Enterprise world ill-prepared for cloud-heavy future
May 22, 2014
Grazed from Blouinnews. Author: Juliana Kenny.
It has been tough for some enterprises to adjust to the changing information technology landscape; virtual technologies have begun to revolutionize the way IT is structured for businesses, especially with the introduction of cloud-based services. By now, businesses are aware of the benefits of cloud computing versus the complications it brings, but according to new research from IBM, the awareness does not correspond with the enterprises’ willingness to jump aboard the cloud bandwagon.
The mobile and social media bandwagons present challenges as well, although different ones. IBM’s full research will be available in July, but the preliminary findings show that only 10% of businesses are ready for the “new IT”, or the pending incorporation of cloud, mobile, social, and big data…
The company interviewed 750 CTOs, CIOs and other technology executives in 18 countries and 19 industries, only to find that 90% of them felt as though their organizations are ill-prepared for the next wave of IT infrastructure…
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