LONDON, June 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- An annual study commissioned by Savvis, Inc. , a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, predicts the number of companies that outsource their IT infrastructure will increase globally from 17 percent today to 64 percent in 2020.

In April, independent research firm Vanson Bourne surveyed more than 600 IT and business decision makers from mid to large enterprises and public sector organisations based in the United States, United Kingdom and Singapore.

Sixty-one percent of respondents believe managing IT in-house provides no competitive advantage and has to stop.

With the rise in acceptance of outsourcing within the IT industry and the related economies of scale that accompany the managed services model, organisations are finding it difficult to justify owning their own IT infrastructures, said Bryan Doerr, chief technology officer at Savvis.

The trend away from in-house IT infrastructure can be seen in the study results:

United Kingdom:

- In-house IT infrastructure is predicted to drop from 90 percent today to just 23 percent in 2020. - Lower total cost of infrastructure ownership is seen by 41 percent as the main reason for moving to cloud-based IT. - Confidence continues to grow, with 96 percent of organisations stating they are as or more confident in cloud being enterprise ready now than in 2009. - Fifty-one percent of public sector IT knows huge savings can be made from cloud but central Government guidelines make it difficult to switch.

In looking at 2010, organisations cited cost savings (58 percent) and growing revenue (54 percent) as their top strategic priorities. The biggest issue facing organisations is having to doing more with less budget (54 percent).

When asked what factors prevent their organisations from outsourcing all elements of their IT infrastructure, survey respondents cited company culture (43 percent) and sunk costs where IT assets are already paid for and owned (37 percent).

A copy of the Rising to the Challenge IT decision maker report can be found at http://savvis.itleadership.info/.

About Savvis

Savvis, Inc. is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises. More than 2,500 unique clients, including 30 of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500, use Savvis to reduce capital expense, improve service levels and harness the latest advances in cloud computing. For more information, please visit savvis.co.uk.

About the survey

This independent survey was commissioned by Savvis and carried out with 456 chief information officers, chief technology officers, IT directors and heads of IT and 202 chief executive officers, managing directors, directors and senior managers of global mid-size and large organisations based in the United Kingdom, Singapore and United States. The research was conducted by Vanson Bourne, a research-based technology marketing consultancy. This year's study also surveyed 202 senior business decision makers from U.K.- and U.S.-based organisations. Both elements used an online fieldwork methodology, and all research carried out by Vanson Bourne adheres to the latest MRS Code of Conduct. Demographic detailing both respondent communities includes industry sector, country in which the respondents were based and size of business.

SOURCE: Savvis, Inc.

CONTACT: Elizabeth Shumacker, International Marketing Director,+44-(0)-118-322-6378, elizabeth.shumacker@savvis.net, or Justin Lopinot,Public Relations Manager, +1-314-628-7053, justin.lopinot@savvis.net, orJennifer Heisserer, Investor Relations, +1-314-628-7397,jennifer.heisserer@savvis.net, all of Savvis, Inc.; or Sue Lynn Goh ofOgilvy PR Worldwide (UK), +44-(0)207-309-1016, savvisuk@uk.ogilvypr.com