Greatest Hurdle to Cloud Computing Adoption: Security or Awareness?
October 29, 2014
Grazed from TechVibes. Author: Editorial Staff.
Canadian business executives have heard plenty of talk about the cloud, but most have a low awareness of the potential benefits of cloud-based solutions to their businesses. That’s the finding of a survey of Canadian C-suite executives released by Microsoft Canada, which found that 90 per cent of senior Canadian executives are not familiar with what cloud computing means and that two-thirds are "only just beginning to familiarize themselves" with the cloud.
Of the 10 per cent who feel they are familiar with cloud computing, fewer than half (45 per cent) were able to select the correct definition from a list of choices. "I think the findings reveal a disconnect between what the cloud really is, what it offers, and how it is perceived by Canada’s C-suite decision-makers," said Microsoft Canada president Janet Kennedy…
Security concerns top the list of reasons Canada’s C-suite is leery of the cloud, with one third of respondents saying it is the top barrier. 65 per cent of senior executives do not feel secure in sharing their business data and information with a cloud services provider…
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