Cloud computing busts silos to help the CIO
February 27, 2015
Grazed from eWeek. Author: Michael Krigsman.
A survey of IT leaders regarding their expectations of cloud computing, sponsored by Tata Communications, offers unsurprising, perhaps obvious, conclusions. Despite the boring data, an exciting truth does emerge – cloud can help make the CIO and IT more relevant to the business.
For this report, market researchers, Vanson Bourne, "conducted a total of 1000 interviews with senior IT decision-makers in private organisations of 500 employees or more," during September and October 2014. Although the report mentions "interviews," it appears these were online survey responses rather than face-to-face interviews:…
Interviews were conducted online using a rigorous multi-level screening process to ensure that only suitable candidates were given the opportunity to participate.
The stated goal of the survey is measuring adoption of cloud computing and determining whether business decision-makers have realized expected benefits from their use of cloud…
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