Cloud computing outlook: slowly, surely, stealthily but siloed

Grazed from CSO. Author: Editorial Staff.

‘Slowly, surely, stealthily but siloed’ is the current state of cloud computing according to Logicalis Australia from a recent mid-level poll of IT professionals around current and planned cloud uptake. The survey suggested an alarming trend: a increasing lack of control by the technology department with IT spend shifting to other departments resulting in a rise in siloed skills and resources.

IT professionals feel they are appropriately skilled for cloud computing but that unauthorised use of hosted apps and services (‘IT by stealth’) is direct result of senior management policies and attitudes that ignore the potential of cloud services. Interestingly, almost 70% believe that the new delivery model promised by cloud computing fundamentally affects the role of the CIO…

“Cloud trends are changing by the month and this survey shows a mid year snapshot of where companies are up to,’ said Oliver Descoeudres, Marketing Director at Logicalis Australia. “Now that the Government has mandated its cloud strategy we believe this will provide an additional level of comfort and boost uptake. However, a trend to watch out for is that this stealth approach is undermining the benefit of a centralised expert IT team.”…

Read more from the source @ http://www.cso.com.au/mediareleases/16932/cloud-computing-outlook-slowly-surely-stealthily/