India, July 7 -- When O'Reilly Media surveyed companies about their cloud usage in the first quarter of 2020, 88% of survey respondents said that their organizations were using cloud in some form, and most used a combination of cloud and on premises options. At least 49% of organizations continued to host some of their applications on premises, and of the various cloud options available, public cloud services were the most popular choice.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, use of cloud services has surged. Organizations have scrambled to keep their operations moving. They've done this by moving to work-from-home employees who communicate with each other and with customers through internet and cloud services.

Surging cloud adoption is deliver...