Survey shows shift to cloud-based services, despite concerns
Grazed from Network World. Author: Ellen Messmer.
A survey of 5,300 IT and security managers in 38 countries about cloud computing offers a vivid snapshot of expectations, anxieties and sometimes shattered hopes.
According to the Symantec "State of the Cloud" survey, 19% of the respondents said they had moved at least some applications to public software as a service, while 17% said they had adopted a private cloud arrangement. When it comes to public infrastructure as a service, 17% were using that, while 11% said they were using a hybrid arrangement linking private and public cloud services…