted in the cloud; if an employee loses or has their mobile device stolen, the data isn't compromised because it never actually lived on the device. This makes implementing a BYOD policy more flexible with fewer restrictions on the type of data, applications and resources that workers can access from their personal devices. As a result, employees are more willing to get on board with their company's BYOD policy, while DaaS provides security and peace of mind without comprising worker productivity.