Business World: Cloud Computing
October 21, 2013
Grazed from BusinessTechnology. Author: Joanne Frearson.
IT leaders in emerging nations are more upbeat about the cloud than the developed market and are focusing on its transformational and innovative potential, according to a Cisco/Intel study about the impact of the cloud on IT consumption models.
Emerging market respondents of the study believe that the greater use of cloud services would not necessarily marginalise IT departments and that the full-time IT headcount would increase. In addition, emerging market respondents say that the role and responsibilities of IT would increase relative to third parties in areas such as systems integrators or cloud service providers…
The number one core driver for the cloud in emerging markets is to increase business agility and productivity. Respondents say they are more interested in the wider potential business transformation which the cloud enables…
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