Nearly half of enterprise cloud projects past trial phrase, Microsoft claims
March 19, 2014
Grazed from BusinessCloudNews. Author: Jonathan Brandon.
Research commissioned by Microsoft and published Wednesday suggests nearly half of organisations using cloud services have moved beyond initial pilot phases, and 32 per cent of enterprises articulating and implementing clear cloud computing strategies within their organisations despite concerns around data protection and security. But the findings also suggest that pervasive concerns around security, while certainly a challenge for cloud service providers and enterprises, may also be a boon for other players.
The research, which includes interviews and survey responses of over 2,000 IT decision-makers working in business of all sizes in eleven countries reveals that over 45 per cent of those that participated claim to be well beyond the pilot phase of implementing cloud services within their organisations…
According to the research the biggest growth regions for both IT spending and spending on cloud services over the next two years will be South America and Asia, followed closely by North America. And hosted private cloud is expected to experience the highest rate of growth for off-premises infrastructure, accounting for 32 per cent of hosted spending over the same period. “Hosted private cloud is a gateway to hybrid cloud environments for many customers,” said Marco Limena, vice president, hosting service providers, Microsoft…
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